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Japanese Sewer System [Pictures]

algebraoflife.blogspot.com — These pictures are not of a space station or space ship but of Japanese sewer system. Japanese water drainage system, looks like an alien space ship.

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  • corduroyblack, on 10/11/2007, -17/+77Of all things to think while looking at these pictures, I was wondering how bad it smelled down there.
    • sheepacow, on 10/11/2007, -1/+79It doesn't, it's not really a sewer, it's more of a flood prevention system. It's also a big tourist location. I saw a special on it on the Discovery Channel the other day.
      • ic0n, on 10/11/2007, -3/+34No, actually it's the entrance`to NERV HQ.
        • darkamster07, on 10/11/2007, -4/+3can I be your friend?
        • NikoKun, on 10/11/2007, -10/+3HAHA excellent Evangelion reference! ^_~
          • themastersb, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11We all know. No need to point it out.
      • darkamster07, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6sweet, hall of Durín
      • Scheissen, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Exactly, this is a flood prevention drain designed to be filled with excess water from some river and dumping it out into another river that can handle the water. Inaccurate. (I buried)
      • jskopek, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7So what happens if there's a flash flood in the middle of a tour?
        • Starskey, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1the thing is huge, I'm sure there would be time for them to get the people out of there.
          • grumpyrain, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1You would be amazed at how quickly storm water rises. I somehow doubt tours are run on days where rain is predicted.
        • ChewMyFootOff, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1They will run like when chased by Gozilla.
    • cloudyprison, on 10/11/2007, -10/+2LOL, agreed. Amazing pictures but I just kept thinking, "Must stink.".
    • rebopper, on 10/11/2007, -0/+29And how is space a premium in Japan? No one thought to live in the dang sewers.
    • Digg4all, on 10/11/2007, -4/+24That is what I think when I look at nude pictures of your girlfriend.
      • capiCrimm, on 10/11/2007, -8/+1trick is to smell ammonia for about five minutes beforehand, it's quicker if you mix in bleach.
        • duccodude, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1mmmm... bleached fish smell
        • LexisNexis, on 10/11/2007, -0/+19You shouldn't suggest stuff like that, you'll probably end up killing some retarded digger who thought sniffing an ammonia and bleach mix was a good idea.
    • AvidPreatorian, on 10/11/2007, -10/+2looks like a top american military base, shame
    • kmpr326, on 10/11/2007, -10/+2This is why Japan is going to win World War 3!
    • GeekyGerge, on 10/11/2007, -1/+40I was thinking that it would be kick-ass for the teenage mutant ninja turtles to live there.
      • divrekku, on 10/11/2007, -1/+18And I was only thinking this looks like a new multiplayer level on Halo 3...
      • kjk437, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1See, and I was feeling Men in Black in every one of those pictures.
    • television, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2That first Picture is A set from Lord of the rings for sure.
  • burgerboy06, on 10/11/2007, -45/+5only is japan a sewer is bigger than a most small towns.
    • sgtbutterscotch, on 10/11/2007, -18/+20dugg down for improper use of the word "is"
      • wildfire, on 10/11/2007, -3/+30Dugg down for improper use of capitalization and punctuation.

        (Actually, I didn't -- I couldn't give a *****.)
      • hydroplane, on 10/11/2007, -3/+20It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is
    • GeekyGerge, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7I'm thinking its meant to be "in"
      • aaronm67, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I thought it was "Only in Japan is a sewer bigger than most small towns"
    • standardgrey, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0in addition to under bridges and lurking on intarnets forms, trolls live in sewers too.
      • tippmann1, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1trolls live under bridges dumbass...

        and learn how to spell
      • tippmann1, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1trolls live under bridges dumbass... and learn how to spell
  • blackc2004, on 10/11/2007, -3/+259This is a duplicate story and not really a sewer, but built to catch the overflow/runoff from the city during hurricanes.
    http://digg.com/tech_news/Amazing_photos_of_the_Japanese_storm_water_system_
    • screwzluse, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13I recall watching something on Discovery about the system. That's what I first thought when I saw the first picture. It's supposed to catch over fill from the surrounding rivers when there's a typhoon as to prevent flooding. It's massive.
      • bachdog, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3I saw it too! on the same episode, I think it was Building the Future, and they showed that Tower in Mexico that can stand up to 7.0 earthquakes
      • ripitinhalf, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0I've seen bigger...
    • negativefx, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1amazing huh?
    • praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -9/+7Regardless of what it is...it's freakin' epic. I want a video game made about it!
    • themarq, on 10/11/2007, -5/+12A storm sewer is still a sewer.
      • Awspire, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4Learn the correct terminology before you post. It's NOT a SEWER, it's a DRAIN. So, to be correct, STORM DRAIN.
    • wildfire, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10Ugh.

      American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source sew·er 1 (sōō'ər) Pronunciation Key
      n. An artificial, usually underground conduit for carrying off sewage or rainwater.

      It's a sewer -- although drainage system is also acceptable. This one wasn't designed to carry refuse/raw sewage though.
      • wildfire, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Digg is in full format screw-up mode today. Although, if I "Expand Full Tree" it's fine -- go figure.
    • glasnostic, on 10/11/2007, -2/+15Japan does not get hit by hurricanes, they get hit by typhoons. Sure is semantic but you started it.
    • jasz, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3damn! it should be a FPS map! (Quake III)
      • mookieXL, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2There's sewer map in original Unreal Tournament that looks like this.
        • kamikazecow, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4The quake wars beta map (sewer) looks just like this indoors. The map is actually called sewer too
        • Mais, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1It's supposed to be in Japan also ;). Gee I wonder if there is a reason for that .......... ;)
    • hockey, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Yes but this is missing the "amazing" tag :)
  • MikeonTV, on 10/11/2007, -17/+182dont they take smaller poops though?
    • sgtbutterscotch, on 10/11/2007, -66/+4dugg down for improper use of the word "take"
      • KniteWulf, on 10/11/2007, -7/+33Shut the ***** up. That's twice you've needlessly dugg someone down for a common mistake.
      • wildfire, on 10/11/2007, -10/+9Dugg down for improper use of capitalization and punctuation.

        (Actually, I didn't -- I couldn't give a *****.)
        • macijuana, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3That's starting to get a little old
      • stoitofardo, on 10/11/2007, -7/+1pft
      • Urusai, on 10/11/2007, -5/+11Go take a ***** in your hat.
    • gorgonzola22, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4You're forgetting sumo wrestlers
    • wesjanson2307, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0"He called the ***** poop!!"
  • praveenmarkandu, on 10/11/2007, -8/+122holy *****. its cleaner than my room!
  • Cenobite, on 10/11/2007, -4/+119The first and third pictures look like the mines of Moria.
    • olimer, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9only a true digger would liken such a thing to a staple work of nerd fiction. well done Cenobite. well done
    • scecilio, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16Beware the Balrog
    • darkamster07, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10YOU SHALL NOT PAASSSS!!!
    • crowbar77, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Well it looks like Peter Jacksons interpretation, I always imagined it differently when reading the books.
    • Windthresh, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2and to think Gandalf chose that route based on its smell...
  • tw0bit, on 10/11/2007, -2/+95looks like levels in the first Half-Life game...awesome
  • wildfire, on 10/11/2007, -7/+95Lame -- Where's Master Splinter?
    • flippedcracker, on 10/11/2007, -0/+24in new york.
      • wildfire, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10Only when he's filming shows or movies. He finds the rats in Manhattan too fat and obnoxious to stay year-round.
  • Phantom104, on 10/11/2007, -13/+0There is no way there is that much CRAP in japan.
    • hockey, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2It's that big just in case you ever decide to visit. They like to think ahead.
  • boxxa, on 10/11/2007, -10/+28Those pictures remind me of Half Life 2
    • CaptainValor, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Ditto! And Half-Life 1 for that matter.
  • hbeierg, on 10/11/2007, -13/+2looks nice to bad its covered in *****.
    • donnyburnside, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Untrue but amidst the sea of people calling it epic, your comment was rather funny.
  • onlyclave, on 10/11/2007, -6/+5It reminds me of those massive industrial constructions that you would see in a Final Fantasy game or Neon Genesis Evangelion.
  • chadtatro, on 10/11/2007, -9/+67actually in any other place this would be a sewer.. in japan, it's a sexatorium.
    • negativefx, on 10/11/2007, -6/+3LOL
    • defythereds, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5oh yeah?! so where's the tentacle rape monster then?
    • PolishNInja, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I wonder if they have Fear Factor in Japan.
  • 1jaxstate1, on 10/11/2007, -11/+6Good lord this story is old.
  • kianbung, on 10/11/2007, -8/+0Holy *****. (no pun intended) This is awesome.
  • roomforpanic, on 10/11/2007, -9/+2That's a big ol' frozen chunk of poopie.
  • scoot2006, on 10/11/2007, -8/+1those can hold a lot of poo...
  • Annas890, on 10/11/2007, -10/+53Thats not a sewer! That's where Japan stores excess floodwater from typhoon rains or overflowing from their rivers.
    • j1ggy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11...which is called a 'storm sewer.'
    • swanny89, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1Its a space station...
    • merreborn, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5For the sake of clarity, I don't think they "store" excess floodwater, so much as they "drain it into the ocean".
    • nogChoco, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Why does one of the signs say "anti bad sushi sewers" then?

  • Bob042, on 10/11/2007, -4/+67Obviously an alien space ship crashed years ago, and the Japanese just built a city on top of it.
    • dtham, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1Must be an advanced gaming alien race... that's where they get their technology from.
    • MasterThief117, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6So THATS where all the robots come from.
    • challahc, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2i don't think they were called japanese before the city was built
      • Cloud7654, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I didn't think anyone did. Guess you learn something new every day. *shrugs*
  • JenadaeXX, on 10/11/2007, -3/+11Playing games like Nocturne, Parasite Eve, Silent Hill, etc.. I have always wondered where they got the ideas for these huge glorified sewer systems... I should of guessed.
    • bsolidgold, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9"Should HAVE"

      Ignorant.
      • GawtMilk, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1Only a true Transformers fan would correct someone's syntax online.
    • Creeture, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Have. It's "should have guessed." Pass it along to your friends and stop the mindless slaughter of the American English language. Please, think of the adverbs!
      • kokojie, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1Who cares, English is a ***** up language anyway.
        • donnyburnside, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Say what? American English language? You guys speak English and that's all there is to it.
    • silenttyper, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Shouldn't it be the other way around? The games get their inspiration from the real life object. Or maybe I read it the wrong way.
  • FearlessFreep, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1Looks like a Quake level or two...
  • DopeManFunk, on 10/11/2007, -5/+2Quake 2 anyone?
  • yaddayaddayoda, on 10/11/2007, -9/+1In Soviet Russia, toilet flushes YOU.
  • utnomi, on 10/11/2007, -4/+0these look like sets from Hollywood Sci-Fi flicks. lolz
  • s33k4, on 10/11/2007, -3/+10looks like the half-life 1 intro where your on the tram through black mesa
  • nymphetamine, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1Anyone else see Marebito? I'm sure those sewers go even deeper than that.
  • Kikkoman, on 10/11/2007, -3/+7I see they have already started producing/housing the transformers and gundams..
  • datastorageguy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Stop linking to your ***** blog so I can actually see the pictures through the proxy here.
  • nextag82, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2awesome for a Resident evil level
  • ThrillSeeker, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12..or that scene in Total Recall with the underground oxygen towers
    • floppyparty, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Damn you ThrillSeeker, you stole my total recall thunder. =)
    • MindTrigger, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Total Recall instantly popped into my mind as well.
    • bimtott, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Quaaaaaid!!! Start the reactorrrrr!!!
  • addicted68098, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1I wonder how much rent is?

    It would be very sweet to live down there, as long as it doesn't smell.
  • maxsunset, on 10/11/2007, -4/+3Looks like the Mines of Moria!
  • daxsymbiont, on 10/11/2007, -6/+2yeah, good photography, nothing else.

    all this flickr sub-culture of hyping headlines to pimp photos is getting old.
  • Digg4all, on 10/11/2007, -2/+27they should shoot TMNT down there. That would be awesome.
  • rowlodge, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1boy, thats a lot of *****.
    • AaronMan24, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5You talking about the Digg headlines?
  • Xdannysterx, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1I did'int know they used water.
  • jeremy151, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7The Original:
    http://www.g-cans.jp/intro/07photo/index.html

    Also, see photographer Hedeaki Uchiyama and his photobook "Japan Underground" for some more amazing stuff.

    http://www.nikon.co.jp/main/eng/feelnikon/comfort/gallery/200311uchiyama_hideaki/index.htm
    http://www.nikon.co.jp/main/eng/feelnikon/comfort/gallery/200311uchiyama_hideaki/05.htm
    • MacGyver2210, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Holy good god. Check this out! http://www.g-cans.jp/intro/07photo/02.html (for the Katakana-impaired it says this is the "Ponpu Imupera" otherwise known as the Pump Impeller) ...freaking MASSIVE.
      How cool would it be to shoot a really cyberpunk movie down there?
  • kromagnon, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3its so... beautiful
  • iadiggs10, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Those always make me think of "The Matrix" with the huge underground sewer system that they fly hovercrafts through.
  • Beaver6813, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Looks like a cover up for a nuclear missile silo to me.. *puts on tin hat*
  • leethefilmer, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1I love crap like this. ;)
  • Kikkoman, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1One of those final fantasy mazes..
  • deskattire, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8Total Recall. "Quaid.... Get to the reactor..."
  • r00t3d0ut, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6i'd love to skate that
  • darylspong, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Reminds me more of Blade Runner than Half Life.
  • leth4l, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6The US needs to hire these guys to building something identical in New Orleans.

    Wait...it took them 5 days to get water there...nevermind *sigh*
    • unusualbob, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1and the japanese need to hire these guys to build nuclear power plants, maybe then they wouldnt leak.
  • OropheR, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Amazing! it would be a nice place to shoot a sci fi movie as well.
  • merper, on 10/11/2007, -0/+104I believe the Japanese Constitution requires all public works to be Godzilla accessible, in case he needs a place to rest while fighting Mothra.
    • FearlessFreep, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4And you thought ADA regs were a pain...
  • jberberich, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1Am I the only one who doesn't believe these are real photos?
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