Friendship er Rainbow Bridge from Odaiba

Owain has informed me that this is actually the Rainbow Bridge.

Owain and I, though getting a very late start, walked over to the ferry building Sunday and took a boat over to Odaiba. Odaiba was originally constructed in 1853 by the Tokkugawa shogunate as a series of cannon batteries placed on small islets in order to protect Tokyo from attack by sea, mainly from Commodore Perry's Black Ships, which had arrived earlier that year, and given the shogunate quite a shock. In the 1980's an immense chunk of landfill and money was poured into the area, in what was to be the showcase of furturistic living, (never a good idea) and indeed the whole concept developed into a vast urban wasteland when Japan's economic bubble burst. The area clawed its way back in the mid 90's and is now a popular weekend destination sort of a la South Street Seaport or Pier 49, though it is considered pretty low on the international tourist checklist. Actually it reminded us both of 'The Peak' in Hong Kong. Some where along the line, in an effort to make the area more appealing the bridge was called 'The Friendship Bridge' (rainbow bridge) which is kind of funny cause Daiba actually means 'cannon' in Japanese.