Wakasu (若洲,Wakasu) also known asWakasu Island, is an island located inKōtō,Tokyo. It is located south ofShin-Kiba and is connected to a new unnamed island to the south by theTokyo Gate Bridge.
The island is often associated with the 1989murder of Junko Furuta, a high school student whose body was located there in a metal drum and completely encased in concrete. The perpetrators were four teenage boys.
Wakasu, like many other areas of Tokyo, isreclaimed land. Save for the camping ground, Wakasu was constructed on a base ofincinerator bottom ash remains from garbage, a form of land reclamation common in Japan.
Roughly half of the island is an industrial zone, while the other half contains the Wakasu Seaside Park,[1][2] Wakasu Golf Course,[3] and a popular camping ground.[4] There is also a large wind turbine located nearby the golf course. The 18-hole golf course and the campground attract many people from all over Tokyo.
Wakasu was planned to be the venue forsailing events at the2020 Summer Olympics,[5] but the yachting instead took place inEnoshima, Kanagawa Prefecture.[6]
Wakasu is the location near where the body ofJunko Furuta, the victim of the "1989 concrete-encased high school girl murder case", was discovered after her murder.[7][better source needed]
Koto Ward Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools.
Minamisuna Elementary School (南砂小学校) is the zoned public elementary school for Wakasu.[8]
Minamisuna Junior High School (南砂中学校) is the zoned public junior high school for Wakasu.[9]
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