Chubu Centrair International Airport
Saturday, 4th March 2006 by James Turnbull
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
Hmmm… is that plane taking off? It looks to be just off the ground, yet is close to the beginning of the runway…
If you look just to the west, you can see what looks like a contrail, and the shadow it casts.
I followed the tram line north and found what appears to be home-made fireworks? I don’t know what I am looking at. Here: have a look for yourself…
Check out the wake on this boat. https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=809&c=&q=&t=k&ll=34.847185,136.807868&spn=0.002558,0.004801&t=k
Oops, bad link. Try this one:
https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=34.825606,136.810319&z=16