An artificial island rest area in the middle of the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line, with decks looking over the bay toward Tokyo and Mount Fuji on clear days.
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AUTUMN · Oct
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💧 0% rain chance · wind 21 km/h
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Parking
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When to see this place
Typical viewing windows. Weather and bloom dates vary each year; these are not live forecasts.
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Suitability
Stroller: Not recommended
Nursing room: Not available
Noise level: moderate
Rules
Drones: banned
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Within 30 km, closest first.
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Sources, photo credits and verification
Place information: Official tourism source · Reviewed 2026-10-07
- 1. taken at at Umihotaru Parking Area, Chiba, Japan · aotaro · Source ↗ · CC BY 2.0
- 2. The bridge-tunnel crossover point of the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line. There is a rest area called "Umihotaru". · Masahiro Hayata from Tokyo, Japan · Source ↗ · CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line Umihotaru PA · Σ64 · Source ↗ · CC BY-SA 3.0