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Tokyo Underground

 Posted by Nobi, 23 Sep 2007

The images below look almost unreal. These are the images of Tokyo’s sewer system. It’s funny to think that this eye popping architecture was never meant to be seen by the external world.

Here is a simple formula:
Advanced Engineering × Japanese Precision = Awesome Beauty
(no aesthetic required)

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 Filed under: Architecture, Japan, Space, Technology
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  1. Hi Nobi,

    Cool pictures, I love structures like this, sometimes things that are mainly designed to be structurally efficient can be the most elegant - like for example bridges. I’ve never been to Japan but I know it has some beautiful suspension and cable-stay bridges.

    Comment by sariah — September 23, 2007 #

  2. Hi Sariah,
    I heard they offer a guided tour for the public once a year. I should plan my next trip to Japan when they have the tour. And you are right, there are amazing suspension bridges in Japan which were all built after I had left the country. Rainbow Bridge usually is one of the first things that foreigners are impressed when they enter Tokyo from Narita airport. It’s not the longest one in the world (the longest suspension bridge is in the south west part of Japan), but still the elevation is so high that it makes you feel like you’re descending to the metropolitan on a roller coaster. It’s a beautiful experience if you can enter Tokyo during the twilight hour. And the most amazing thing is these bridges are engineered to withstand the biggest ever earthquake which could hit Japan in the near future.

    Comment by Nobi — September 24, 2007 #

  3. Absolutely fascinating.
    I *love* your posts about Japan, hope to see more.

    Comment by Divina — September 25, 2007 #

  4. Thanks Divina. I rediscovered my own country recently and am still in kind of a state of shock. So, there will be more coming up.

    Comment by Nobi — September 25, 2007 #

  5. It’s indeed an incredible beauty. It reminds me some SF movies from late 80’s. A cathedral of light and dark under the ground 0.

    Comment by Octavian — September 26, 2007 #

  6. Hi Octavian,
    It’s actually scary to imagine being there all alone by yourself. There is something that recalls H.R. Giger’s world to me.

    Comment by Nobi — September 26, 2007 #

  7. Exactly! It’s Giger… I was thinking to something like in expresionist movies, but Giger is the perfect example.

    Comment by Octavian — September 27, 2007 #

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