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KASAI RINKAI PARK

Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 28, 2019
Hatsuhinode: Where to see the first sunrise of the decade
There's never a better time to catch sunrise in Japan than at new year. From Tokyo Tower to the coast of Chiba Prefecture, here are 10 of the best places to see the first sunrise of the year near Tokyo.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 29, 2017
Here comes the sun: Recommended hatsuhinode spots
The first sunrise of the new year represents a chance for a new beginning and so it's hardly surprising that some once viewed the first rays of the sun on Jan. 1 with special reverence. It was believed to be the moment that Toshigami, god of the new year, descends from heaven and bestows happiness on all the common folk below for the year ahead.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2017
Tokyo angling to get waterfowl habitat Kasai Rinkai Park listed on Ramsar wetland treaty
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is working toward listing a major seaside park in Tokyo Bay in the 1971 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, NHK reported Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2015
Tokyo opens city's first swimming beach since 1960s
A bathing beach was opened in Tokyo on Saturday for the first time since all beaches in the capital were closed for swimming in the 1960s due to pollution.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2013
15,000 signatures submitted to protect park from games
A Yokohama housewife has submitted a petition with 15,000 signatures opposing Tokyo's plan to build a canoe course for the 2020 Olympics in fauna-rich Kasai Rinkai Park.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2013
Tokyo beach reopens after five-decade effort
The seawater by Tokyo's Kasai Rinkai Park is only slightly cooler than body temperature, and its beach contains a mix of tiny gravel and seashell fragments instead of fine white sand.

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