How Japan Builds Flood-Proof Cities

[@NoFrenemiesAllowed]

This project is a result of Mayor Kotoku Wamura of Fudai, Japan. In 1972 he funded the construction of a 15.5-meter-high floodgate and seawall, costing about $23.16 million. He received much backlash and ridicule from the residents saying it was a waste of money and too big for a small town. It was completed in 1984 and Wamura retired in 1987. He later died in 1997 before he could witness the structures protect his town of Fudai from the 2011 tsunami and earthquake that devastated surrounding neighboring areas. The disaster resulted in approximately 19,747 deaths, with over 2,500 people still missing. Everyone in the town of Fudai was completely safe.

[@CC-jy4gr]

thats interesting thanks

[@andikaDumDum]

idk if it was true, but several info from internet say so. interesting story but sad

[@RagnetulCarpatilor]

Niqqas are always hating smh

[@PatrickVal-jw3qh]

You know what else is massive?

[@accsonix8729]

Loww Taper fadeee

[@wraxzygaming7535]

My mom

[@tiaan8551]

MY MOM

[@bobbythomas6520]

My mom

[@jacksnow4587]

Lowwwwwwwwwwww

[@euniceibeh2873]

Great ingenuity to solve flood problems! Wow, Japan!

[@Superbuild24]

Vietnam needs this lol 😀

[@aimed_on_tik_tok1]

1:52 you know what else is massave

[@theonewhoatebread4976]

Looooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww taper fadeeeeeeeeeeee

[@diaperman5458]

Jobs bro jobs

[@CG_CURSED]

that was exactly what i was thinking

[@mrbanjoooo]

you missed the one at 1:12 you ain't a real one fr fr

[@bobbythomas6520]

My mom

[@軍曹-n6j]

Tokyo is a rich city and produces a large surplus every year. The government takes the surplus from Tokyo and distributes it to other cities. So, rather than take it away from Tokyo, Tokyo is promoting projects like this one.

[@大きなモーター]

地方都市から吸い上げた人金物定期

[@kimmagada]

theoretically you can fly a plane. redbull: yes go on

[@tubefaze]

This is the kind of thing Houston and New Orleans could benefit from.

[@funaraeeeee8002]

Imagine 5000 years later, a new wave of civilization sees this and think it's for ritualistic purposes for Japanese indigenous people.

[@AdvityaOjha]

True😂

[@contradicsean]

Looks like a nice water temple for zelda, link and super mario to have an adventure in

[@tylerdurden4006]

Nevermind most mega cities already do this and this is really really old technology, did you know Chicago has been digging theirs since the 70's?

[@basedsigmagigachad]

alright we get it america is the best blah blah blah

[@motherearth667]

Doing since 70s but nothing significant completed 😂😂😂

[@tylerdurden4006]

@motherearth667 that doesn't mean they aren't still building it, you should actually learn about it first.

[@basedsigmagigachad]

@@motherearth667 fr

[@jsslgn]

​@@tylerdurden4006 lmao they are still building it since the 70s? Are they gonna compete with La Sagrada Familia for longest ongoing construction?😂

[@euniceibeh2873]

They are great thinkers and problem solvers!

[@dipeshthapa163]

Nobody: Literally Nobody: Americans when they have to give the reference on the volume of water: xxx olympic sized swimming pools.

[@jakoober345]

Bro the amount of times this guy says MASSIVE is absurd 😂

[@AlbertMoyerJr]

And to take this a step further imagine creating diversion and pump stations to move water to drought areas to keep crops and farming solid.

[@Youdontwantnonebyatch]

theres no shortage of water in all of japan are you kidding. its all rain draining off mountains into the rice fields and then into the ocean

[@prophetisraelking3759]

Good japan has bless the world with their automobile industries

[@rxsullivan]

This is an enjoyable and informative documentary. In the U.S., the city of Indianapolis is just wrapping up a 250,000,000-gallon storage system for combined-sewer overflows. DigIndy, as they call it, is working nicely thus far as it comes online.

[@euniceibeh2873]

South Texas USA can use this innovation too! It's a great news, Great problem solver!

[@Doctaphil64]

0:56 Video says 1991, but the vehicles are from the 1930s?

[@vuanhtuan8197]

I mean 1991 is after 1930?

[@Rosin2]

What ur saying makes no sense. 1991 is 61 years AFTER 1930.

[@makimomoo]

Brilliant Japanese innovation. Implementing this in US will be too expensive and not approved as this would mean less money for weapons of destruction .

[@Mike-jv8bv]

the u.s doesn't have many cities that floods at the level of tokyo, we have new orleans which is a similar bowl and huston, other than that our climate in the states is far more forgiving than the crazy stuff japan has to deal with.

[@AL-lh2ht]

@@Mike-jv8bv dudes just a racist

[@chidenisee]

Have you traveled all of the US. I have visited 36 states. A lot of our cities flood. I live in a city on the east coast that floods consistently. I have been to other cities that flood constantly as well. A lot in Florida, SC, NC and NY to name just a few.

[@obamaobama-u5u]

2:42 you know what else i could imagine?

[@c.curmudgeon2834]

The footage from 1991 looks Ike people in Japan really like their vintage vehicles.

[@AhmedDilshad-vi3nh]

What kind of Turbines are Used ? Are they Air Craft Jet Engines Used ?

[@RICHYSUNCLE]

MASSIVE!!

[@rudrapandya9994]

Can we just introduce a turbine structure inside the tunnels? its like hydropower plant. so in a way we can use the water tunnels for energy production... maybe they can plan, so the tunnels will be useful for other purposes other than just being empty when not needed

[@Mike-jv8bv]

no. because these tunnels are only used during an emergency event which is every so many years. turbine powerplants require consistent flows.

[@Zamonski]

Never say Never. One day the water can overwhelm the system.

[@justincoughenour4123]

Literally the exact same video I've already seen years ago. Word for word...

[@keyogen]

5:36 The environmentalist, "What about the possible contamination water being pump back into the river?" You mean the water that won't have trash and other debris from not washing into the city ?

[@UseCodeBioFN]

2:19 massive?

[@RICHYSUNCLE]

1:58 MASSIVE

[@lingth]

DEEP Tunnel Sewage System.. DTSS, Singapore has been doing this also.. to route high volume of rain fall waters into underground Large Storage "Tanks" and route them to the Sea.

[@admirala6598]

Malaysia should build infrastructure like this too but knowing Malaysia, it probably won't

[@John.Doe.A.D33R]

🇫🇷 needs to learn this.... & not only think about 🌈

[@erfinderttn1897]

M-m-Massiv???? You know what Else ist massiv???

[@aleksanderkuncwicz7277]

Europe should do somthing like Japan make flood prevention.

[@RICHYSUNCLE]

1:12 and u know what else is massive

[@jeffm7487]

you

[@billygoat3828]

Do you know what else is massive?

[@Mikara65]

I saw this and Immediately thought Jet Set Radio. God i thought those levels were impossible and here we are Japan again.

[@jaroslavkuna6993]

some Infra vibes here, perkele

[@RoughNeckDelta]

When I see things like this I wonder what I'm doing living in this 3rd world country they call America.

[@tomlorenzen4062]

You can always leave, but you never will.

[@AL-lh2ht]

Chicago literally has the same thing and its even bigger, but racism is sso much then knowing what you talking about

[@TylerMcdonald2137]

2:18 u know what else is massive LOW TAPER FADE

[@RICHYSUNCLE]

2:44 YK WHAR ELSE WE COULD IMAGINE

[@D91Mart]

North carolina needs one of these.

[@xanthonyjamesx]

So beautiful 😍

[@rewords_2788]

imagine a flood that gets you and you just float around until you fall into this system, must be the scariest thing ever

[@erfrerge5g724]

you know what else is massive?

[@purpsmoke4205]

Only real OGs remember mirrors edge when you’re doing parkour in the dam 😂😂

[@KGLFPLUSHPRODUCTIONS]

What if you’re doing maintenance down there and water starts flying towards you

[@vukvucko3813]

What will they do when tank get full ?

[@RanggaRamadya-e2i]

6:16 whay they always imagine rain alway in the mounthain? who set it up?

[@obamaobama-u5u]

2:38 you know what else is massive?

[@GintxD]

1:53 you know what else is massive? LOWWWWW TAPERRRR FADEEEE

[@commandomatches8551]

Philippines should do this

[@k-studio8112]

Philippines could never and would never. We can't even build simple proper dikes. If we are going to build things like this one, much of the funds would probably go to our politicians pockets.

[@RodenMosqueda]

Philippines?🎉🎉😂 a thousand years until kingdom come.politicians corrupted

[@purplephoenix88]

Stupid question… could the water coming into the tunnels not be used to generate electricity by using kinetic energy? Then the power made from that put back in to reduce power costs?

[@hortusdeescapismo]

jakarta needs this

[@stfnursu]

what if I get stuck in that thing?

[@Moestuin_RC]

If it Aint Dutch, it aint Mutch

[@prettyprecious23]

The largest storm cathedral is in Madrid, Spain, not Tokio.

[@stefensmith9522]

I'm surprised after the brilliance of designing the tunnels that they aren't using the water for power. use the flowing water to turn turbines to use\store the energy for later use or adding simple steam power from siphoning off some water and boiling it and capturing the steam for other turbines.

[@Jason_N7]

I wish the Philippines had that...

[@RodenMosqueda]

Until Kingdom come.. Philippine government liked money they corrupt..don't expect heaven from them

[@wobby1516]

Holland, The Netherlands. Know all about flood control.

[@jigenking6324]

East coast in the US needs this lol

[@hottesteverything6545]

Philippines' BGC area in Taguig City (Metro Manila) has adapted a similar flood-control tunneling / silos. More Metro Manila cities (local gvt units) should folllow too.

[@inosukehashibara5930]

it's not the local government of Taguig made/funded those btw, it's actually BCDA who developed that land and create similar flood-control tunneling. So again don't give credit to those LGU of Taguig who didn't funded those development in BGC, The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) is a government-owned and controlled corporation under the Office of the President of the Philippines.

[@hottesteverything6545]

@@inosukehashibara5930 I did not exactly say that the city of Taguig funded the project. I just simply pointed out where particularly the cistern / storing of flood water has been adapted.

[@atabac]

its just a storage and doesnt flow out somewehere.what we need are outflow systems. our gov should ask japanese gov for help on this

It's not so much changing climate, which is up for debate, as ever increasing urbanization in already flood prone areas without increasing infrastructure at the levels needed continuously.

[@irvinclemente2368]

Looks like the area where Meruem and Netero fought.

[@luigisaporito9350]

che spettacolo...

[@Cryosxify]

Could they have tapped this for energy?

[@jaunos6859]

2:55 Ehmm... Redbull's new challenge xd

[@karmeshtiwari1453]

And they say we can't build pyramids

[@renzupsop]

PH needs this

[@RodenMosqueda]

Yes need..until Kingdom come

[@danvelez5838]

The Dwarven realm of khazad-dum😮

[@kannantm2731]

nice

[@hybridPeople358]

Japan government: We can fix this. US government: Get flood insurance or move.

[@The1Broom]

If you just put "Charleston, South carolina" instead of Tokyo this would all still fit

[@jilliango15]

metro manila needs this

[@inosukehashibara5930]

We already have this in BGC just look it up on Google or just search it on KZbin and you will saw some reports from media outlets as well. It's a huge silo's beneath BGC it collects rainwater before it discharge to the Pasig river.

[@RodenMosqueda]

Let manila sink in because of corrupt leaders

[@Gamechannel10321]

it's not to ki yo it's to kyo kyo in kyosti

[@KevinSmith-lq4ch]

So in 1991 Japan drove 40's and 30's mode American vehicles?

[@TheRewindKing]

I wonder if you can utilize this for hydroelectric production. Turning tragedy into productive power. Just a thought.

[@ekingsabsab1036]

Philippines: 5,500 flood control projects 😂

[@geofflepper3207]

Bssed on this video I learned (at 57 seconds in) that at the time of the 1991 Tokyo floods everyone in Tokyo was cycling or using 1930s or 1940s cars. Am I just nitpicking?

[@WadeKratzmann]

Vacuume eart from the sea and pump it to land and build the land higher.

[@neogeozaf]

Απο τους πιο αξιοσεβαστους λαους !!!

[@chritz3101]

meanwhile, Philippines Pocketing flood control budgets like they gonna live past 3328.. utterly disgusting attitude.

[@EvanHowell-z5e]

No, I live in Greenville

[@NahianRahman_Nehal]

Thanks for mentioning our country Bangladesh ❤❤ Indian system destroyed our land that's why we've been suffering since 1971

[@VikramSinghNegi502]

Mexico syndrome

[@croail]

can somebody count how many times he said massive

[@Pikcgubd]

Wait massive, do you know what else is massive.

[@TheJGJR9]

this is where they gon build the evas

[@dariuszg.8026]

carbon emission isnt the issue so the anti flooding system is perfect

[@MdEakubAli-b5f]

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[@RX-78-z7c]

THE NUMBER 1 BEST CITY IN THE WORLD IS TOKYO

[@falafelscobes6122]

Australia take note 😅

Aussie is and always has been a country of floods, fires and droughts. It would be useful for fresh water storage though but the magnitude is far beyond the electoral cycle.

[@shinji2224]

8:00 Florida would never be able to do this if they do it will be in 50-100 years

[@capo578]

We all know new orleans will never fund this

[@sweetmeat3236]

1991 shows footage from like 1930

[@robmnfu]

$2B is like nothing for this kind of infrastructure lol. Easily worth the cost.

[@photigodfrey460]

"the dwarf city of dwarrowdelf"

[@patrickpampula_]

Philippines can't relate

[@jeffm7487]

Detroit needs to see this lol

[@WabuhWabuh]

you can just build deeper canals...

[@AL-lh2ht]

In the middle of a city.......

[@potatoz1295]

I knew about this place because of Kamen Rider lmao