Archive for March 4th, 2006

Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

The editors: James & Alex

Chubu Centrair International Airport

Saturday, 4th March 2006 by James

Opened just last year on a specially built man made island Centrair International Airport is Japan’s third off-shore airport and is shaped like a capital “D” so that currents inside the bay will flow freely around the island. The airport’s opening coincided with the 2005 World Expo in Aichi so you should be able to follow the tram line all the way to the Expo site.

If you browse around the site there’s quite a few things to see, including a Plane taking off, the Control Tower, a Giant Apple and some shellfish farms.

Thanks: Emnikufesin, Ben Ehlers