点评:There’s not much to see along the way but it’s worth doing for the experience!
We took a super cool ride in the futuristic Hotaluna “waterbus” from Odaiba to Asakusa along the Sumida River! The route includes 15 bridges and took 70 mins. It even has a bar and a rooftop viewing deck. Not that much to see along the route but the journey was unique and another tick in the box of my very long Japan wish list! It was especially cool to see the undersides and designs of the very different bridges through the glass ceiling as we passed under them.
Hotaluna was designed to look like a spaceship. It is the second futuristic vessel produced by the very famous anime and manga master Leiji Matsumoto (the other one is the Himiko).
“Matsumoto Leiji created worlds ranging from the epic space operas of Space Pirate Captain Harlock and Galaxy Express 999 to the postwar poverty of I Am a Man. These seemingly unconnected works are all part of a universe dreamed up by a master storyteller and artist. Matsumoto died from heart failure on February 13, 2023. He was 85 years old”.
As I said, not much to see along the way but definitely worth doing for the experience!
翻译:沿途没有太多可看的东西,但值得一试!
我们乘坐未来派的 Hotaluna“水上巴士”从台场沿隅田川到浅草,体验了一次超酷的旅程!这条路线包括 15 座桥梁,耗时 70 分钟。它甚至还有一个酒吧和一个屋顶观景台。沿途没有太多可看的东西,但这次旅程很独特,是我很长的日本愿望清单上的又一个勾选!当我们从桥下经过时,透过玻璃天花板看到非常不同的桥梁底部和设计,感觉特别酷。
Hotaluna 的设计看起来像一艘宇宙飞船。这是非常著名的动漫大师松本零士制作的第二艘未来派船只(另一艘是 Himiko)。
“松本零士创造了各种各样的世界,从宇宙海盗哈洛克船长和银河铁道 999 的史诗太空歌剧到战后的贫困《我是男人》。这些看似毫无关联的作品都是由一位故事大师和艺术家构想出来的宇宙的一部分。松本于 2023 年 2 月 13 日因心力衰竭去世。享年 85 岁”。
正如我所说,沿途没有太多可看的东西,但绝对值得一去!