Tokyo Big Sight

Odaiba & Tokyo Bay


Officially known as Tokyo International Exhibition Hall, Tokyo Big Sight has striking architecture including four huge upside-down pyramids. Look outside for the giant sculpture, Saw, Sawing, by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.

Many exhibitions and events are held here throughout the year.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Odaiba & Tokyo Bay attractions

1. Saw, Sawing

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Looking like something giant builders left behind, this enormous, 15.5m-tall, red-handle and blade designed by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen is…

2. teamLab Borderless

0.66 MILES

Digital-art collective teamLab has created 60 artworks for this museum, open in 2018, that tests the border between art and the viewer: many are…

3. Mega Web

0.76 MILES

The highlight of visiting Toyota's bayside showroom is trying out prototypes of their Segway-like personal mobility device, Winglet. English instruction…

4. Odaiba Kaihin-kōen

0.97 MILES

There are good views of the central Tokyo skyline from this park’s promenades and elevated walkways – especially at night when old-fashioned yakatabune …

5. Toyosu Market

1.08 MILES

In 2018, Tokyo's central wholesale market moved from its iconic Tsukiji location to this new facility in Toyosu, a structure clearly dreamed up by…

6. Unicorn Gundam

1.1 MILES

This is truly an only-in-Tokyo sight: a 19.7m-tall model of an RX-0 Unicorn Gundam from the wildly popular Mobile Suit Gundam anime franchise. It…

7. Fuji TV Building

1.15 MILES

Designed by the late, great Kenzō Tange, the Fuji TV headquarters building is easily recognisable by the 1200-tonne orb suspended from the scaffolding…

8. ChihiraJunco

1.18 MILES

The future is here. Maybe. ChihiraJunco is a demure lady android created by Toshiba who has her own information counter adjacent to the people-staffed…