Why Does Japan Build Airports On Water?

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  • Опубликовано: 18 апр 2023
  • There is no doubt that Japan is home to a few of engineering marvels, bullet trains, underwater tunnels, and plenty more. but the most extreme one is the airports that they build on water. they invest billions of dollars on these airports. find out why? in the video.
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  • @user-hn1xd9jr5w
    @user-hn1xd9jr5w 11 месяцев назад +122

    Simple answer: no space on land

    • @williamtell5365
      @williamtell5365 10 месяцев назад +5

      Plenty of land, even in Japan. It's more a question of suitable land near urban areas. That's a hard find.

    • @keiming2277
      @keiming2277 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@williamtell5365 And you bet the Japanese people will protest, just like Narita.
      And Japanese police can't shoot them

  • @jamesau4296
    @jamesau4296 11 месяцев назад +145

    Actually, the trend did not occur only in Japan, it goes globally given the polarization in Politics, and land acquisition could mean another flash point for political dispute, therefore many countries ended up choosing to build airports on the sea when available, like South Korea.

    • @borisglevrk
      @borisglevrk 10 месяцев назад

      The problem about Narita predates the post-trump "polarization". In fact, the first generation of Narita-naysayers have deep Soviet Union sympathizer background.

  • @duncantalksalot
    @duncantalksalot 11 месяцев назад +70

    Hongkong actually seeded their airport from a tiny island, which they used to name the airport “Chep Lap Kok”

  • @ApprenPlayer
    @ApprenPlayer 10 месяцев назад +35

    Hong Kong’s international airport was built on artificial land but originally composed of small islets on South China Sea.

  • @carlmaster9690
    @carlmaster9690 10 месяцев назад +59

    Japan is a very rugged and mountainous country, meaning there's very little flat land available for the massive airports that serve Japan's ever growing cities and urban areas/metropolises.

    • @TheNobleFive
      @TheNobleFive 10 месяцев назад

      All regions of Japan are shrinking in population including Tokyo.

    • @user-pn3im5sm7k
      @user-pn3im5sm7k 10 месяцев назад +6

      @@TheNobleFiveOk.. Its still overpopulated. Only 75 years ago the population of the Japanese empire was 40 million on the mainland.
      It is now 125 million. For reference California is a near clone of Japan in size and usable geography but has a population 3x smaller. If you live in California you know even 40 million is overpopulated.

    • @xijinpig7978
      @xijinpig7978 9 месяцев назад +1

      Its time for Japan to take back Chyna

    • @shaddythewiz3836
      @shaddythewiz3836 9 месяцев назад

      @@user-pn3im5sm7kcalifornia isn’t really overpopulated they just have a very terrible and American use of land which takes up a lot of space but it is far from the densest part of the country. the northeast is far more dense and even there isn’t really that dense compared to densities you get in Europe and obviously asia with japan

    • @user-pn3im5sm7k
      @user-pn3im5sm7k 9 месяцев назад

      @@shaddythewiz3836 ?
      I assume you have not been to the main cities in California? Even smaller ones like Carlsbad are pretty bad too. I'm born and raised in Cali and trust me it is overpopulated, and people arent leaving fast enough. Left that place like 20 years ago.

  • @mannymuriel
    @mannymuriel 9 месяцев назад +16

    Anyone who knows Hong Kong's geography and remembers Hong Kong's previous airport knows why the new airport had to be built in the water. Hong Kong is very hilly and had sky scrapers right next to the previous airport. It was one of the most dangerous airports to take off and land.

    • @mariodiaz4694
      @mariodiaz4694 9 месяцев назад

      Did you ever ride the Baguio or Dumaguete flight before in the 80’s it can be compared to Kai Tak airport 😊Kansai I was able to get a flight by NWA from Detroit numerous times it’s very nice all glass walls and steel , Now they say it sinking a bit but Japan trying everything to prevent it

  • @Wiratama12
    @Wiratama12 11 месяцев назад +19

    Tokyo Haneda actually once built in beach area, however the expansion means they need doing reclamation to archive that.

  • @michael3147
    @michael3147 10 месяцев назад +5

    is this channel narrator ai? if so it's very impressive and it seem really realistic on recent videos. but still, why are you using ai? it's so noticeable.

  • @redstonerelic
    @redstonerelic 11 месяцев назад +17

    idk if its just me but the narrator sounds like Text to speech generator. It's... off.

    • @pugsandcoffeeplease
      @pugsandcoffeeplease 11 месяцев назад +3

      Pronunciation is questionable.

    • @busofmauritius8306
      @busofmauritius8306 10 месяцев назад +2

      Many videos on RUclips are text to speech including this one.

  • @M3ganwillslay
    @M3ganwillslay Год назад +349

    Simple answer: Earthquakes

    • @Broadvay
      @Broadvay  Год назад +63

      actually, a few other reasons as well

    • @ShortArmOfGod
      @ShortArmOfGod 11 месяцев назад +15

      Ahktually.....

    • @ilhamrj2599
      @ilhamrj2599 10 месяцев назад +17

      no… in case of Japan, they cannot handle people’s resistance ….Narita was already bad enough experience for Japanese government.

    • @keiming2277
      @keiming2277 10 месяцев назад +10

      ⁠@@ilhamrj2599 China be like : People resistance ? What happened to your police forces and military?

    • @keiming2277
      @keiming2277 10 месяцев назад +5

      @chairmanxijinpooh8392 South Korea be like : we have 50 million people living in half of the peninsula almost the same size of Kyushu island

  • @HokkaidoSan
    @HokkaidoSan 10 месяцев назад +15

    Good video but some of the things pointed out aren't true. A water landing CAN be less hazardous, if you're taking into account landing lakes or rivers but the ocean is a different beast which all those airport islands are surrounded by. Landing in the ocean is much more treacherous than land because of waves. The ocean is never still.

    • @StOrmZIsoNItZWaY
      @StOrmZIsoNItZWaY 9 месяцев назад

      I mean, it's not exactly the open ocean. It's a bay, which generally isn't as rough as the ocean.

  • @matiestrella510
    @matiestrella510 8 месяцев назад +3

    She said “airport on water” once every 10 seconds

  • @noob.168
    @noob.168 10 месяцев назад +14

    I've never heard someone pronounce "Kansai" that bad.

    • @isocarboxazid
      @isocarboxazid 10 месяцев назад +4

      Repeatly mispronouncing "scarcity" is pretty bad too.

    • @wiwisi8709
      @wiwisi8709 10 месяцев назад +2

      Its text to speech

    • @wiwisi8709
      @wiwisi8709 10 месяцев назад +4

      Most of this channel might just be AI generated

    • @sadihy
      @sadihy 9 месяцев назад

      How about Kobe? 😬 That hurt every time.

  • @fabian6172
    @fabian6172 10 месяцев назад +19

    Ohh wait, so the sea/ocean is no local ecosystem.

    • @borisglevrk
      @borisglevrk 10 месяцев назад +1

      Fair point, because when the Japanese try to relocate MCAS Futenma to Henoko Bay near Nago, Okinawa, environment issues did came up to bite back.

    • @tubatupora0512
      @tubatupora0512 10 месяцев назад +1

      Exactly, this was my thought as well.

    • @tinypenguinhk
      @tinypenguinhk 10 месяцев назад +1

      For instance, the airport expansion in Hong Kong jeopardised local dolphin habitats.

  • @cadeakamu9523
    @cadeakamu9523 10 месяцев назад +5

    i believe HNL was the first offshore runway known as the “reef runway”

  • @DAMotorsports
    @DAMotorsports 10 месяцев назад +1

    Traffic and space was my original guess. I see airports like Chicago and Atlanta they will have rough time expanding

  • @TransportGeekery
    @TransportGeekery 10 месяцев назад +2

    What about fog and bird strikes? That was a major reason why London abandoned its project to build an airport in the Thames Estuary.

  • @livinglife5463
    @livinglife5463 10 месяцев назад +7

    They never mentioned Central international Airport located in Aich prefecture in Japan.

    • @sadihy
      @sadihy 9 месяцев назад

      Yeah, even though it was shown right at the beginning of the video it wasn't explicitly mentioned.

  • @romanreist4722
    @romanreist4722 11 месяцев назад +12

    Does anybody know the name of the village in 01:34?

    • @theazraaiazuha
      @theazraaiazuha 10 месяцев назад +12

      It's in Yama-dera, Yamaga Prefecture, Japan. Very scenic hike especially during autumn foliage.

    • @einzelganger09
      @einzelganger09 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@theazraaiazuha almost there! Yamagata pref.

  • @thetrainhopper8992
    @thetrainhopper8992 10 месяцев назад +6

    This video was brought to you by chatgpt and text to speech.

  • @armandosanchez4830
    @armandosanchez4830 9 месяцев назад

    The design looks cool tbh

  • @StOrmZIsoNItZWaY
    @StOrmZIsoNItZWaY 9 месяцев назад +1

    Even without the political aspects of land reclamation, building on water has the advantage of being more future-proof if done right. These economies are all advanced and can afford to foot the bill. Even though it's more expensive you don't have to claim nearby land to plan for future airport expansion to meet demand when you build on the water. This land (especially in places like Hong Kong and Singapore) is arguably more expensive than building on the water alone. Plus, it also means that if you don't have to build a new airport from scratch if you run out of space on land (similar to Kai Tak which had no room to grow).

  • @habibkarim119
    @habibkarim119 10 месяцев назад +1

    Japan = very honorable Country (=my friends) love 👍👍👍

  • @keegzwhittal
    @keegzwhittal 8 месяцев назад

    Really putting the port in airport

  • @tomatodo375
    @tomatodo375 9 месяцев назад +2

    4:34
    What a wrong information.
    In 1995, Kobe Airport didn't even exist. (It was opened in 2006.)
    Exactly there was two artificial islands in Kobe (the Port Island, the Rokko Island) and they were severely damaged and people found that earthquake causes liquefaction phenomenon in the landfill.

  • @delilah28100
    @delilah28100 10 месяцев назад +3

    Why Does Japan Build Airports On Water? --- I think the better title is "Why is it built of reclaimed land areas?" because most of the examples you mentioned are made on "land reclamation"

  • @chunyilan6860
    @chunyilan6860 10 месяцев назад +5

    The statement that a water landing can be less hazardous than landing on land is not true. As the airport is surrounded by ocean, waves can pose significant damage to the aircraft, which could result in a much worse situation. In most water landings, the aircraft will not stay upright, and the waves will cause a dangerous situation when the engine contacts the water, which leads to more injuries.

  • @SeamusYap
    @SeamusYap 2 дня назад

    Bro just made a transition 😳 4:18 - 4:21

  • @timeline3219
    @timeline3219 10 месяцев назад +3

    3:17 Is that a voice crack I hear?

  • @mariodiaz4694
    @mariodiaz4694 9 месяцев назад

    Simple they have the technology and capability to do it

  • @abautista2533
    @abautista2533 10 месяцев назад +3

    Can you make one about the Philippines: New Manila International Airport and Subway

    • @abrahamdsl
      @abrahamdsl 10 месяцев назад

      Wtf

    • @cycler2462
      @cycler2462 9 месяцев назад

      Ew

    • @Doflaminguard
      @Doflaminguard 9 месяцев назад

      Manila Airport is trash. Cebu has the best Airport in the Philippines.

  • @pugsandcoffeeplease
    @pugsandcoffeeplease 11 месяцев назад +3

    Scare-City

  • @bbatbileg
    @bbatbileg 10 месяцев назад +2

    Too long; didn't watch: Land is limited/expensive/difficult to acquire.

  • @niteshkujur4820
    @niteshkujur4820 8 месяцев назад +1

    Simply because they don't have enough land 😅

  • @YetAnotherUsername-JP
    @YetAnotherUsername-JP 10 месяцев назад +4

    Unfortunately these airports are easily damaged by tsunamis (Sendai airport in 2011 is the case)

    • @Techo2623
      @Techo2623 9 месяцев назад

      Lets hope they advanced in technology enough to create more resilient reclamations

    • @Ooilei
      @Ooilei 8 месяцев назад

      Anything next to the ocean is easily damaged by tsunamis, not just airports

  • @thelocalfbi6041
    @thelocalfbi6041 8 месяцев назад

    They is just stationary very large aircraft carriers

  • @jlfilip
    @jlfilip 8 месяцев назад

    "Why Does Japan Build Airports On Water?" - because building on land is old fashion!!! 😂🤣😅😂

  • @EricPham-gr8pg
    @EricPham-gr8pg Месяц назад

    It cam be submarine bomber air port less likely being attack during war time

  • @tarmaskhalifa871
    @tarmaskhalifa871 9 месяцев назад +1

    Japan is the most developed country in the world. Europeans might cringe but it's a fact.

  • @gillesblanchard1699
    @gillesblanchard1699 3 месяца назад

    Why not?

  • @nanopulp
    @nanopulp 10 месяцев назад

    Because tourists tend to be from... over-seas

  • @bmarcus89
    @bmarcus89 9 месяцев назад

    3:14 ?

  • @chrispontani6059
    @chrispontani6059 9 месяцев назад

    So it’s a great idea until it sinks into the water, or sea levels rise. Got it.

  • @Kris_96
    @Kris_96 9 месяцев назад

    But water also has an ecosystem, and fish and what not.

  • @eymdvz
    @eymdvz 9 месяцев назад

    Sebab boleh dik

  • @northamericanintercontinen3207
    @northamericanintercontinen3207 10 месяцев назад

    Y’all should see what Lopez Obrador did when a beautiful airport was being built on a dry lakebed and his friends and him weren’t getting their cut

  • @tanqs789
    @tanqs789 10 месяцев назад +1

    3:17 “it alLOwS”

  • @christophernakamura2574
    @christophernakamura2574 9 месяцев назад

    Why can people never pronounce Kobe right ? 😂

  • @arjunyg4655
    @arjunyg4655 9 месяцев назад

    “scar”city
    ???

  • @Aeronaut1975
    @Aeronaut1975 10 месяцев назад

    Nice idea. It would be a shame if a tsunami came along...

  • @hiperson4705
    @hiperson4705 10 месяцев назад +1

    The pronunciation ...

  • @andyyang5234
    @andyyang5234 10 месяцев назад +2

    Meanwhile, Fukuoka airport...

    • @einzelganger09
      @einzelganger09 10 месяцев назад

      that is actually very rare case in japan. but for me it is very convenient because I can get to city center in like 10 mins. but if fukuoka becomes more popular, they will be forced to move the airport else where

    • @hunterkiller009
      @hunterkiller009 10 месяцев назад

      Many major land based airports in Japan used to be an military air base back when the city wasn't too dense. Building airport from existing airbase is easier than building airport from ground up in modern era. Fukuoka airport, Nagoya komaki airport, and Osaka itami airport are some example of the major airport growing from military airbase. However, there are limit on how airport can grow. Both Itami and Komaki were already replaced by Kansai and Chubu centrair respectively. And Fukuoka is overcrowded at the moment (at least before covid) and govt has been looking for ocean based alternative. The plan to build fukuoka ocean based airport was blacklashed from environmentalists tho.

    • @einzelganger09
      @einzelganger09 10 месяцев назад

      @@hunterkiller009 you are right. most of the airports were close to city center back in the time but in case of fukuoka it is rare for such a scale of metropolis in japan. I wish it wont be same as other regions.

  • @ZoeyEldritch
    @ZoeyEldritch 8 месяцев назад

    Land politics is a complete mess in most countries. Trying to find enough suitable land in or near a urban area even if the land can be found is hardly the only issue. Then there is the issue of can they even acquire the land and develop the land as needed without serious kickback from an angry populace. Any local representatives want to keep their odds high for re-election, forcing thousands off their land for a massive development while also forcing thousands others to now live near an extremely noisy major development is very unpopular with the people and thusly can endanger election odds so local representatives can in many cases be quite resistive to an airport in their district.
    So due to the mess that is land politics on a local level, it is exceptionally easier to go about proposing and getting approval to construct these on the water vs on land. The Osaka airport is numerous miles away from the shoreline for example, airports are noisey, need a wide berth for expansion opportunities and an eye sore to the average local. Far better to keep it out of sight and out of mind to the local population.

  • @PtrkHrnk
    @PtrkHrnk 9 месяцев назад

    1:59 that is not how you write square metres!!!

  • @sitihalimahtrizandra6964
    @sitihalimahtrizandra6964 10 месяцев назад

    Don’t forget Chubu Centrair in Nagoya.

  • @aaroncarson
    @aaroncarson 10 месяцев назад +2

    If you’re going to use the AI voice of a native English speaker, at least make the English sound native…

  • @Puoehlahxiik
    @Puoehlahxiik 10 месяцев назад +4

    This video only touched it briefly on 2:57, but the most important reason is Narita Airport issue back in 1960s to 80s.
    Google "Sanrizuka Struggle" for more info - It was basically local farmers got angry on the government's arrogant attitude and decision to buy their farm lands to build the new airport for Tokyo, so they fiercely resisted the construction, and co-operated with communist activists, which then lead those activists doing terrorist attacks to government officials / forces, resulting too much obstacles, delays and even a few deaths.
    Because of this bitter memory, Japan now has simply no choice but to build airports on water. All the other merits are secondary.
    Of course, you could still say the reason why the farmers got so angry in the first place, can ultimately traced back to the fact the available land is scarce in Japan. But I expected the video touches more on the Narita Airport issue if it's titled "Why Does Japan Build Airports On Water?"

  • @AG-AG
    @AG-AG 10 месяцев назад +2

    Such terrible grammar. Was over 80% ai generated.

  • @muhammaddickyrahmanrahman1541
    @muhammaddickyrahmanrahman1541 9 месяцев назад

    Nuclear :v

  • @AndreiTupolev
    @AndreiTupolev 9 месяцев назад +1

    Simple answer: airports take up a lot of room. There isn't a lot of room in Japan.

  • @arghjain1949
    @arghjain1949 8 месяцев назад

    A long video just to say one thing
    No land

  • @pythonboi5816
    @pythonboi5816 9 месяцев назад +1

    no no wait
    the real question is why is Japan still dumping nuclear waste into ocean even though countries like china and US offered special cement mixers to cover up the nuclear power plant

  • @nicholasbrians3815
    @nicholasbrians3815 4 месяца назад

    You do understand that building on water is WORSE for the environment because it destroys aquatic ecosystems, which have more life, and there is a larger environmental impact to the construction, right?

  • @tillthiemann6448
    @tillthiemann6448 9 месяцев назад

    Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapur are one Region? 🤨

  • @hunterkiller009
    @hunterkiller009 10 месяцев назад +1

    Kobe (as a japanese city) pronounced "Ko-Bae" not "Ko-bee"

    • @joshuaalzaga5878
      @joshuaalzaga5878 10 месяцев назад +3

      It’s pronounced as ko-be, not ko-bae.

    • @Doflaminguard
      @Doflaminguard 9 месяцев назад +1

      Japan doesnt read be as bae. Syllabic doesnt have that pronunciation.

    • @hunterkiller009
      @hunterkiller009 9 месяцев назад

      @@joshuaalzaga5878 in Japanese romaji yes. But I am talking about english speaker here who has no clue about romaji or any japanese pronunciation.

    • @sadihy
      @sadihy 9 месяцев назад

      Koh-beh, would be a more accurate pronunciation.

  • @skyking6989
    @skyking6989 9 месяцев назад

    Becuse they are outta room

  • @Ksandur
    @Ksandur 10 месяцев назад +3

    Low effort AI channel

  • @loezanya
    @loezanya 10 месяцев назад

    WTF?! what about the sea ecosystem? what? the sea its an lifeless place with no life in it i guess

  • @mitchheaden7727
    @mitchheaden7727 9 месяцев назад

    What is up with this AI narration in these videos now? Repetitious and redundant sentences.

  • @VS257
    @VS257 8 месяцев назад

    Sorry I cant stand the butchering of the Japanese place names in this video