Ōta
Ōta is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan.
Ōta is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward refers to itself in English as Ōta City. It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Ōmori and Kamata following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. The southernmost of the 23 special wards, Ōta borders the special wards of Shinagawa, Meguro and Setagaya to the north, and Kōtō to the east. Across the Tama River in Kanagawa Prefecture is the city of Kawasaki, forming the boundaries to the south and west.
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Worth seeing in and around Ōta
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Tokyo Institute of Technology
The Tokyo Institute of Technology was a public university in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. It merged with Tokyo Medical and Dental University to form the Institute of Science Tokyo on 1 October 2024.
5.7 km · national top-tier research university located in Greater Tokyo Area, Japan · Wikipedia - 02Rainbow Bridge
The Rainbow Bridge is a suspension bridge crossing northern Tokyo Bay between Shibaura Pier and the Odaiba waterfront development in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Its official name is the Tokyo Port Bridge.
9.4 km · suspension bridge across the Tokyo Bay, Japan · Wikipedia - 03Institute of Science Tokyo
The Institute of Science Tokyo is a public research university in Tokyo, Japan. It was officially established on 1 October 2024, by a merger between the Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
5.8 km · public research university in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 04Miraikan
The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, simply known as the Miraikan, is a museum created by Japan's Science and Technology Agency. It was opened in 2001.
8.4 km · building · Wikipedia - 05Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
The Uvance Todoroki Stadium by Fujitsu, officially Todoroki Athletics Stadium, a.k.a. formerly the Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Todoroki Ryokuchi in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
6.3 km · stadium · Wikipedia - 06Sōji-ji Temple
Sōji-ji is one of two daihonzan of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism. The other is Eihei-ji temple in Fukui Prefecture.
7.2 km · Buddhist temple in Yokohama, Japan · Wikipedia - 07Oi Hockey Stadium
The Oi Hockey Stadium is a Japanese field hockey stadium built on the occasion of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. It was inaugurated on August 17, 2019.
4.9 km · hockey stadium in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 08Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, abbreviated as Kaiyodai, is a national university in Japan. The main campus is located in Minato, Tokyo and another campus is in Kōtō, Tokyo.
7.8 km · university in Japan · Wikipedia - 09Sengaku-ji Temple
Sengaku-ji is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Sōtō school of Japanese Zen located in the Takanawa neighborhood of Minato-ku, near Sengakuji Station and Shinagawa Station, Tokyo, Japan. It was one of the three major Sōtō temples in Edo during the Tokugawa shogunate, and became famous through its connection with the Akō incident of the forty-seven Rōnin in the 18th century.
8.7 km · Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 10Shiokaze Park
Shiokaze Park is a public park and was a temporary beach volleyball sport venue for the 2020 Summer Olympics, located in Tokyo, Japan.
8.4 km · park on Odaiba in Shinagawa · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ōta
- Airports
- Tokyo Haneda (HND), 7 km · Narita (NRT), 65 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 93 km
- Stations
- Tokyo International Airport, 5.9 km · Shinagawa Station, 7.8 km · Ebisu Station, 9.5 km · Gotanda Station, 7.3 km · Port of Tokyo, 9.5 km
- Narita → Ōta60 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · ¥830–1,130
- Omitama → Ōta95 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · ¥1,170–1,590
- Makinohara / Shimada → Ōta162 km · quickest by road, 3h 20m · ¥2,230–3,050
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Ōta
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ōta. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get in[https://tobus.jp/blsys/navi?LCD By boat=== Suijobus Ferries also operate between Hinode Pier (on the Yurikamome line) and several stops in Odaiba.
From Wikivoyage: Tokyo/Odaiba, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Ōta
Ōta is 5 km from Kawasaki, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kawasakicity in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan3.6 km
- Shinagawaspecial ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan5.5 km
- Megurospecial ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan9.1 km
- Odaibatown located in Minato-ku, Tokyo9.3 km
- Kōhoku-kuward of the City of Yokohama, Japan8.9 km
- Tsurumi-kuone of 18 wards of the city of Yokohama, Japan6.6 km