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  • Darren07, on 08/04/2008, -3/+83Another photo: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1374/835036094_1723 ...
    • AlxRymnd914, on 08/04/2008, -0/+37This isn't a basement, it's Tokyo's underground sewage system.

      Looks ownage though. Someone even made map up it for Unreal Tournament 3.
    • sanman, on 08/04/2008, -0/+9looks like they've got a little flooding problem there

      maybe the balrog can dry it all up
    • Zbug, on 08/05/2008, -0/+1Watch out for inklings!

      (Nobody will get this, will they... :( )
    • robbielaney, on 08/05/2008, -0/+1In my head, the Star Wars Imperial March is Playing!
  • BCCStu, on 08/04/2008, -5/+372Mines of Moria?
    • Psythik, on 08/04/2008, -16/+3Screenshot from Half-Life 3? (Don't know why I thought of that...)
    • protogenxl, on 08/04/2008, -1/+60Quickly across the Bridge of Khazad-dûm!!!
      • BestJaxx, on 08/04/2008, -15/+6Fly, fools!
      • FinalStriker, on 08/04/2008, -0/+26YOU SHALL NOT PASS!
      • dyranios2, on 08/04/2008, -0/+32"fly, you fools" *
      • aznpwnzor, on 08/05/2008, -4/+1the first few times i watched the movies i thought he said "folly you fools"
        then after about six times i caught on
      • Archer007, on 08/05/2008, -1/+14Dugg for the "û".
    • kgunning, on 08/04/2008, -0/+47That guy better watch out for Balrogs
      • dafragsta, on 08/04/2008, -1/+3I think there are some Sagats down there too.

        /ducks
    • idavidtang, on 08/04/2008, -10/+1There's the Eye of Sauron!
    • crazyhorse13, on 08/04/2008, -19/+5Run! You fools!
    • j3ff86, on 08/04/2008, -4/+8What is this new devilry?
    • msimeth, on 08/04/2008, -0/+21Its basically a huge drain.

      http://www.neatorama.com/2006/06/24/japans-futuris ...
    • mgelhaus, on 08/04/2008, -6/+0I know TLotR was largely 'green-screen'ed in that scene, but damn! (Peter) Jackson could have used this place to make the acting (particularly in that scene) a bit more believable!
    • FunkyNuts, on 08/05/2008, -4/+4Actually, it's the basement of the NSA. Behind the second column on the right are the remains from the Roswell crash. On your left, the body of Jimmy Hoffa and JFK's REAL killer.
    • M3mphist0, on 08/05/2008, -1/+2first thing that popped into my head... +1 :)
    • ahoyhoy, on 08/05/2008, -0/+11One does not simply walk into a Japanese Basement....
    • Hadag2219, on 08/05/2008, -0/+5This is no mine... it's a tomb.
    • innovati, on 08/05/2008, -0/+3goblins!
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    • MarkTaiwan, on 08/05/2008, -0/+2It reminds me of Portal...
      • Retrodigg123, on 08/05/2008, -0/+2That is weird! it reminds me of portal too :S
    • Severys, on 08/05/2008, -0/+2They have a cave troll
    • eraofk00l, on 08/05/2008, -2/+1nah it looks more like Helm's Deep
    • floejoe, on 08/05/2008, -0/+2Let me risk a little more light.
  • hammerpants, on 08/04/2008, -23/+66Cool repost. Thanks.
  • shto, on 08/04/2008, -3/+25So, anybody got a back story on this? Looks quite impressive...if it is indeed not photoshoped or something.
    • Darren07, on 08/04/2008, -15/+3I know it's from Tokyo, Japan, and it's related to their metro system.
    • azntzouie, on 08/04/2008, -1/+206This is actually related to Tokyo's water management system, where these caverns fill up to ensure flooding does not occur. It's a massive engineering feat that is truly a work of genius.
      • Pro28, on 08/04/2008, -5/+206*****. It's storage for their Giant Robots.
      • knoxchris, on 08/04/2008, -3/+4Lots more info here... http://www.jiwet.jp/english
      • lordtyros, on 08/04/2008, -0/+14CAST IN THE NAME OF GOD, YE NOT GUILTY
      • Chubakkaz, on 08/04/2008, -0/+2Thank you, I have to say the fact that something as known as this has to be called "Epic Basement" makes me think of digg as more of an e-hipster hangout. As if.
      • PhoenixAvatar2, on 08/05/2008, -2/+1So that's where the Megazord lives.
      • stlcadet11, on 08/05/2008, -3/+2GODZILLAAAA!
      • fuzzybeard, on 08/05/2008, -2/+2@ stlcadet11:

        Actually, in Japanese (nihongo), its *ahem* GOJIRA!!
    • below413, on 08/04/2008, -12/+5So this guy Bruce Wayne has a massive basement in his mansion and he's mad because some thug killed his parents and he was scared by bats at a young age so he converts the basement into a secret underground crime-fighting headquarters he calls "the batcave"...
      • fuzzybeard, on 08/05/2008, -0/+2hmph...looks like it ought to be just about enough room for his ego.
    • locomien, on 08/04/2008, -1/+6I just heard "it's morphin time" so the rangers must be out
    • SLockhart, on 08/05/2008, -10/+1Of course it's photoshoped. How much is the only question.
    • aznpwnzor, on 08/05/2008, -0/+4well, "In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Moria was an ominous name given by the Eldar to what had once been an enormous underground complex in north-western Middle-earth, comprising a vast network of tunnels, chambers, mines and huge halls or 'mansions', that ran under and ultimately through the Misty Mountains. There, for many thousands of years, lived the Dwarf clan known as the Longbeards." wikipedia
      • diskit, on 08/05/2008, -0/+3Well, keep in mind the guy's asian, so that place is much smaller than it looks.
    • diggimator, on 08/05/2008, -0/+2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-Cans_project
      http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/首都圏外郭放水路
      "The G-Cans project (首都圏外郭放水路 Shutoken Gaikaku Housui Ro or Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel) is an underground infrastructure mainly in Saitama, Japan built for preventing overflow of the city's major waterways and rivers during rain and typhoon seasons."
  • prunch, on 08/04/2008, -2/+70I would handle the dampness before I put in the bar and the pool table
  • anarchyx34, on 08/04/2008, -4/+58Looks like a FPS world. I want it.
    • BoogieManOh, on 08/04/2008, -0/+18It looks like that library level in Halo. (no thanks)
    • Corr0sive, on 08/04/2008, -0/+1Looks like one of the maps from Red Faction 2. Tunnel Rat maybe? i forget the name.
    • xrv1ck, on 08/05/2008, -0/+5Reminds me of that one level in tetris...
      • hungryduck, on 08/05/2008, -0/+1Pong.
      • aznpwnzor, on 08/05/2008, -0/+1....space invaders
        i swear those are the exact columns you hid behind
      • Dylson, on 08/05/2008, -1/+1Tetris is one level you stupid *****.
    • fas2, on 08/05/2008, -0/+1There is a map for UT3.
  • nonsensicalexis, on 08/04/2008, -9/+17I want that under my house.
    • Absinthminded64, on 08/04/2008, -0/+50If you live in Japan it may be under your house.
      • betheturtle, on 08/04/2008, -1/+7This is where Basement Cat lives.
  • Thrash16, on 08/04/2008, -11/+14Man imagine a game of flashlight tag in there with all the lights out...now THAT would be epic! OHHH or a nerf gun battle, again with the lights out...I'm going to Tokyo...
    • gabellh, on 08/04/2008, -0/+13Out of all the things to do in a giant basement, flashlight tag isnt exactly the first thing that comes to mind...
    • PleaseJustDie, on 08/04/2008, -0/+20flashlight... tag...? That poor person's laser tag?
    • superspaldo707, on 08/04/2008, -1/+5wouldn't regular tag be the poor persons tag? i mean you do have to buy flashlights and batteries for flashlight tag....sooo wouldn't it actually be the lazy rich kids version of tag?
      • dafragsta, on 08/04/2008, -1/+4No, that's laser tag. I mean, if they have the money, they can just call their butler to run out and buy them some laser tag equipment, which costs significantly more than flashlights. They could also just put the lasers on some sharks and watch them play frickin' laser tag.
      • dumbintel, on 08/05/2008, -0/+1Middleclass Tag obv...
  • fuzzmeister, on 08/04/2008, -7/+183Paintball, anyone?
    • orangefly, on 08/04/2008, -0/+27with super bouncy balls....
    • crazyhorse13, on 08/04/2008, -3/+1Mmm paintball indeed.
    • jman583, on 08/04/2008, -0/+19With low gravity.
    • Dalrek, on 08/04/2008, -0/+5There are so many times just driving around Atlanta that I ask myself that.
      • Shadic, on 08/05/2008, -0/+2I've always thought a school would be the best place for a Paintball CTF match.
    • EvilFerret, on 08/05/2008, -3/+2Why does this entire thread make me think lisp?
    • temporaryescape, on 08/05/2008, -0/+3Half Life, anyone?
  • kawaiirobo, on 08/04/2008, -4/+6Technically this is in Saitama, part of the greater Tokyo metropolitan area, but not Tokyo it's self.
    • FATEorFORTUNE, on 08/04/2008, -16/+4i don't take infomation about japan from people with "kawaii" in their username. no one cares you dweeb
      • Chronictrees, on 08/04/2008, -0/+14Classic example of someone who should refrain from posting comments.
      • kawaiirobo, on 08/05/2008, -2/+3thank you chronictrees, and judging by the diggs, no one cares about you *****.
    • wigginz, on 08/04/2008, -0/+1Hmm, "it's self," wonder if that's grammatically correct? I was going to say it should be "itself" but "it's self" doesn't seem technically wrong. Dunno...
      • Vikesrock, on 08/04/2008, -0/+3Okay, let's go ahead and expand that contraction.
        "but not Tokyo it is self"

        That definitely seems technically wrong to me.
      • bsingle, on 08/04/2008, -0/+1"It is self"?? Sounds wrong to me.
      • wigginz, on 08/04/2008, -0/+3Fine... you and your fancy logic has proved me wrong :(
      • kawaiirobo, on 08/05/2008, -0/+2I'll be honest, I think I screwed up. But that's why I'm not an English major. Sorry.
    • insinuate, on 08/05/2008, -5/+1technicalfag
  • scubaman5000, on 08/04/2008, -4/+30It needs a Balrog to chase people that break in.
  • zemkacz, on 08/04/2008, -10/+5Truly is epic.
  • warlax27, on 08/04/2008, -4/+18EPIC NAP!!!
  • BlackJackJester, on 08/04/2008, -4/+22Total Recall? This must be what they discovered on Mars!!
  • bsolidgold, on 08/04/2008, -1/+9It's for flood waters to go in case there is one (flood) in Tokyo.
  • Shiftyeyedgoat, on 08/04/2008, -4/+162Repost is repost is repost.

    It's not a basement. It's an inexplicably pretty sewer, from Japan:

    http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/199/31/
    • iizh, on 08/04/2008, -2/+3Storm water drainage system, not sewer.
      • Shiftyeyedgoat, on 08/04/2008, -4/+3Difference between sewer and basement: pretty big.

        Difference between sewer and water drainage system in metropolitan area: not so big.
      • Wolfboy, on 08/04/2008, -0/+7Storm sewer - carries off stormwater to prevent flooding.

        Sanitary sewer - carries off the contents of your toilet, separate from the storm sewer (unless you live in a really backward community), to a wastewater treatment plant.
    • zephyr42, on 08/04/2008, -0/+3I thought i saw this on the discovery channel or history channel as a sewer.... thanks for the affirmation.
    • Gutterpunk, on 08/04/2008, -0/+6And it's not even in Tokyo. What a crappy submission. No caption, no nothing, and the description is wrong.
    • kleash, on 08/04/2008, -0/+4Did they check for ninja turtles' hideout?
    • ecshome, on 08/04/2008, -0/+2dude, i want to go there before i dye.
    • ukrainial, on 08/05/2008, -0/+0I think "from Japan" is a pretty good explanation for stuff a whole lot stranger than this...
    • voze, on 08/05/2008, -0/+1anyone else notice theres a "gay asian singles" add on the bottom of that page

      • DanQuist, on 08/05/2008, -0/+3nope, must be personalized to your search habits
  • badnewshotel, on 08/04/2008, -11/+6Hey, it's every Digg losers dream 'Command Center' - if only this was their Mom's basement.
    • kraetos, on 08/04/2008, -1/+8Hey, SHE lives with ME.
    • ltchimpo, on 08/05/2008, -0/+8Dude, they're my roommates.
      • sirandrewofkay, on 08/05/2008, -0/+5"but...they have pictures of you with them when you're a kid"

        " i know...it's creepy...i think they make them on the computer"
      • AdmiralHalsey, on 08/05/2008, -0/+1Your ***** WEAK.. Wizeak
  • kieltyka34, on 08/04/2008, -4/+2facility?
    • LeonHRodriguez, on 08/05/2008, -0/+0...the one at Arkhangelsk Damn?
  • lebatte, on 08/04/2008, -2/+11THE FUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.
    • me1.0, on 08/04/2008, -1/+4The furry?
      • mysticfury, on 08/04/2008, -0/+2The fury?
      • h4mx0r, on 08/04/2008, -1/+2Hm, see, this is the problem with stretching letters to emphasize pronunciation. Somewhere along the line, it's going to look like you're saying something else. THE FURRY!
    • japanesepagoda, on 08/05/2008, -0/+3I heart Metal Gear Solid.
  • leerayIG88, on 08/04/2008, -2/+11Reminds me of a Unreal Tournament deathmatch but real.
  • diemunkiesdie, on 08/04/2008, -6/+41Here is the source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/avi_abrams/834161623/
    When you submit pictures please put the photos in context and/or credit the source. Don't just link to the jpg!!!!
    • fmyidotcom, on 08/05/2008, -0/+2Normally I'd agree with you, but the flickr user just got the picture from somewhere else as well, so it's not like he deserves credit. And he just links to a blog who probably stole it from somewhere else.
    • Archer007, on 08/05/2008, -2/+1But then he can't take advantage of Digg's OCD.
  • w2sjw, on 08/04/2008, -1/+11Yep, that's the Tokyo tsunami sewer control system. A modder from the Unreal Tournament 3 forums made a map out of that: http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=60177 ...
    • zardoz73, on 08/05/2008, -0/+1Not for a tsunami, just regular ol' rain runoff. Japan gets a massive amount of rain in late spring/early summer.
  • Darkaged, on 08/04/2008, -12/+106From 1 year and 17 days ago:
    http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Japanese_Sewer_System_Pi ...
    (Which happens to be a dupe of:
    http://digg.com/tech_news/Amazing_photos_of_the_Ja ... From 2 years and 83 days ago)

    Actual article and more pictures:
    http://www.crookedbrains.net/2007/07/japanese-sewe ...

    So yeah, old pic is old.
    • supermanred, on 08/04/2008, -8/+24You're that guy, eh? Spent 20 minutes looking up the older copies of this post...and nobody gives a *****. All the people seeing this for the first time really don't give a *****.

      You're that guy, eh?
      • mysticfury, on 08/04/2008, -10/+4I hate it when people are like THIS IS OLDDDD!!! because not everyone has been on digg forever (i for one havent) so stop pissing yourselves when theres a reposted story/img.
      • fmyidotcom, on 08/05/2008, -3/+8Stop pissing yourself when people declare something as old. Welcome to the internet. It's a flame or be flamed world.
      • LoudMusic, on 08/05/2008, -0/+7Well it's not like there's a built in interface for checking dupes or anything. Wonder why they included that in the submission process ... hmmm ...
      • m0zzie, on 08/05/2008, -0/+2ah yes, because the dupe checking system is advanced enough to match the string "epic basement" with "japanese sewer system"..
    • MScrip, on 08/04/2008, -4/+5New people join Digg every day. They haven't seen it yet. And it really says something about your character that you think you get to decide what appears on Digg.

      Hell, there are over 100 comments about this 'old' story. Apparently people are still interested in it. Ya think?
    • InsaneOni, on 08/04/2008, -3/+6New to me. Stop complaining.
    • m0zzie, on 08/05/2008, -0/+5the amount of effort you put into your nazism impresses me.
    • mkamal, on 08/05/2008, -0/+1TMNT got rich. Stop hatin'
  • STARTRAK4907, on 08/04/2008, -3/+21how did they get a pic of my lair!?
  • Stephen1424, on 08/04/2008, -11/+5Lan party anyone ??
  • JCE504, on 08/04/2008, -8/+2And I'm sure it still smells like *****.
  • ChayD, on 08/04/2008, -6/+3Yeah, in the loosest definition of the word, it is a basement, but you could say that that shopping mall under your city business district is also a basement, or that the subway system is a basement with 1:1 scale train set.
  • OC73, on 08/04/2008, -9/+1Epic lameness.
  • voldron, on 08/04/2008, -2/+3Only thing missing is APCs and Aliens
  • supertod, on 08/04/2008, -2/+7Its a sewer, isnt it?
  • fwertz, on 08/04/2008, -0/+16Burried for no Balrog.
  • Tddupre, on 08/04/2008, -4/+6how many times does this crap have to be on digg
  • Hanklin67, on 08/04/2008, -6/+4Seen it. Its a sewer in Japan.
  • Moegopher, on 08/04/2008, -3/+6Buried as inaccurate.
    • MScrip, on 08/04/2008, -0/+3Nope... it's still on the front page.
  • Crimsoneer, on 08/04/2008, -2/+5Rave?
  • ZaZ2137, on 08/04/2008, -1/+5Gentlemen, I give you the new location of Quake Con where EVERYONE can get a BYOC seat.
  • coconutman1, on 08/04/2008, -7/+2More like basement! Haha
  • YellowStar, on 08/04/2008, -0/+6...and they call it a Mine....
  • meestro, on 08/04/2008, -2/+7Buried for use of the term 'Epic', particularly while explaining a sewer.
    • sonar1, on 08/04/2008, -0/+4 im starting to hate that word too.
      • eldano512, on 08/04/2008, -2/+1would you say your hatred is epic yet?
      • mohsenxp, on 08/04/2008, -0/+2Yea its the new ownage.
      • sonar1, on 08/04/2008, -0/+2its worse than EXTREME. at one point i saw 3 back to back commercials that used that word.
      • 888gavin, on 08/05/2008, -0/+2I hated it BEFORE it wasn't cool.
  • andrewbr500, on 08/04/2008, -2/+4That's definitely Mars. Haven't you guys seen Total Recall?
  • feanix, on 08/04/2008, -3/+2Hmmm. I should see if this place is for rent, I'm running out of space to store twinkies and torsos.
  • supermanred, on 08/04/2008, -2/+3Quick someone call the BBC! You could film an entire episode of Doctor Who down there!
  • MazdaVI, on 08/04/2008, -2/+3the southeast corridor??!
  • dashdingo, on 08/04/2008, -2/+2It's a sewage system. The article that actually explained it and had more pictures was dugg a looong time ago.
  • cl2yp71c, on 08/04/2008, -3/+1Where's the fap-station?
  • monkeycatDx, on 08/04/2008, -2/+3To the bat cave!
  • Secret7000, on 08/04/2008, -0/+5Behold ... the great realm and dwarf city of Dwarrodelf.
  • aircows, on 08/04/2008, -2/+4seems like a great place for a movie set
  • fandyboy, on 08/04/2008, -2/+4Start the reactor!
  • futility, on 08/04/2008, -3/+4Watch out for deepcrows!
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