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is a district in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. It is best known as the region adjacent to and directly east of

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. Ariake is subdivided into four ''chome'' and comprises part of the

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Landfill No. 10 and Tokyo Rinkai Satellite City Center. As of April 2012 its population was 6,145. Ariake is most well known internationally as the site of the

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international exhibition centre. Other important facilities located within Ariake include the

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, Ariake Tennis Forest Park (''Ariake Tenisu no Mori Kōen''),

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, Ariake Sports Center,

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, Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences, the

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and the headquarters of

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. Ariake is a center for shipping in the

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. The failed

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proposed holding many of its events in Ariake. The

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installed the flame cauldron on the Yume no Ohashi bridge, that crosses the Ariake West Canal.

Education

Koto Ward Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Ariake Elementary School (有明小学校) is the zoned public elementary school for parts of Ariake, while Ariake Nishi Gakuen ( 有明西学園) is the zoned public elementary school for other parts of Ariake. Ariake Junior High School (有明中学校) is the zoned junior high for parts of Ariake. Some areas are zoned to Ariake Nishi Gakuen for junior high school.

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