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Yumenoshima

Coordinates: 35°39′00″N 139°49′49″E / 35.64990°N 139.83021°E / 35.64990; 139.83021
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Not to be confused with Yumeshima, an artificial island in Osaka Bay.

Yumenoshima
夢ゆめの島しま
District
Inside Yumenoshima Park
Inside Yumenoshima Park
Yumenoshima is located in Special wards of Tokyo
Yumenoshima
Yumenoshima
Location in Tokyo
Coordinates: 35°39′00″N 139°49′55″E / 35.65000°N 139.83194°E / 35.65000; 139.83194
CountryJapan
PrefectureTokyo
Area
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 • Total1.53 km2 (0.59 sq mi)
Postal Code
136-0081

Yumenoshima (夢ゆめの島しま, lit. Dream Island or Island of Dreams) is a district in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan, consisting of an artificial island built using waste landfill in Tokyo Bay. It is not the first such island in the bay (see Umi-no-mori ja:海うみの森もり公園こうえん). At current fill rates, there will be no more room for waste landfill in the bay without affecting shipping lanes by around 2050; likewise, Osaka Bay and Ise Bay are slowly being consumed by waste landfill islands, e.g. Rinku Town.

History

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The island was originally conceived in the 1930s as a site for a new Tokyo Municipal Airport to replace Haneda Airport. The airport plan was finalized in 1938 and work on the island began in 1939, but fell behind schedule due to resource constraints during World War II. The airport plan was officially abandoned following the war, as the Allied occupation authorities favored expanding Haneda rather than building a new airport.[2]

A public beach opened on the island in 1947, at which time the "Yumenoshima" name was adopted. The beach closed in 1950, and from 1957 the island was used for garbage disposal(of mainly plastic at the time).[2]


Places

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Shin-Koto Incineration Plant

Yumenoshima is a fairly small district, and contains:

  • Yumenoshima Park, a public park with an array of facilities, including a tropical botanical garden, a sports complex, a barbecue area, a colosseum, a yacht marina,a track and field stadium and a ramen stand.[3]
  • Yumenoshima Stadium, a football and athletics stadium used for youth competitions and lower league football matches.
  • Yumenoshima Baseball Field, a baseball field for local youth teams
  • Koto Incineration Facility, an incineration facility for Koto ward[4]

Today, Yumenoshima also houses the Daigo Fukuryū Maru, a wooden fishing boat exposed to nuclear fallout during the Bikini Atoll test in 1954; the boat was modified as a training vessel following the exposure, and later abandoned near Yumenoshima.[5]


2020 Summer Olympics

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Yumenoshima Park was the venue for archery events in the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Schools

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Koto Ward Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools.

Minamisuna Elementary School (南砂みなみすな小学校しょうがっこう) is the zoned public elementary school for Yumenoshima.[6]

Minamisuna Junior High School (南砂みなみすな中学校ちゅうがっこう) is the zoned public junior high school for Yumenoshima.[7]

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References

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  1. ^ "平成へいせい22年ねん 東京とうきょう都区とく市町村しちょうそん町まち丁よろ別べつ報告ほうこく". Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b "東京とうきょう・夢ゆめの島しま、名前なまえの由来ゆらいは海水浴かいすいよく場じょう　空港くうこう計画けいかくも". Nikkei Shimbun. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  3. ^ "夢ゆめの島しま公園こうえんについて" [Yumenoshima Park]. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Shin-Koto Incineration Plant". Clean Authority of Tokyo 23 cities General Affairs Department General Affairs Division. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Yumenoshima Park" (PDF). Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  6. ^ "江東こうとう区立くりつ 小学校しょうがっこう・義務ぎむ教育きょういく学校がっこう前期ぜんき課程かてい 通学つうがく区域くいき一覧いちらん" (PDF). Koto Ward. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  7. ^ "江東こうとう区立くりつ 中学校ちゅうがっこう・義務ぎむ教育きょういく学校がっこう後期こうき課程かてい 通学つうがく区域くいき一覧いちらん" (PDF). Koto Ward. Retrieved 9 October 2022.

35°39′00″N 139°49′49″E / 35.64990°N 139.83021°E / 35.64990; 139.83021

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