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On March 29, we participated in a project called "Spring Real Tokyo Bay Area Tour" organized by an organization called "Keiyokai". I was a correspondent of the Chuo-ku Tourism Association, and I was asked to be a guide on the day.
At 10:30, we met in the lobby on the 2nd floor of Harumi Wharf Terminal. From the observation deck on the 6th floor, I overlooked the sight of the Tokyo Bay shore, such as the Rainbow Bridge, but although it did not rain on the day, it was not clear, it was quite cold, there was wind, and Harumi Wharf Park was also under construction, so we quickly moved to Harumi, where we were planning to have lunch while watching the athlete village under construction.
The photo shows a scene of the athlete village under construction seen from the Central Incineration Plant.
Less than 500 days before the opening of the Olympic Games, the Olympic Village is under construction. The athlete village is 18 ha.
It will be built on the site of 3.7 Tokyo Dome, but after the Olympics, it will be rebuilt as a general house (condominium). The project is named "Harumi FLAG". The plan is to add 4,145 units for sale and 5,632 units for rent, so a new residential area with more than 12,000 people will appear. Two tower apartments will be newly built (to be completed in the spring of 2024), and a shopping mall, elementary and junior high schools, and nursing homes with nursing care will be built.
As of March 4, 2019, the number of households in Chuo-ku is 92,126 and the population is 163,137, so if about 5,600 households and more than 12,000 people are added here, it will record in 1953 (1953) It will exceed the highest record population of 172,183.
As early as possible, sales will begin in May this year (2019) (the move-in will start in March 2023), so it will be a big topic. However, the remaining challenge is to improve access (transportation).
Walking along Harumi-dori from the Chuo Incineration Plant, a monument is set up in the park ahead of the Chuo Incineration Plant to commemorate the closing of the Tokyo International Trade Fair in 1996. Beyond that, a signboard describing the site of the office when the World Expo was planned in 1940 is installed.
The exposition plan proceeded to the point where the groundbreaking ceremony was held at the mouth of the Sumida River and the coast of Yokohama, which was scheduled for the venue, and admission tickets were already sold, and it is said that sales were strong. The mission was dispatched overseas and advertising began. However, in 1938, the same year when he declined the Olympics, the government announced that the exposition would be extended indefinitely. At this time, there was a plan to relocate the city hall to Tsukishima, but it seems that it has been canceled. (This part was based on Cyden Stecker's "Standing Tokyo". This book is a sequel to "Tokyo Shimomachi Yamanote", which describes the history up to the Great Kanto Earthquake, but I think both books are good books for learning about the history of Tokyo. )
After going on Harumi-dori, "Harumi Island Triton Square" is already in front of you. Just because the Harumi Haruna Festival was being held, it was cold and windy, so there was another gathering of people. We went to the izakaya in the building as soon as possible, held a volunteer social gathering, and spared "Daying Heisei" on topics such as the Heisei era.