Comments on: Tokyo Tower

By: pooms

pooms — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 18:30:47 +0000

It’s called the “Kawasaki Man-Made Island” and is in the middle of an undersea tunnel across tokyo bay. Apparently they started boring the tunnel from the island towards each side.

http://www.kajima.co.jp/topics/news_notes/vol3/v3a.htm

By: Chris G.

Chris G. — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:57:16 +0000

^|^|^

Perhaps a weather station, or tsunami warning station? Though it’s a little to far into Yokohama Bay to be the latter.

Maybe it’s the beginning of the Babylon Project (Patlabor reference)

By: Corey

Corey — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:51:48 +0000

Anybody know what this is sitting in the bay? Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:49:28 +0000

Chris (Granger), it’s beautiful at night.

By: Trina

Trina — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:17:25 +0000

Don’t you mean ‘I hearby declare myself the worldâ€™s oldest Google Sightseeing Administrator’?

By: Chris G.

Chris G. — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:22:51 +0000

Maat that’s Kansai Int’l. in Osaka bay. The Airport serves the cities of Osaka (Japan’s second largest city) and Kyoto – the ancient Imperial capital founded during thei Heian period when the capital was known as Heiankyo.

Kansai Int’l is currently sinking – much like Chep Lap Kok Airport, the new Hong Kong Int’l – and they’ve been raising the building with haudryolic jacks to keep the structure level.

By: Chris Granger

Chris Granger — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:11:23 +0000

Wow… that’s pretty ugly. Somebody said, “what this city really needs is a dayglow orange Eiffel Tower knock-off.” Scary.

By: Ramsey Callaway

Ramsey Callaway — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:18:41 +0000

Check out Mt. Fuji south and west of Tokyo:

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

By: Methost

Methost — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:00:53 +0000

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

Here’s that crazy Island-Airport they built in Japan. Its around 180 miles SW of Tokyo.