Tokyo Photo Gallery

This is a landfill located in the inner central breakwater (center of photo), created from urban waste and surplus soil from construction sites. The section of green on the landfill is where elementary school pupils and volunteers have planted saplings. Based on the Umi-no-Mori project currently underway by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, this site will be transformed into a vast 88-hectare forest in 10 years time to become the source of cool, refreshing breezes blowing from the sea into the city.