also ''Wakasu Island'', is an island located in
Koto, Tokyo. It is located south of
Shin-Kiba
is an area of Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. It is located north of Wakasu, east of Tatsumi, south of Yumenoshima, and west of the Arakawa River. It is built on reclaimed land.
Etymology
The name "Shinkiba" means "New Lumberyard", and is taken from the ...
and is connected to a new unnamed island to the south by the
Tokyo Gate Bridge
is a truss cantilever bridge across Tokyo Bay in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. It opened on 12 February 2012 with an estimated total construction cost of for the Stage II section of highway including the bridge.Official "flyer" shows Stage II includin ...
.
The place was known connected with the murder of
Junko Furuta
was a Japanese high school student who was abducted, raped, tortured and then subsequently murdered. Her case was called the , due to her body being discovered in a concrete drum. The abuse was mainly perpetrated by four male teenagers (Hiros ...
, a high school student whose body was found there dumped in barrel and completely concreted after four teenage boys, led by Hiroshi Miyano, killing her at their house in Ayase,
Adachi.
Details
Wakasu, like many other areas of Tokyo, is
reclaimed land
Land reclamation, usually known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a waste landfill), is the process of creating new land from oceans, seas, riverbeds or lake beds. The land reclaimed is known as reclamati ...
. Save for the camping ground, Wakasu was constructed on a base of
incinerator bottom ash
Incinerator bottom ash (IBA) is a form of ash produced in incineration facilities. This material is discharged from the moving grate of municipal solid waste incinerators. Once IBA is processed by removing contaminants, it can be used as an aggreg ...
remains from garbage, a form of land reclamation common in Japan.
Roughly half of the island is an industrial zone, while the other half contains the Wakasu Seaside Park, Wakasu Golf Course, and a popular camping ground. There is also a large wind turbine located nearby the golf course. The 18-hole golf course and the campground attract many people from all over Tokyo.
Wakasu was planned to be the venue for
sailing
Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen cou ...
events at the
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
, but it is planned that the yachting will take place in
Enoshima, Kanagawa Prefecture. Instead it will host golf moved from Kasumigaseki, Saitama as the planned venue.
Wakasu is the location near where the body of
Junko Furuta
was a Japanese high school student who was abducted, raped, tortured and then subsequently murdered. Her case was called the , due to her body being discovered in a concrete drum. The abuse was mainly perpetrated by four male teenagers (Hiros ...
, the victim of the "1989 concrete-encased high school girl murder case", was discovered after her murder.
Schools
Koto Ward Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools.
Minamisuna Elementary School (南砂小学校) is the zoned public elementary school for Wakasu.
Minamisuna Junior High School (南砂中学校) is the zoned public junior high school for Wakasu.
References
External links
Website of Wakasu Seaside ParkReference and directions to the golf course in Continental Magazine Online
Review of the golf course in ''Golf in Japan''
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Artificial islands of Tokyo
Districts of Kōtō
Islands of Tokyo