KYOTO, Aug 23 (News On Japan) –
In anticipation of ‘Disaster Prevention Day’ on September 1, an enormous underground tunnel designed to guard communication cables from disasters was unveiled to the media on August 22.
Reporter Anna Yamaguchi: “This tunnel, located deep beneath Osaka, actually connects Kyoto to Kobe.”
The tunnel, often called a “tōdō” (communication tunnel), was constructed by NTT West about 60 years in the past. It serves to safeguard communication cables from potential disasters and was specifically opened to the general public forward of Disaster Prevention Day.
Inside the tunnel, roughly 18 million communication cables for web and phone providers are intricately laid out, stretching from Kyoto to Kobe like a maze.
The tunnel can also be outfitted with disaster-prevention amenities equivalent to fireplace doorways and drainage pumps, and it reportedly withstood the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake with out sustaining any injury.
Source: YOMIURI