is it true there's an underground city beneath Tokyo?

Question

i've heard about this story that in the sub-surface Tokyo and any major cities there's another city lies beneath, an underground city unknown to many connected to the surface by subway and sewer. they have their own community, usually outcasts rejected by normal people who life in the surface. is it true?

Answer 1

Probably you are talking about these tunnels. But it is not a city.
These are everywhere under the Tokyo, along with the arterial roads, and they are usually 5-15 stories high(diameter). Deeper than subway. These are to avoid torrential rains. Maybe someone exaggerated the story.

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The last one is power generating station under the ground.

Answer 2

Yes, there are huge underground shopping malls in most of the major cities in Japan. Many of them are linked to subway stations for the convenience of shoppers and passengers. Gigantic underground malls in Tokyo and Osaka could be called "underground world" where you can find everything from movie theaters, concert halls to coffree shops and beauty parlors with the exception of housing complex.

All of them are maintained perfectly safe and clean by the city governments. The underground malls are closed for a few hours after midnight for maintenance and security check every day.

We call them "underground towns," not "underground world"; because nobody is living there. As I mentioned, there is no housing areas; nobody is allowed to live there strictly for security reasons.

Your picture of underground world where outcasts and homeless people are forming their own society sounds very interesting. But that does not exist outside the manga or anime motion pictures. Sorry about that.

Answer 3

Let me guess you got that from the early 90's movie "Demolition man" with Sly Stalone and Wesley Snipes?
I think it had something like what you're talking about but I think the setting was in Los Angeles.

Anyway I know there's tunnels under Tokyo but a whole city?
I doubt it dude.
So what the "outcasts" don't get any sunlight but they are kept safe underground if war is declared? Cmon, where's the logic in that?
Although I think it would be pretty cool if there was an underground city in Tokyo.

Answer 4

No, it is not true. There are underground subways and with that shops are there.

Usually there are some particular stations under which homeless people do live such as Sinjuku. However homeless people are every where not only stations. You can see them on streets and in the park too.

If by outcast you mean that homeless people so they are not out cast they are living themselves. And they are homeless due to different reasons. Government has provided them replacement but they don't like I think.

And those homeless at the stations lives in Cardboard boxes. In the park they lives in shades. Some prefer to live in Used Cars.

In Japan no one reject anyone.

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

The outcasts rejected by normal people hang out in Akihabara. They can be found in the cos-play coffee shops.

Answer 7

yea thats true.
and when in the early morning, they come up above the surface to get some food from dump collection before crows take it away
Winter is comming so it's warmer in underground for homeless people.

Answer 8

What do you mean "beneath" Tokyo?! The outcasts are sitting beside you on the metro trains.

Answer 9

Oh absolutely!!

It's also true that Godzilla comes out and trashes the place sometimes - that's why Japanese houses are only given a life expectancy of about 50 years, there's no WAY the G-man will let them stand longer than that...!!

Last June, Mothra hatched out in our living room ... along with about 18 of his brothers, sisters, and cousins! Now we have giant bug eggs pulsating in the fridge, ready to hatch out next year...!!! Yikes!

There are also giant Mantis running around, eating any person unfortunate enough to get in their way!

(I blame the H-bombs myself ... you KNOW how they mangle the DNA...!!!)

There's also a strange blue cat with no ears ... of course he's a robot, but that's beside the point! He often plays with the little yellow pikachus we have living wild outside ...

Frequently a strange sailing ship anchors off shore, and the weird dudes on board ALWAYS cause trouble! Giants and dragons follow them about, not to mention weird cyborg-type guys and girls with long noses....!

You know, sometimes I wonder why we don't bog off back to England ...?!?!?!
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Answer 10

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