A secret city beneath Tokyo?

[Ioman]

Seven riddles suggest a secret city beneath Tokyo

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20030301a1.htm

During the Gulf War in 1991, Shun Akiba was one of only two foreign journalists reporting from Baghdad, along with Peter Arnett of CNN. With such experience and expertise, it would be reasonable to imagine him in great demand right now. Wrong.

Shun Akiba, a former high-level foreign reporter, has identified hundreds of kilometers of Tokyo tunnels whose purpose is unknown and whose very existence is denied.

Shun is on some kind of invisible blacklist. His book "Teito Tokyo Kakusareta Chikamono Himitsu" ("Imperial City Tokyo: Secret of a Hidden Underground Network"), published by Yosensha in late 2002, is already in its fifth edition. Yet Shun has found it impossible to get the media to take serious note, write reviews or offer interviews.

This is very strange because he has a great story -- evidence of a network of tunnels and possibly an underground city beneath Tokyo that the public is totally unaware of. "Why am I ignored? Can I be on to something, and there is a conspiracy to silence me? I believe so."

[mikeywalnutz]

I would like to visit that city.

[Ioman]

hmmm I wonder what their government is doing down there. 2000KM of tunnels is incredible. I also wonder why it is so tight lipped? Do you think there is an underground city, and if so, do you think it is new or old!? The tunnels sound old for sure.

[Payback]

Underground tunnels of some sort are in just about every major city on earth. That some are in Japan isn't surprising. That the Japanese public dosen't know about them is equally so. Conspiracy theorists around the world have long suspected large undergound complexes in the US (*cough Area-51 *cough), why should something similar not exist in Japan? Next time I'm in the Tokyo area, I'll keep my eyes open when in subway stations.

Hehe... An American journalist would probably just jump down onto the tracks and start walking the tunnels. After all, in Japan, there is no "third rail".

[Ioman]

Originally posted by Payback
Underground tunnels of some sort are in just about every major city on earth. That some are in Japan isn't surprising. That the Japanese public dosen't know about them is equally so. Conspiracy theorists around the world have long suspected large undergound complexes in the US (*cough Area-51 *cough), why should something similar not exist in Japan? Next time I'm in the Tokyo area, I'll keep my eyes open when in subway stations.

Hehe... An American journalist would probably just jump down onto the tracks and start walking the tunnels. After all, in Japan, there is no "third rail".

I like your thinking Payback and if lived there whats stopping me from gathering some friends and just going on an expedition. Whats interesting though is the fact that there is over 2000KM of tunnels down there....that is an incredible labyrith they have. I kind of find it far fetched there would be an underground city as the journalist hinted at, but it would be very very cool if something like this did exist. I wonder why the Japanese government is so hush hush?

[Archon]

evidence of a network of tunnels and possibly an underground city beneath Tokyo that the public is totally unaware of.

OK...evidence of a network of tunnels and an underground city...

If thats the case, then I have evidence that there is actually an invisible city being suspended above Boston by gyrocopters high above the clouds.

[Unregistered]

It does not surprise me in the least that their could be a massive network of rail lines, and a sort of underground city under toyko.

Did you know that New York City council were unaware of the existance of a subway tunnel and station which is underneath city hall itself ? The tunnel contructed in 1870 if I recall was sealed off with nothing more than a few thin brick walls.

The tunnels and underground rooms in toyko could very well have been built to transport troops and supplies during WW2. Remember toyko also has the maze like streets and street numbering which by their own admission was done so an invading force would find it hard to move around.

Japan trying to hide the existance of hidden tunnels given the current "war on terrorism" (tm george w bush) is probably so no one can find said tunnels.

[dang]

There are tunnels all over the place.
In Tacoma, WA there are tunnels under some of the streets there as well, that were built more then 50 years ago.
They are supposedly sealed and I have never seen them though.

The tunnels could be used (if built somewhat recently, like the last 30 years or so) for military purposes if there ever happens to be another war. Our government has many holes in mountains, etc to protect important military personal and civilians in the event of a nuclear war.

[Payback]

Yeah, it's not unreasonable to think these tunnels would have been built with future wars in mind. After all the US did the same thing, but in a slightly more visible way.

The national freeway system was build with the idea of being able to easily more large items throughout the country. There were requirements that there be so many miles of straight road for every mile of curve, so that the straight sections could be used as emergency runways if needed durring war. Even the curves and overpasses have to be built at certaint heights and with a minimum radius, not so so cars could travel at high speeds, but for missile carries to be able to make the corners.

[Archon]

hate to see a missile carrier pull up to a paytoll.

Damn Taxachussets! :rolleyes:

[Ioman]

Originally posted by Payback
Yeah, it's not unreasonable to think these tunnels would have been built with future wars in mind. After all the US did the same thing, but in a slightly more visible way.

The national freeway system was build with the idea of being able to easily more large items throughout the country. There were requirements that there be so many miles of straight road for every mile of curve, so that the straight sections could be used as emergency runways if needed durring war. Even the curves and overpasses have to be built at certaint heights and with a minimum radius, not so so cars could travel at high speeds, but for missile carries to be able to make the corners.


I would love to put a crew together and go investigating these tunnels, I think that would be sweet to rediscover what they built years ago.