Secret underground warehouse in Tokyo

Posted by on April 21st, 2008 in communications, DIY, doomed future, environs, health, identity, photos, revolution, tech, urban, video, where's my alien dancing girls

In this video, a camera crew follows a city official to a trapdoor hidden in a Tokyo sidewalk, which opens to a narrow stairway leading to a giant underground warehouse stocked with emergency supplies.

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Located 20 meters (65 ft) underground, the 1,480 square meter (16,000 sq ft) space contains emergency supplies to be distributed to the public in the event of a major earthquake. Items include 5,000 blankets, 8,000 rugs, 4,000 candles, 300 cooking pots, 200 t-shirts, and emergency medical supplies. A conveyor belt system is installed to help transport the supplies up to street level.

The underground warehouse is connected to an unnamed station on the Oedo line, Tokyo’s deepest subway. Apparently, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government maintains more than one of these warehouses, but the locations are kept secret.

Link via pinktentacle.com

My only question – where are the H-plates?

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3 Responses to “Secret underground warehouse in Tokyo”

  1. Apocalypse Bunker!!!

  2. That was my thought, also.

  3. Good to know someone is prepared at least. Though by those numbers more people will be wearing blankets than shirts in the Doomed Future.