Rainbow Bridge

Before you go

• The walkway has no toilet and no vending machines, so go before you start: the only toilet is in the Shibaura Anchorage entrance building at the Shibaura end (the same building has vending machines and benches), and the walk takes around 30 minutes. At the Odaiba end, Daiba Park and the beach have toilets, so if you start there, go first as well; the sources do not say whether either has a changing table.
• It is open 9:00 to 21:00 from April 1 to October 31 and 10:00 to 18:00 from November 1 to March 31, with last entry 30 minutes before closing (20:30 in summer, 17:30 in winter). It is closed on the third Monday of each month (the next day if that is a holiday); one article also lists December 29 to 31, which the official page does not. Even on open days entry can be refused for maintenance or weather, and strong wind can close it, so check on the day: the Tokyo Port Management Office is at 03-5463-0223 on weekdays, and the Rainbow Bridge central monitoring room at 03-5442-2282 when the offices are closed (the official page's English is machine translated, and whether English is spoken is not stated). One visitor who came on a whim in June 2022 arrived after the last entry and could not cross.
• Strollers are allowed. The Shibaura end is the easier start for a stroller: an elevator in the Shibaura Anchorage lifts you from the 2nd floor to the 7th-floor walkway (the North and South Routes have separate elevators, so check the sign before boarding), and from there the path to Odaiba is nearly flat, with gentle downhill slopes. Coming from Odaiba, the way up is a long slope that one guide says is not steep, plus a few steps at the Odaiba entrance; there is no elevator at the Odaiba end (one travel magazine mentions elevators in the Daiba Anchorage, a building partway along, but a January 2024 visitor found them closed to use). The official page asks wheelchair users to bring a helper because the slope is steep, and says nothing about strollers.
• The walkway is about two people wide and runs beside the road, and it shakes with each passing truck or Yurikamome, so hold small hands: one writer advises always holding a small child's hand because the road is close. It is roofed with large mesh on the sides, but toward Odaiba some stretches have no net or fence, and with nothing to block it the wind can be strong, so strap down phones and cameras and keep hats in a bag. You may push a bicycle but not ride it; pets must be in a cage, and tripods and smoking are banned. If anyone in the family is nervous, know that one frightened visitor in 2026 found the shaking, more than the height, hardest right after the Shibaura start, and suggested walking from the Odaiba side first to get used to it.
• Crossing is free and needs no booking, and the official page says one way takes 20 to 30 minutes on foot (30 to 40 with photo stops; a family with a 3rd grader and a high schooler took 30 on the North Route; one frightened visitor took an hour). One walker says you cannot get off partway, so you leave only at an entrance or exit.
• The Shibaura entrance is a 5-minute walk from Shibaura-futo Station on the Yurikamome, and about 20 minutes from JR Tamachi Station (a Japan National Tourism Organization page says 10), while the Odaiba entrance is 10 to 15 minutes from Odaiba-kaihinkoen Station (guides differ). There is no parking lot, only paid lots nearby, and from the Odaiba side the Odaiba Rainbow Bus runs almost non-stop to Tamachi Station (one rider, February 2024).
• There are almost no shops or cafes on the Shibaura side, and one visitor found the air on the path poor and not a place to eat, so buy food after crossing: several convenience and grocery stores are near the Odaiba end, and one visitor recommends Daiba Park for a packed lunch.