japan floating island?

Answer 1

it's simply a concept right now. They're running out of room, and with the current cost of housing and apartments they want to explore new methods of artificially expanding their land mass. The proposed design right now is basically a city in the shape of a pyramid floating just off the coast. We probably won't see anything real for a very long time there still many factors they are trying to work around, the big one is the constant fear of earthquakes and tsunamis wich would essentially sink or cripple a free floating structure of it's proposed size.

Answer 2

I-land City is actualy a building outside of Shinjuku Station.

As far as floating islands go, there is an interesting documentary I saw on discovery about the Osaka Air Port, which is a man maid island in the middle of the harbor. It is sinking at a rate about 10 times faster than tey had expected. There are a couple of other projects to extend the coast out into different bays by similar means. Hawaii has been working on making islands for a while. Its called Volcanoes.

Answer 3

mimi is right - it's cities like Tokyo that are running out of room while rural areas are being depopulated by younger generations lured to the big cities like Tokyo for opportunities.

Tokyo has become a huge megalopis that has practically swallowed up Yokohama and stretches for miles in every direction. On the Shinkansen or local train, it seems to almost stretch all the way to Kyoto!

Answer 4

Yes, Japan is always floating, depending on which way the wind blows.

Answer 5

In response to the first answer above...

Japan is far from running out of room.
Tokyo, however, is.

If Japan had a communist government, they could simply shift half of Tokyo's population to Tohoku and Hokkaido. Meanwhile, half of Kansai's population could be booted to Shikoku. Problem solved.

Answer 6

It's being built to host a wing of USMC helos in Okinawa.

Answer 7

This is a good idea that will make Japan sink.