How to Build an Undersea Tunnel from Japan to Korea

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    How to Build an Undersea Tunnel from Japan to Korea
    In 1917, a Japanese Army general by the name of Kuniaki Koiso wanted to connect Japan to the rest of Asia. He suggested the idea of building a grand tunnel from Japan all the way to Korea. Certainly a tremendous feat of engineering, and not just for that point in time.
    Over the next hundred years, through the various incarnations, and despite the numerous proposals, the project never moved beyond conception. Today, there’s still yet to be a tunnel or bridge connecting the two countries. But the question is, for how long?...

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  • @KentoBento
    @KentoBento  Před 6 lety +689

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    👆🏼 For those who are commenting on the supposed mislabeling of the 'Sea of Japan' in the video, understand the map is obtained off Google Maps. Additionally, the 'Sea of Japan' is the dominant term used in English-speaking countries (as well as in Europe, China & Russia); while 'East Sea' is used primarily in South Korea (and 'Korean East Sea' used in North Korea). With that said, the video makes no claims on what the 'correct' term is.

    • @stefantrandafir1099
      @stefantrandafir1099 Před 6 lety +9

      Why does it say that your comment was posted 7 hours ago, even tho the video was only posted 35 minutes ago?

    • @niemand3637
      @niemand3637 Před 6 lety +1

      Nice vidéo

    • @PatrickEKang
      @PatrickEKang Před 6 lety +7

      It's not going to happen. Or we could perhaps do something if and only if some Einstein is reborn in the near future and sew the fault lines up where those tunnels have been proposed. It's a completely different situation from Seikan or Chunnel.

    • @FOLIPE
      @FOLIPE Před 6 lety +1

      It's too expensive and the population is already decreasing in that area of the world anyways.

    • @ranwest2213
      @ranwest2213 Před 6 lety

      Can you do a video on a Sakhalin tunnel system or even a Bering strait tunnel. I believe Elon Musk may have mentioned using hyperloops in the arctic to get around the weather conditions there. Great video anyways 👍

  • @drabberfrog
    @drabberfrog Před 5 lety +523

    Of course its possible to build a tunnel from Japan to Korea. I've built much larger tunnels in Minecraft before.

    • @thiccaxe
      @thiccaxe Před 4 lety +3

      info games *samy

    • @trilojag101
      @trilojag101 Před 4 lety +2

      Brah

    • @mal_3157
      @mal_3157 Před 3 lety +7

      I’ve built 7 underwater tunnels in minecraft

    • @sheeprambeta3217
      @sheeprambeta3217 Před 3 lety +4

      Bruh you dumb
      Most Minecraft tunnels are less than 1000 blocks long
      [joke]

  • @door-to-doorhentaisalesman2978

    I want to build a tunnel connecting Earth and Mars.

    • @Christinebanks11
      @Christinebanks11 Před 5 lety +28

      Good luck !

    • @thwalesproductions
      @thwalesproductions Před 5 lety +28

      @@Christinebanks11 in about 500 years that could be a possibility but the tunnel might only fit a medium sized capsule and the trip to Mars could take 4 years instead of 2 if you took a spaceship but great idea. Dont r/wooosh me nobs

    • @aznwl
      @aznwl Před 5 lety +4

      @Tyiler Hanks r/woo-

    • @redfalconsmdx
      @redfalconsmdx Před 5 lety +15

      Ring up Elon!

    • @paulozhan
      @paulozhan Před 4 lety +9

      first we need to align our orbits

  • @ArchSentinel
    @ArchSentinel Před 5 lety +361

    *grabs popcorn*
    This comment section sure is fun to read

    • @madwolf0966
      @madwolf0966 Před 5 lety +2

      xIcyy Thx for the reminder I ain’t reading them.

    • @ghst8242
      @ghst8242 Před 5 lety +2

      @@madwolf0966 how did you find this comment,if you're not reading them

    • @linktothefuture
      @linktothefuture Před 5 lety +7

      Yeah I had a strong sense of déjà vu since I’ve watched countless of “former imperial power vs ex-colony” flame wars especially between UK and India lol. This comment section is their Asian counterpart.

    • @JeyVGaming
      @JeyVGaming Před 4 lety +2

      There seems to be a lot Korean comments here than Japanese.. I'm not sure if all of them are hate comments though xD

    • @cchan571
      @cchan571 Před 4 lety

      Korean Nationalists vs Japanophile

  • @TheLiamster
    @TheLiamster Před 4 lety +81

    I hope this does get built in the future, I live in the UK and we built the Channel tunnel and while it was expensive, it paid off and has benefited Britain, France and Europe.

    • @insertgamerhere2121
      @insertgamerhere2121 Před 3 lety +2

      Yh it has it just shows how creating easier routs to places can cause great help to the economy

    • @leonpaelinck
      @leonpaelinck Před rokem

      Yeah but this one is at least 5 times as expensive...

    • @youngmo77
      @youngmo77 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@leonpaelinckSouth Korean would benefit at 125%

  • @T2266
    @T2266 Před 6 lety +447

    Well, UK and France had fought two World Wars as allies, that helps fixing up relationship a lot.

    • @FOLIPE
      @FOLIPE Před 6 lety +23

      T2266 Yeah, but the European Union includes Poland and Germany, amd Tcheckia and Slovalia so yeah, even people who literally considered others to be subhuman and those who suffered the most under their rule.

    • @bladivostok1397
      @bladivostok1397 Před 6 lety +53

      Yeah UK didnt colonized and killed , kidnapped innocent people in numbers recently in france huh?

    • @jtw10192
      @jtw10192 Před 6 lety +25

      And rape

    • @User-xw5mk
      @User-xw5mk Před 6 lety +30

      they fought as allies? yes, fought whom? Germany. Franco-German friendship is stronger today than Anglo-French friendship

    • @mcestabon
      @mcestabon Před 6 lety +44

      Except Japan denies its atrocities and continues to meddle in East Asian affairs to cause war.
      Just look at what they've been trying to do during the Korean peace talks. There's a reason why Abe's Japan has been completely isolated by all three of Kim, Moon and Trump in the ongoing Korean peninsula discourse.

  • @Moepowerplant
    @Moepowerplant Před 5 lety +267

    "Chunnel promotes integration with Europe."
    *Looks for Brexit comments.*

    • @brandonchan4537
      @brandonchan4537 Před 4 lety

      it a true thing now yeeeaa...............

    • @samh151
      @samh151 Před 4 lety

      Moepowerplant if only you knew

    • @beringstraitrailway
      @beringstraitrailway Před 4 lety +7

      Just because the U.K. wants to maintain it's sovereignty doesn't mean that it's going to stop trading with Europe.

    • @rahulnamboodiri6660
      @rahulnamboodiri6660 Před 3 lety +2

      it still promotes integration with europe. not the european union. the two are different. UK is still physically connected to the mainland now, and will always be a big trading partner of mainland europe be it brexit or not. trains will still run between the two nations and with a deal goods will still travel unhindered. for all intensive purposes except political integration UK will still remain integrated to Europe

  • @BYD4005Z
    @BYD4005Z Před 5 lety +45

    Train to busan.
    Korean and Japan = Tunnel to busan

  • @jhmcd2
    @jhmcd2 Před 6 lety +24

    Keep in mind, the French and Brits took nearly a hundred years before they cooperated on the Chunnel (which i was too jet lagged to enjoy recently). And even then it took the cooperation of two world wars to ease their issues. WWII was still only about 60/70 years ago, and while we have had the Korean War, that isn't about to help this issue.

    • @leonpaelinck
      @leonpaelinck Před rokem

      Also, Britain and France worked together in both world wars while Japan occupied Korea...

  • @rapunkill
    @rapunkill Před 6 lety +91

    The way you said "The cost of... J.K.U.T." XD

    • @TheIndogamer
      @TheIndogamer Před 5 lety

      J'coot

    • @dusty7313
      @dusty7313 Před 5 lety +3

      There was a time when the Japan ruled because the Korean people were unable to continue to reign in the chaos of the regime without order, and the Russia invaded the south. But it is true that many Koreans and Japanese, from 1910 to 1940, lived peacefully by their smiles. czcams.com/video/i7ulNW-2woE/video.html/ Japanese teachers wore suit and Koreans wore white clothes czcams.com/video/D3DOV1PAoiE/video.html/
      Many Koreans actively participated in the Japan army. 84,000 Koreans wanted to join the Japan miritary, but there were years when only 3,000 people could pass. czcams.com/video/NKzQEyKlCYs/video.html/ By the large amount of footage that has been carefully stored, most of the case is not compulsory, it is evidence that was recruiting.
      The Korean army and the Japan army have never fought. In World War II, the same defeated country. Why do they claim to be victorious country after the Japanese have left? Recently, why is Korea trying to distort the facts to rewrite history? Why are Korea government officials trying to change the truth?

  • @finlandball1939
    @finlandball1939 Před 5 lety +129

    The North Korean “Navy” would sever it lol

    • @thatguynexus5935
      @thatguynexus5935 Před 4 lety +2

      Nice one

    • @sunsetx4473
      @sunsetx4473 Před 3 lety +5

      -fisherman boat comes with a mega speaker and a flag-

    • @demonic6802
      @demonic6802 Před 3 lety +12

      @@render1919
      sev·er
      /ˈsevər/
      verb
      divide by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly.
      "the head was severed from the body"

    • @Joseph_417
      @Joseph_417 Před 3 lety +4

      @@demonic6802 LMAO

    • @Hiro_o37
      @Hiro_o37 Před 3 lety

      @@render1919 yes it is nice English lol

  • @bananesalee7086
    @bananesalee7086 Před 5 lety +16

    Yeah similar but no it's not comparable.
    French and British fought about a millennia ago, also the last major conflict had them be allies against the axis.
    Japan on the other hand was the enemy, they never fully admitted their crime and have been sort of excused because daddy US needed an ally in Asia to fight Russia.
    Their tension is pretty recent (not even a century), it's unfair to compare them as if they were in the same scenario and thus insinuate these countries are just being bitches...

    • @rubaiyat300
      @rubaiyat300 Před 3 lety +1

      They actually fought several wars against mutual enemies. their last open conflict was 200 years ago. Japan/Korea's enmity is in living memory (ie folks are still ALIVE).

  • @thomas316
    @thomas316 Před 5 lety +16

    Why did the Seikan tunnel cost so much less than the Channel tunnel when it had an overall greater length? 🤔

    • @someonedraws4208
      @someonedraws4208 Před 4 lety

      Idk

    • @cchan571
      @cchan571 Před 4 lety +12

      The Channel Tunnel used TBMs and had a better soil condition The Seikan Tunnel was dug by hand and it took 24 years to build

    • @neonxnational
      @neonxnational Před rokem

      process > size

  • @justsomeghostwithinterneta7296

    Here in Finland we have been fighting with a similar question: tunnel between Helsinki and Tallinn

    • @aab4065
      @aab4065 Před 6 lety +1

      Have you? Didn't know that. How do you see it tho?

    • @justsomeghostwithinterneta7296
      @justsomeghostwithinterneta7296 Před 6 lety +1

      SW L ?

    • @ajx9747
      @ajx9747 Před 6 lety +4

      Finnish Finn fins can't afford it that's simple.it will be losing a ton of money

    • @vlogdemon
      @vlogdemon Před 6 lety +28

      That does seem less useful than the Chunnel or JKUT, as Finland isn’t an island. With the right visa, you can already drive to Estonia.

    • @almerindaromeira8352
      @almerindaromeira8352 Před 6 lety

      It won't help a thing and both sides would lose money. I've been on that ferry though. Does it shut in the winter when/if the baltic is frozen?

  • @Tminesallday
    @Tminesallday Před 6 lety +16

    Good video although with living in the UK for my whole leife, i've never ever heard someone call it a 'chunnel'

    • @KentoBento
      @KentoBento  Před 6 lety +7

      yeah so I've been told. apparently more a term from the past

    • @Tminesallday
      @Tminesallday Před 6 lety +4

      the fastest reply ever.

    • @EdwardMicu
      @EdwardMicu Před 3 lety

      @@Tminesallday qq

  • @mrthanosthestonecollector4329

    No wonder my friend keep saying he uses car from France to England and I keep saying his is lying. I prove myself wrong.

  • @China2TXMan
    @China2TXMan Před 6 lety +31

    A major change happened between UK and France... ye... like fighting together in WWI and WWII?

    • @FOLIPE
      @FOLIPE Před 6 lety +1

      Kai Li Poland and Germany both belong to the EU and they fought in WW2. In different sides.

    • @User-xw5mk
      @User-xw5mk Před 6 lety +1

      Poland? Is that even a country?

    • @user-qh3hv3fv9w
      @user-qh3hv3fv9w Před 5 lety

      Scared.... how white

  • @hollowayfan0586
    @hollowayfan0586 Před 6 lety +279

    Lol y would you want a bridge to Busan the zombies are gonna get there eventually...

    • @jalpdesai6244
      @jalpdesai6244 Před 6 lety +13

      ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @Nugcon
      @Nugcon Před 6 lety +9

      lol

    • @xXxSkyViperxXx
      @xXxSkyViperxXx Před 6 lety +4

      what you would then get there is the anime "Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress" on japan lol

    • @nathanhe770
      @nathanhe770 Před 6 lety +4

      lol, It'll happen asap because they are crazily fast and athletic zombies😂

    • @user-qh3hv3fv9w
      @user-qh3hv3fv9w Před 5 lety

      Love you lol

  • @notbadsince97
    @notbadsince97 Před 6 lety +11

    Yeah but the historical difference between the UK and France is way different then that of Japan and S Korea. Were the former were allies in 2 of the biggest and deadliest wars in human history while it was the exact opposite for the latter countries. You can't compare a more or less friendly rivalry to a former colonizer and colonized relationship.

    • @666777559
      @666777559 Před 3 lety

      tbh although SK was a colony of JP during WW2, it was at the time an 'ally' of Japan in fact it was not uncommon to find SK soldiers in the IJA and some were just as evil as their JP counterparts.

  • @Sohave
    @Sohave Před 6 lety +3

    The rail gauge is not a too big problem, Japan also has a standard gauge network namely the Shinkansen. So only freight will have to overcome the gauge gap.

  • @user-df1ek5rc1h
    @user-df1ek5rc1h Před 6 lety +427

    But there are many problems as much as the optimistic views which you've shown us, but the suspicion between the two nations isn't the major reason why the project is not executed. It is just one of the minor problems.
    To begin with, the tunnel passes through a fault line, which brings the tunnel into a safety problem. In this long tunnel, There would be no way to create a safe evacuation route for people in the middle of the sea in case of an emergency situation such as fire or traffic accident. So if there is any kind of accident, most probably an earthquake as the region is prone to Earthquakes, it will be a terrible accident with thousands of lives in trespassing the tunnel being lost.
    Also, the economies of the two nations are not doing very good nowadays. The Japanese bubble economy has collapsed and the lost decade has just passed through in Japan, and their economy is hanging on a string, which, the national debt situation is worsening day by day. In Korea as well, the economic growth is slowing down, and internal problems are blowing up, and is taking the same path of Japan to its own lost decade, from population decrease to incoming collapsing of housing market. None of the two can manage such a project at this situation. If you ask me whether this project is helpful for improving both economies, I would disagree. For the high hopes for the project being a solution to the two economies' unemployment crisis, the crisis won't solve the unemployment crisis at all. As both of the economies are economies of a developed countries, the highly skilled and educated population is facing the unemployment crisis, not the construction workers and factory workers. The highly educated population does not desire to work in such construction projects, which basically will be an underutilization of their education and skills, but wants to work in a tertiary sector jobs which they would be employed to a big company or in government official. Some of you(the comments mention the SFT (submerged floating tunnel) method as the solution, but as of now, there isn't a single case of built submerged floating tunnel yet, and the method is still being researched over, as it has been theorized, but its concept hasn't proved its safety completely... yet. To see the SFT tunnel being built between South Korea and Japan, we should wait until the SFT tunnel is completely proven its safety and has been utilized in other tunnels, as it isn't a wise idea to dedicate such a project to a kind of tunnel never used before.
    To add on. the economic profit which is mentioned, is quite exaggerated. The train cargo travel in Japan (don't get me wrong, I have the least intention to insult anyone) sucks. Because if the technical problems of Japanese railway network (uses 1067mm narrow gauge), there are many tracks which can't even transport international standard cargo containers, and since many of Japan's major cities are on the shoreside and have a good ports, railway cargo is often ignored. For passenger transport as well, using a plane(cheap airlines) is much more cheaper, and faster than using a train or using a car. There is practically no profit from transportation through the tunnel, but it will be much more economic choice to open another port facility for efficient cargo transport, or expansion of airports to provide faster and cheaper passenger transport.
    Besides, the protest against the mayor of Busan after his sign of approval to this project was not really because of hatred towards the Japanese, but because the people want the government to just focus on the internal policies and the welfare of the people than such megaprojects. If you see, for the last few years, there has been numerous cases of regional bodies (city, province, etc) wasting the tax monies on those megaprojects and bringing no real profit for the people, such as the 4 river reorganization project, gyeongin ara-canal, and regional airports.
    Despite the fact that I've listed all those cons to the tunnel, I do not disapprove this tunnel, but I actually would like to see this tunnel built in my lifetime, as the project may hold huge significance as a step forward from the deep hatred between the two nations. But I want to state that I've only listed the cons to provide a wider viewpoint beside the video which did not discuss deeply about the cons of such a huge project they proposed.
    +) To the people who argue that the video covers all the information stated in my comment, please read my comment and watch the video again. Did the video mention about the safety issues due to its length, or economic capability to build the tunnel, or lack of profit from the tunnel? If he did, please reply me with the exact time.

    • @snowwyflake2398
      @snowwyflake2398 Před 6 lety +21

      someone please make a tl:dr

    • @metametodo
      @metametodo Před 6 lety +34

      I just gotta remember you, that that kind of problem of conflict of railway track types, has also already been faced in Europe. The EU and Europe are integrated in railway, even with different railway tracks. France and Spain for decades had this problem, which can be fixed by just systems that allow you to gauge transfer. That's not hard to do.

    • @kpsno5
      @kpsno5 Před 6 lety +1

      Okay 3 2 1 kimchi

    • @FOLIPE
      @FOLIPE Před 6 lety +43

      In summary, too expensive, too hard and unnecessary.

    • @user-df1ek5rc1h
      @user-df1ek5rc1h Před 6 lety +32

      F. OPE + safety issues (fault lines, hard emergency evacuations)

  • @user-ix7iu4wf8o
    @user-ix7iu4wf8o Před 5 lety +29

    came back to see the drama and wow it's still ongoing haha ~
    immaturity is the real problem here aside from the obvious bigotry.
    lucky a certain someone is not in the chatroom ( Mr. C ) else it would be a blockbuster drama.

  • @CJ-sm2rg
    @CJ-sm2rg Před 6 lety +31

    Korea "you pay for the cost of construction and maintainance, we'll do it"
    Japan "uh.......nani?"
    Korea "nvm, I got no time for this"

  • @luciusdyal8667
    @luciusdyal8667 Před 5 lety

    Great video, I really enjoyed it!

  • @joscan4849
    @joscan4849 Před 6 lety +264

    You can’t really compare Britain&France and SK&Japan historical events. While it is true Britain and France fought a lot hundred years ago, they were rivals and easier for them to heal since ww1 and ww2. However Japan stripped South Koreans’ civil liberties and forced them to work in their factories and fight in their wars. Especially the old generations who remembered atrocities committed against Koreans, the opposition to tunnel would remain

    • @KingofKpop
      @KingofKpop Před 6 lety +4

      SK don't have enough fund for this tunnel project, so there goes another hope.

    • @adrianduggan4739
      @adrianduggan4739 Před 6 lety +34

      It would be more fitting to compare a runner between Britain and Ireland

    • @schewaschewa3989
      @schewaschewa3989 Před 6 lety +21

      Adrian Duggan yeah or poland and germany

    • @jupitersbelt
      @jupitersbelt Před 6 lety +10

      exactly. preach

    • @midnight2472
      @midnight2472 Před 6 lety +6

      Mentality is still stuck in WW2 as if they're the only country that suffered horribly. In current time, its china sowing discord in the region and most hated country in southeast asia. They already have so many puppet governments its alarming.

  • @yesid17
    @yesid17 Před 6 lety +243

    "amid a revolution in Colombia" um that revolution was essentially started and funded by the US because they wanted to build (and take control of) the Panama Canal, that's not exactly the best example of a crisis...

    • @estebanduvanzzDelgado
      @estebanduvanzzDelgado Před 6 lety +38

      wrong, The revolution existed before America's intervention. Panama wanted independence due to their soaring poverty at that time since no lawmaker was giving them importance and the high positioned Panamanians were happily living in Bogota forgetting their duty to represent their citizens.
      America played a key role in that war helping those separatist movements, that's true and the american government betrayed those movements afterwards by taking land in a prefixed and unfair deal for Panama which is also true but they didn't start anything.

    • @CZPC
      @CZPC Před 6 lety +5

      SMGJohn
      Do you have a reason for your doubt?

    • @danacosta5841
      @danacosta5841 Před 6 lety +8

      CZ PC he's an anti american commie.

    • @aquawoelfly
      @aquawoelfly Před 6 lety +1

      Putting aside the cival unrest in central and south america....
      The story concerning the panama canal i heard was there were several attempts at building it before the americans got there. Most were defeated by problems such as dengue, malaria, yellow fever, and other mosquito born illnesses. As well as just the general harsh conditions of the geography.
      When the american finished (because significant progress was made) the project they avoided working in the summer, sprayed insecticides, used nets and repelants in the workers camps and took other steps to get the work done with less risk to the workers health.
      Granting yes the US took control over the finished canal for several decades untill 1999 if i remember correctly. And last i heard silt deposits erosion etc are making the canal unnavigable by larger ships because of delays in needed maintance between the locks.

    • @trihard1620
      @trihard1620 Před 6 lety +1

      disgusting commie spotted

  • @hodor0223
    @hodor0223 Před 6 lety +44

    Connection to just japan.
    Connection to the whole world.
    Which one is better? Answer is already shown.

  • @keyholes
    @keyholes Před 5 lety +25

    Watching this as a Brit with Brexit hanging over my head, I miss the spirit we had to build the Chunnel. Isolation gets us nowhere but stuck inside our own heads. I hope this tunnel happens one day, and the connectedness is something treasured.

  • @darkshinigami9438
    @darkshinigami9438 Před 6 lety +5

    5:05 just like France and UK. Driving on different side of the road didn't prevent from building the tunnel.

  • @artcurious807
    @artcurious807 Před 6 lety +6

    The JKUT is a great idea and long overdue. If England and France can connect than Japan and Korea should do it also. But it does seem cost prohibitive and the size of tunnel would not allow enough high volume traffic for tourism plus freight plus high speed rail. I have taken a Jet Ferry (Beetle) from Busan to Hakata port several times and its actually a nice ride if the weather is good. I takes about 3.5 hours and costs about 120$ one way I think. From Hakata you can take the Shinkansen all the way to Tokyo and now to Hokaido. America needs infrastructure like this.

  • @Hispandinavian
    @Hispandinavian Před 3 lety

    Really insightful.

  • @d_1012
    @d_1012 Před 5 lety +5

    Japan's Shinkansen network has the same rail gauge as Korea's railway ,only the regular trains in Japan have narrow gauge !

    • @leonpaelinck
      @leonpaelinck Před rokem

      Well, still kinda an issue for freight, which might be the biggers economic benefit

  • @benjaminding7244
    @benjaminding7244 Před 6 lety +4

    Yes THANKS FOR THIS

    • @nawtracy
      @nawtracy Před 6 lety

      Benji_doge ding you are fifth

  • @eurovisioncyan9550
    @eurovisioncyan9550 Před 6 lety +5

    You never disappoint me! Great video!

    • @Davidplex
      @Davidplex Před 6 lety

      Eurovision Cyan I know, right?

  • @bnattapat
    @bnattapat Před 5 lety +1

    This tunnel is a significant blood vein for both countries that flow to all over Asia. It is a win-win situation physically and soulfully. Hopefully, see this one starts building in my before next decade.

  • @juoyol
    @juoyol Před 3 lety +1

    Bro Kento Bento’s way of transitioning into an ad is very smooth

  • @fabrizio_8314
    @fabrizio_8314 Před 6 lety +220

    Imagine North Korea opening it's borders, that would make for a good roadtrip driving from Europe all the way to Japan

    • @essennagerry
      @essennagerry Před 6 lety +20

      Silent Four-Eyes Yes! That would be awesome!

    • @David-g6
      @David-g6 Před 6 lety +24

      nah, south africa, through the suez canal, into asia and then to japan would be cooler!

    • @jarenong
      @jarenong Před 6 lety +31

      That's over 12,000 km dumbass and you still have to cross the conflict ridden Middle East.

    • @viking_minn3942
      @viking_minn3942 Před 6 lety +47

      k z a You could drive around the Middle East and go through Russia...

    • @huntingnz7265
      @huntingnz7265 Před 6 lety +5

      I see, did you fall on your head as a kid?

  • @andraslibal
    @andraslibal Před 6 lety +15

    1:43 makes the statement that shipping goods is more expensive than land transport.
    That is simply not true, by far the cheapest way of transportation is shipping.

    • @qwertyuiopzxcvbnm9890
      @qwertyuiopzxcvbnm9890 Před 4 lety +3

      Depends on the destination...

    • @liamnixon4428
      @liamnixon4428 Před rokem

      That's mostly because of intense competition, but transporting goods by an individual train is definetly cheaper than transporting by an individual ship when you compare the maintenance cost for each one.

  • @reesewignal69
    @reesewignal69 Před 5 lety

    Thank you for this helpful tutorial.

  • @gazousu
    @gazousu Před 2 lety

    Thanks man

  • @Cadanny
    @Cadanny Před 5 lety +154

    Korea and japan Both hate this plan!!!! So don't fight 😀

    • @esya800
      @esya800 Před 5 lety +2

      "don't fight don't fight" - J-Hope

    • @Hbar101
      @Hbar101 Před 4 lety +23

      @@esya800 omg please no k pop

    • @robot2374
      @robot2374 Před 4 lety +8

      Justin yea I’m Chinese I dislike Japan too my grandpa frickin died when Japan colonised parts of China

    • @permafrost8894
      @permafrost8894 Před 4 lety +3

      @@decade0240 i hope japan and korea together assasinates kim jung un and unifies korea.

    • @decade0240
      @decade0240 Před 4 lety

      @@permafrost8894 You know what? There shall be only the DPRK, or a Japanese Puppet in korea.

  • @gravelroad1228
    @gravelroad1228 Před 6 lety +13

    How about a Hokkaido-Sakhalin, Sakhalin-Russia tunnel instead?

    • @terrariabookshhelf6317
      @terrariabookshhelf6317 Před 5 lety +8

      NationalismBG There wouldn’t be nearly as much demand since sakhalin has almost no population, and if both tunnels were built why would a japanese buisnessman want to visit freaking siberia?

    • @theamazingwhaleshark4478
      @theamazingwhaleshark4478 Před 2 lety

      @@terrariabookshhelf6317 Siberia would become warmer in the future because global warming and this would open up new investments in mining, agriculture, and transportation infrastructure.

    • @Japinoyboi2004
      @Japinoyboi2004 Před 2 lety

      I was thinking about this too lol.

  • @happydragneel52
    @happydragneel52 Před 5 lety +1

    I find all these videos very interesting. :) :)
    Thumbs up from the Philippines.

  • @Iamthunderchild
    @Iamthunderchild Před 5 lety +2

    Its not a bad idea but, i think ALOT more time is gonna have to pass before it actually happens, Korea has taken alot of hits from its eastern neighbor there and its even built into the language this visceral animosity towards them. Japan is gonna have alot to prove before there is enough trust for this to work.....

  • @JustAToeBee
    @JustAToeBee Před 6 lety +54

    Wouldn't it be easier to connect Japan with mainland Russia through Hokkaido and Sakhalin

    • @KentoBento
      @KentoBento  Před 6 lety +25

      Perhaps! That will be a topic for a future video.

    • @SandlotRider
      @SandlotRider Před 6 lety +16

      It might be but where would the benefits reside? For there's no economical center comparable to Busan in all of the Russian Far East?

    • @LovelyAngel.
      @LovelyAngel. Před 6 lety +5

      First they would need to officially proclaim piece between one another

    • @FOLIPE
      @FOLIPE Před 6 lety

      Sandlot Rider I don't get the point. If it is for cargo, it doesn't matter if there is a major port in either side of the tunnel.

    • @jaredbowhay-pringle1460
      @jaredbowhay-pringle1460 Před 6 lety

      But then it would be utterly reliant on the Russians building a tunnel from Sakhalin to the mainland and then decent road and rail infrastructure from there to Khabarovsk and on to China. It would also be a longer and more expensive route than connecting to China's Silk Route projects via Korea.

  • @ziljin
    @ziljin Před 6 lety +3

    Undersea tunnel seems scary. id be afraid of drowning every time!

  • @romekuibopuu2417
    @romekuibopuu2417 Před 3 lety

    ohh thank you, I've been searching for a tutorial

  • @PaulFerzoco
    @PaulFerzoco Před 5 lety

    Nice talk!

  • @limboonsiew5552
    @limboonsiew5552 Před 6 lety +6

    I'm just here waiting for Indonesia, Malaysia, n the Island of Borneo to do a similar thing.

  • @64imma
    @64imma Před 6 lety +13

    The tunnel may become more likely especially in the face of potential reunification of the two Korea's. With the divide, it effectively makes South Korea an island nation. With a unified Korea, it would increase the practicality of the tunnel

    • @johannesdanielsson9120
      @johannesdanielsson9120 Před 6 lety +4

      with a unified Korea, Korea could choose to make the tunnel or not, if they don't they still have contact with the rest of the world by land while Japan has not, I think there is a smaller chance of a tunnel with a unified Korea

    • @rks5457
      @rks5457 Před 5 lety

      Yeah it would be practical (beneficial) for Japan. Unless Korea taxes the hell out of them. If Korea reunifies then this stupid tunnel would be the last of S Koreas worries economically speaking.

  • @TheThomas538
    @TheThomas538 Před 5 lety +1

    When mentioned different sides of the road or the rail track difference. : Eurotunnel, Le'Shuttle has the same fix for that. Because the UK also drives on the other side as France, And the track difference can be solved by using 1 track system...

  • @nero6925
    @nero6925 Před 6 lety

    we need this tunnel

  • @manullim
    @manullim Před 6 lety +32

    Kento Bento:
    As visionary/optimistic as you may sound... I am not that excited about this tunnel and I doubt that the benefits of such tunnel are lopsidedly in favor of S. Korea.
    For S. Korea, there are other priorities. S. Korea is a de facto island because of N. Korea. Easing of tensions with N. Korea and eventual reunification will open up the pathway to mainland Asia and to Europe via China or Russia. This is the absolute priority.
    Why would Korea concede Japan the title of being the starting point of the great Asia-Europe railway/highway? Over the years Japan has increasingly grown inward-looking and uncompetitive. So, Japan needs even more to escape its insularity. By current estimates, S. Korea can beat Japan in absolute trade volume in 4~5 years. S. Korea has been far more outgoing and open to the world.
    Again, with the easing of tensions between two Koreas, here is a great deal opportunities that Korea can cash in without having to share with Japan. It is not just psychological or political. From the economic stand point alone, this project is not very likely to materialize any time soon.

    • @haruka6672
      @haruka6672 Před 6 lety +2

      manullim we don't want what he's saying and South Korea beating japan in trade" lol just dreams of Koreans!

    • @rks5457
      @rks5457 Před 5 lety

      Haruka Inoue it’s already happening. Enjoy your K Pop as well.

    • @haruka6672
      @haruka6672 Před 5 lety +1

      Rich is that why there's so much unemployment problems in korea that massive numbers of South Koreans comes to Japan! I'm not even involving those who come as students! Did you know Samsung, and other companies shares are owned by Japanese investors nearly 50percent! Both korea and japan makes money of eachother as part of agreement" japaneses economy is growing now, while Korean is not so much only companies like Samsung is doing good! Reality is harsh

    • @rks5457
      @rks5457 Před 5 lety

      Haruka Inoue what are you talking about hahaha! Japanese investors own 50 percent of Samsung? Is thaf what they tell you in Japan?

    • @rks5457
      @rks5457 Před 5 lety

      としや Japan got dwarfed by China in one decade and they hate the Japanese. Korea has much better relations with China than Japan. So when China gets closer to the US in terms of GDP, Korea will benefit as well. Yall are 3rd but FARRR off from 2nd place by over 4x now.

  • @jojaehyun3438
    @jojaehyun3438 Před 5 lety +28

    NO THANK YOU - From Korea

  • @mahnazsheikhhassan9550

    Your so under rated

  • @djtforever1414
    @djtforever1414 Před 5 lety

    A few years ago I got the boat from Busan, South Korea to Fukuoka, Japan. The sea was rough and it was an unpleasant journey.

  • @MrD0minican
    @MrD0minican Před 6 lety +72

    Mexico will pay for it. Just like our big, beautiful, gorgeous wall

    • @annoyingguyoninternet1631
      @annoyingguyoninternet1631 Před 6 lety

      We will build a big tunnel and Mexico have to pay

    • @hanswurst6712
      @hanswurst6712 Před 6 lety +1

      those mexicans must be really rich if they are spending all that money on walls and tunnels xD

    • @JakeobE
      @JakeobE Před 5 lety +5

      China built a wall, and look how many Mexicans they have! Proof bitches!

    • @codychoe
      @codychoe Před 5 lety

      that's fucked up but yet funny.

    • @korean6706
      @korean6706 Před 5 lety

      good one lol

  • @cheegum6296
    @cheegum6296 Před 6 lety +3

    This was truly an amazing video from so many aspects. History, Culture, Science, Physics, Engineering, Socioeconomic factors, Sociopolitical factors, Environment and so many more my feeble mind has been unable to process. I am not Japanese or Korean but i've seen conflict and the fruits of ending conflict and letting bygones be bygones.

  • @TheIndogamer
    @TheIndogamer Před 5 lety

    It would be helluvan amazing too to have rest areas and undersea towns within the Japan Korea tunnel

  • @enriquekim
    @enriquekim Před 5 lety +1

    If Tokyo or Osaka were located further west, it’d be economically viable, but due to the great distance between Seoul and Osaka/Tokyo, this tunnel has a huge disadvantage against faster passenger air and cheaper and easily accessible sea cargo transportation. The tunnel’s maximum influence would only reach from Seoul to Kyushu and Chukoku, missing out greater urban areas of Osaka and Tokyo.

  • @user-vw9xv7fd5i
    @user-vw9xv7fd5i Před 5 lety +29

    At last, something the Japanese and the Koreans can agree on; the tunnel project is utterly unnecessary and absurd.

  • @ramimroueh2769
    @ramimroueh2769 Před 6 lety +4

    How do you do those animation diagrams?

  • @bizquality
    @bizquality Před 2 lety +1

    if Japan really wants to make it, make a tunnel to Tsushima, Japan first.After that Korea can consider connect it to Busan. It is 65km from Tsushima Japan to Busan Korea. As a citizen of Busan, I agree to pay 1/2 of 65km. 3:25

  • @sarbuck355
    @sarbuck355 Před 5 lety

    Good video and good to know what happened in the future.

  • @espionage1427
    @espionage1427 Před 5 lety +10

    Why can’t you just connect Hokkaido to Sakhalin then connect Sakhalin to Russian mainland

    • @chekhov4215
      @chekhov4215 Před 4 lety +1

      Japan and Russia use different railway gauges

  • @desmondyuan269
    @desmondyuan269 Před 6 lety +19

    Because the distance is way too long, and also Japan have frequently earth quake, it would never work

    • @woooshwooosh2867
      @woooshwooosh2867 Před 6 lety +2

      Desmond Yuan stupid Japan is half way and nothing bad happened, also earthquake is not common but most common disaster in japan. I been Japan for 6years due to financial problems, Japan isn’t a bad country to profit. Been there 6 years and I never experience any earthquakes. Keep in mind I was working at the second most frequent earthquake city

    • @simhopp
      @simhopp Před 6 lety +4

      tunnels are safer than bridges in earthquake situation.
      all Japanese big Islands are connected by under sea tunnels, and they are considered safe.

    • @tobi6891
      @tobi6891 Před 6 lety +1

      This is probably something that Koreans (even if you're not one, which I think) don't want to hear but when it comes to earthquakes South Korea would have to leave the safety issues and their control over the tunnel to Japan because in terms of punctuality, organisation and safety from especially earthquakes the Japanese are specialists and experts.

  • @francis_p
    @francis_p Před 5 lety +1

    We'll be right back in 2040 to check on that one.

  • @mromatic17
    @mromatic17 Před 3 lety

    Most of the sea floor is loose gravel and sand. You’d have to cut down into the bedrock which has a gap in tectonic plates. Whenever a quake happens it’s game over for the tunnel.

  • @Yautah
    @Yautah Před 4 lety +4

    England and France rivals ? Eh. We are each other's true nemesis, you mean.

  • @Layla-sy3wv
    @Layla-sy3wv Před 3 lety +4

    Small correction* The channel tunnel was opened before 1994. People used to walk through the channel to France. Queen victoria opened it. It was only in 1994 that trains were able to go through
    Great video keep going

    • @Niemand1947
      @Niemand1947 Před 3 lety +1

      Where ever did you get that idea from?

  • @696969yolo696969
    @696969yolo696969 Před 6 lety +1

    I think a lot of the healing between France and England happened out of fears of war that were set into the people's psyche even before the world wars. They both understood they were strong powerful countries with abilities to greatly harm one another. While Japan and South Korea can say the same thing they also live in a modern world that allows for wounds to lay open. The UN, NATO, nuclear war. Not foolproof deterrents, but any major war between modern countries today will essentially be decided by whichever side the global organizations side with, so the two can keep hating each other knowing the threat of war isn't there. Something France and the UK didn't have.

  • @Kyu109
    @Kyu109 Před 5 lety +2

    Well I know that I am commenting after a long time it has been posted but I do wish to share some points.
    Firstly, I see he tried to be as fair, as someone not from these two countries, and does hope an optimistic future. I applaud that, just that there are some things that non-Koreans and non-Japanese might not know.
    The conflict between the nations in Europe was over when WW2 ended, and Germany apologised for it. Plus, Germany kept their words, they do not have ABC (Atomic, biological, chemical) weapons, limited their army, the chancellor (or PM back then) of Germany travelled to Poland, kneeled and apologised.
    In contrast, it is still continuing in East Asia. There is a border conflict between Korea and Japan, Japan did "apologise" however their actions speak otherwise. Japan declared in their constitution that they will not have an army that will be capable of attacking other countries however they voted to change it. They think that starting WW2 was a Glorious Past, not a mistake never to be repeated. Furthermore, they do not acknowledge the massacres and atrocities they have committed back them (e.g. Nanjing massacre, "comfort" women etc).
    In Europe, UK and France fought over a common enemy and that common enemy has totally changed. We can see how serious Germany was, looking from their punishment to Nazi members and the education system that followed.
    In Japan, in case you didn't know, practically the people who supported the Japanese military government continued, they have a shrine to commemorate the war criminals.
    If you ask Koreans whether they will side with Japan rather than China, the answer will probably a 'no'. Koreans do not trust both sides in the first place.
    It is not about moving on from the past. That past continues until this very day. That is the issue.
    P.S. Personally, I do feel that Japanese people are not the ones to blame, as they are kind, well mannered and know what is right and wrong. However, the politicians there are the ones to blame.

  • @schlagsahne394
    @schlagsahne394 Před 4 lety +3

    don't worry guys, this tunnel will never happen and it should stay so. All japanese people i talked to had no idea this project existed. It's a dead project that a military general came up with, but since japan doesn't have a military anymore, the project shouldn't exist either.

    • @greatsageequaltoheaven8115
      @greatsageequaltoheaven8115 Před 4 lety

      Japan still has a millitary...

    • @schlagsahne394
      @schlagsahne394 Před 4 lety

      It's not considered a military in japan as it's main purpose besides rescuing activities is to defend, hence the name self defense force. It doesn't go around invading other countries. All I'm saying here is that it's basically non use in talking about a project that doesn't exist anymore. Both sides would hate the idea of it and so why even bother fantasizing about it.

  • @PatrickEKang
    @PatrickEKang Před 6 lety +8

    You're comparing oranges and apples unless the British Isles had conquered and colonized France in early 20C.
    Quite too impressive :P

    • @PatrickEKang
      @PatrickEKang Před 6 lety

      Plus, you don't seem to know that there goes a major fault line where those tunnels were propose. This fault line has just caused a major earthquake very recently in 2016.
      It is highly unlikely that we humans can conquer any seismic activities by 2050ish.

    • @KentoBento
      @KentoBento  Před 6 lety

      I mentioned seismic zones in the video

    • @SandlotRider
      @SandlotRider Před 6 lety

      Look at the German-French relationship, some might argue that it's much better than the Brit-French relationship especially after Brexit, so I don't believe WW2 memories to be a serious argument here.

    • @frisianmouve
      @frisianmouve Před 5 lety

      Germans are alright, if anything they've done too much vergangenheitsbewältigung (Wtf German) to the point where it's getting old. We get it, you're sorry, it's fine

  • @brandowag3
    @brandowag3 Před 5 lety +2

    I thought we already learned that trains to Busan are dangerous. But on a serious note, it sounds like there is a cell phone going of in the next room throughout the video.

  • @koreanmarco
    @koreanmarco Před 6 lety

    Thats a beautiful idea , hope they will start soon , japan n korea closer together , nice .

  • @Nana-kj2iv
    @Nana-kj2iv Před 3 lety +4

    Me: read the title
    I brain automatically: No.

  • @Choigo3
    @Choigo3 Před 5 lety +4

    6:14 ... 외국 사람들 특히 제3자의 입장에서는 좋은 것이 좋은 것이다라고 생각하기 쉽네요.....

  • @zihozeon410
    @zihozeon410 Před 4 lety +2

    3:54 I love this

  • @Flaco-ip7cl
    @Flaco-ip7cl Před 5 lety

    There was a tunnel built for the BART that connects San Francisco and Oakland..it was built around 50 years ago.

  • @aspookyknucklehead1309
    @aspookyknucklehead1309 Před 6 lety +23

    Hey

  • @horroRomantic444
    @horroRomantic444 Před 5 lety +27

    I do respect your opinion, but I will disagree on that it will be more beneficial to South Korea than Japan economically. In any economic agreement, the country with the bigger economy will always win. While not directly related with this topic, think about why all the big economic powers are eager to do economic agreements with financially weaker nations that exploit their own people, but hesitant to with countries that have comparable or better economic capacity with a lot of worker rights (even South Korea is guilty of this).
    Let's revisit this when South Korea's and Japan's GDPs are within 10% or less with each other. Currently, Japan's economy is more than 3 times bigger than Korea (maybe 4 times). If the current conditions holds while the tunnel is built, Pusan will only serve as a transition hub with negligibly little or no economic benefits while majority of Korea will just simply be skipped or ignored. If there's any solace for Korea, is that even though the economy is smaller than Japan it is big enough that it cannot be bullied into entering disadvantageous agreeements like the building of a tunnel.
    Let's be clear on the intent of the tunnel. It will provide easier trade access for Japan to do business with China, Southeast Asia, Middle East, and Europe. The only market that it will open up more for Korea, will be Japan. These are not equal parameters by any measure. If I was in the Korean government, I will try complete a railroad through North Korea and Russia completely circumventing China first before any tunnel talks. That would really change the economic world order. It will completely undermine One Belt, One Road. (That would probably make Russia the new hegemony though)
    Another way of Japan getting help for the tunnel from Korea, perhaps, is helping their reunification efforts (I know kidnapped Japanese citizens are still a issue, but can Japan set an example for South Korea to follow despite political issues?). Also, most people from Korean side that may agree with the tunnel are businessmen, economists, professors, and politicians that were bought from lobbying from Japan (google search or naver search thei background of Koreans who agree with the tunnel). In addition, people who want political alliance with Japan are the descendants of the same people who sold out their own nation for their financial/legal protection from the Japanese government during the Korean occupation. A significant majority of them reside with Korea's right wing parties such as Korea Liberation Party. In order to whitewash their wrongdoings they have agree with Japan's LDP's right wing narrrative. They could be good friends, probably.
    The blowback, while very unfortunate, it was inevitable because it triggered years of unresolved resentment. I wish you knew before posting. Anyways, Thank you for the conversation starter. It gives something for people to talk about near the watercooler.

  • @PlanetaryFacts
    @PlanetaryFacts Před 6 lety

    Ooh Kento Bento, that's a name I haven't heard in a while.

  • @hazmick9104
    @hazmick9104 Před 6 lety

    I luv your videos😊

  • @dedebenui
    @dedebenui Před 6 lety +3

    The Japanese Shinkansen has the same rail gauge as the Korean one.

    • @R4T1N4
      @R4T1N4 Před 6 lety +1

      dedebenui Still not economical. A lot of people will choose airway over railway.

  • @bigboyman5743
    @bigboyman5743 Před 6 lety +8

    Is It Possible To Build A Tunnel From Russia(Sakhalin) To Japan?

    • @KentoBento
      @KentoBento  Před 6 lety +5

      That's a future video

    • @KingofKpop
      @KingofKpop Před 6 lety +3

      Russia rejected this idea long ago.

    • @simhopp
      @simhopp Před 6 lety +1

      Russia need to re-gauge their railroad first, to make this economically viable.

  • @johnpauljones3426
    @johnpauljones3426 Před 3 lety +1

    Hey now you can take the "train to busan" from japan

  • @gayatritripathisaxena7224

    I am just looking forward to how they fix the driving on different sides problem. Wouldn't it be cool to change sides of the road between driving as it is technically a law now?

    • @jmasters7515
      @jmasters7515 Před 5 lety +1

      Gayatri Saxena well it’s the same with Britain and France so I guess their going to do the same in this tunnel

  • @JunOgawa1Sun8Planets
    @JunOgawa1Sun8Planets Před 6 lety +17

    Japan will be the island country forever. No problems.

    • @jskim8418
      @jskim8418 Před 5 lety

      Well in a few decades there won’t even be an island left..their island is literally sinking every year..
      a little shake(earthquake)in the middle , a merry pop and bang(volcano eruptions) and some splash(tsunami) will finish it sooner LoL..we’ll soon have to wave them sayonara sob...

    • @user-cl7cl4qj9c
      @user-cl7cl4qj9c Před 5 lety

      @@user-gs2or5ql3n Oh boy. Japan has much bigger population than Korea so of course its a bigger economy. By that logic, Japan will never catch up to China, which is 2nd biggest economy.

    • @imnothere3107
      @imnothere3107 Před 5 lety

      @@jskim8418 there still will be idiot

  • @dorawang5451
    @dorawang5451 Před 5 lety +3

    I don't think Japan and Korean like each other enough to want something like this connection them. Too close for comfort.

  • @kimcarrier9834
    @kimcarrier9834 Před 5 lety

    There would be a lot of fun.

  • @SaadAliArts
    @SaadAliArts Před 5 lety +1

    Not only Japan Korea tunnel is possible but these tunnels and bridges are also possible:
    Japan Russia tunnel or bridge
    Russia USA bridge between Bering Strait
    Europe Africa bridge or tunnel between the Strait of Gibraltar
    Malaysia Indonesia tunnel between Strait of Malacca
    Sri Lanka India bridge between Adams bridge
    Africa Asia bridge between Djibouti and Arab peninsula

  • @hna543
    @hna543 Před 6 lety +66

    I'm Korean and I think that it would be nice to travel to Tokyo by train or car.
    However, I also think that the cost for building this tunnel is so expensive.
    Building a 200 km-long tunnel under the open sea? Obviously, IT IS NOT EASY.
    Most of all, is the economic growth for Korea increased by 150%??? How??

    • @johannesdanielsson9120
      @johannesdanielsson9120 Před 6 lety +12

      it seems like a lie, there is no logic behind the economic growth being increased by 150%, Japan gains connection to the rest of the continent, Korea gets... connection to Japan..? it's impossible that this leads to a 150% economic growth, it's a ridiculous number.

    • @jamesson1154
      @jamesson1154 Před 5 lety +4

      Johannes Danielsson with Japan extremely limited and rapidly evaporating natural resources, it’s hard to believe the “150%” profit increase to Korea. Unless all the trading Japan does gets taxed by Korea 95% of their profit... that’s the only way Korea can gain 150% increase. S Korea already exports more industrial strength steel. That’s probably the biggest ticket item aside from automobiles. Japan made their mistake over 60 years ago. Let’s see if Korea forgives their unapologetic perpetrators.

    • @awhahoo
      @awhahoo Před 5 lety

      And what if a tsunami happens, also it would take a while to travel

    • @zbf85297b
      @zbf85297b Před 5 lety +1

      I think construction itself is political goal in many cases. You can see many useless big projects in your own country. We have very little growth from Pyramid age.

    • @SirKolass
      @SirKolass Před 5 lety +1

      @@awhahoo What? have you ever seen tsunamis happening underground?... Earthquakes would be the problem there. Also, travel time is not a thing.

  • @TWMASTER200
    @TWMASTER200 Před 5 lety +11

    Yes, let's just continue to hate each other until humanity goes extinct.. that's a good idea. I swear these comments make me so sad.

  • @merrybot101
    @merrybot101 Před 6 lety

    A grand plan. Hope to see it before I die. Lol

  • @Lolyssiqueiros
    @Lolyssiqueiros Před 5 lety

    anothet perk of a interbatiom highway system is that alaska would get much economical development with people staying there after a long drive and even a boom in the hotel industry for the state

  • @Sangas79
    @Sangas79 Před 6 lety +5

    I personally don't think this will happen. To Costly, there is plane and ship.. why bother?

  • @jendorei
    @jendorei Před 5 lety +7

    It would be amazing to see the highway covering the entire Earth, even if I will be an old grandpa by then.
    This is a reason to not commit suicide. Cool.

  • @--Paws--
    @--Paws-- Před 5 lety

    I like that the seismic activity was included as a factor that influences where the tunnel should go. Yet I fear in a thousand years or more, seismic activity can change how the world would look like impacting the stability of tunnel or other related infrastructure.

  • @KittieGeorge
    @KittieGeorge Před 4 lety

    1) Both countries are closing relationship now.
    2) If it's connected, S.Korea is isolated and so it's no use.
    3) If Japan wants to be connected with continent, between Hokkaido and Sakhalin is more cost-efficient.