I flew into Kansai Kukou in 1994 when it first opened. It was bright and inviting, especially when compared to Itami Kukou which is located much closer to the Osaka city center. Itami is still used for domestic flights. Japan is space-constrained not only because it's an island, but also because much of the country is mountainous.
Why didn't they just mine a bunch of asteroids and pile this on top of the island. Then the island wouldn't be in danger of being inundated. The starship Enterprise could help. I'm sure Captain Picard would love to help!
Was there in 2022! Drove from Iwakuni/Hiroshima to KSI many times. It was very creepy during COVID as most shops looked abandoned inside. One of the creepiest/most depressing things I saw quite honestly.
Imagine closing the entire operation of the airport for 10 days after an extreme natural disaster. 10 days while some countires would take weeks or even months! Japan is indeed on another level.
KANSAI (KIX) airport is NOT floating. KIX is a man made island that is sinking into the multilayered clay sea bottom that they didn't expect would compress as badly as it did.
In fact, artificial islands are used by many airports in the world. But only Osaka has the most serious problem. So I want to say that Japanese technology is not advanced.
I was in Sennan and Izumisano in Spring 1987 - we watched the first portion being built. It was amazing. I was so happy to learn decades later, that the airport was completed. I'm saddened to learn of the damages by nature.
How foolish that three mountains were disappeared along with their entire ecosystems forever destroyed for a project that will in time wash away and be reclaimed by the natural forces of the bay and ocean.
@@raylopez99 Do you know the difference between ITM, CDG and JFK? - ITM: You never witness anybody cleaning, the airport is clean like a 5 star restaurant's dishes - CDG: You never witness anybody cleaning, the airport is dirty in every edge and in between - JFK: Quadrillions are cleaning 24/7, the airport is dirty in any edge and in between
@@peterebel7899 LOL how true about JFK, where about 15 years ago I could not get public WiFi to work (it was "in progress") and once missed a connecting flight because they were using "disadvantaged youth" which looked to me to gangbangers with an attitude to give directions to connecting passengers (they failed to do a good job and I lost my flight).. I have been to ITM btw en route to Toyota Town and I don't recall it was anything bad (or good) it was unremarkable (which is good)
The overly-dramatic title is misleading. Look at a map of Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Kurashiki, Hiroshima, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Nagasaki, and many others. Look at all the straight coastlines and square islands just offshore - all of this is reclaimed land. This does subside under the weight placed upon it and Kansai Airport was designed with this in mind, hence the engineering solution in place. Sure the amount of subsidence is more than anticipated, but this can be handled and there is no race against time.
The drama of KIX sinking into the bay has been going on almost as long as the global warming drama and yet KIX is still there. They even doubled the island size as if they wanted to suffer even more according to the title of this drama queen.
3:19 Tetrapods don't keep the structure dry. The sea water is free to flow through a tetrapod barrier, but in the process disperse most of the energy of the waves.
@@happyentertainment8003Naw, it's less of a dike that the tetrapods are protecting than it is fill dirt. There is a concrete wall above water level which they're going to raise but between the tetrapod walls is fill dirt. The water level throughout the airport property is mere feet below the surface.
@@CaptAppleI only know Tripods lol. I know no Tetrapods at all lol. Well I guess I'm learning new things here thank you to you both. (I think there were Tripods in the War of the Worlds...if i remember)
Damn! I was a Marine stationed in Japan until 2022. Some of my favorite memories were road-tripping from Hiroshima/Iwakuni to KSI/Osaka to pick up other service members. I was mind-blown the first time I drove on the airport and realized it was an island of its own. Beautiful drive. Side note; It was also very creepy during COVID as most shops looked abandoned inside. One of the creepiest/most depressing things I saw quite honestly!
I few from there last month, from the second terminal which I think is mostly used by budget airlines. It was like a makeshift airport, but maybe the budget terminal is getting a makeover. Transport to there was more limited than I expected from the city but it was a 30 year old train that had been pimped up with hello kitty stickers, curtains and headrests.
Having used Kansai kukou numerous times I can say that it’s a very nice airport but claims of 24 hour service are untrue as access via public transport essentially stops overnight. There is a limited bus service but it’s only a local one. So some passengers elect to sleep in the lounge areas. Many LCC have late arrival times and there is a rush to catch the last train or highway bus to Osaka.
The title is a bit misleading. If the airport was "floating", that would perhaps solve some of the problems. However, apart from the technical challenge of making such a large structure float, it would lead to other problems.
What you should have said was "...Japan has arrogant and unrealistic engineers". A highschool kid would tell you they failed and now they have to come up with a plan B. Kansai is a billion dollar cash incinerator. I predict Japan will have to invest at least more money into maintaining the airport as they did to build it.
There was a brilliant multi episode documentary series made at the time on the building of Kansai airport & originally shown on Channel 4 in the UK...It featured the design & architecture (& Renzo Piano's fabulous hill-side design studios), the construction (including a supervisor from the British company William Hare Structural Steel living deep in Sakai on his own & not speaking a word of Japanese...!?!) & so much of the Japanese engineering techniques...It was a brilliant series....👌👌👌
A country prone to terrible storms and earthquakes builds an airport in the water? Do I have that right? Let’s just put millions of people in a huge city in the middle of the desert and then wonder why there’s not enough water? Oh yeah that’s been done too.
@@fredericklockard3854 I guess the airport was designed properly, if it handled the enormous winds of hurricane Jebi. Most of human development is near sea level, btw.
Kansai Airport is my favorite way when i visit Osaka ( four times now)- get off the plane, hop on one of two dedicated airport trains, a quick trip along the Osaka bay, then get out at Tennoji, and then to my Hotel! . ;)
I remember watching a tv programme about the building of the airport. At the time the excessive settlement was discovered the Project Director was sacked and a new one appointed with remit to come in on time and on budget. Some hope. Talk about accepting a poisoned chalice.
"A fragile jewel in the crown of global aviation." That's worth a like for sure. Do you work in advertising? you might have a career there. Great video. I used to live in that metropolis. I can contribute that this project, at the time, was the deepest artificial landfill operation in the world. All that weight tends to crush the layers below. Soil scientists get paid big $$$ to understand the behavior of these materials. A Japanese soil scientist told me that the location was chosen in consideration of aircraft noise, but that much quieter engines had been developed in the meantime, allowing the airport to have potentially been built in a shallower part of Osaka Bay, closer to land. Also, FYI, due to the shared airspace, for each plane that lands at the Kobe airport, one less lands at Kansai airport.
To be more accurate, the airport is not sinking; its underground base is. The reason why the airport is not sinking is that the pillars between the airport and the underground base are being lengthened regularly (until the compression of the sedimentary layer undersea stops).
3:59 I rather like the odd sounding upstairs downstairs terminology for a bridge Is this how you say it in Japanese? Because it's certainly not in English but this might be its first appearance, despite the whiff of baby talk.
I actually go to Japan and my flight landed after the storm and I see the damage of house and everything so sad about Japanese people suffering from natural disasters these day
The recent renovations have been to the detriment of passengers, with much space that was previously afforded to travellers now being assigned to retail outlets. Arrivals used to be a breeze (my personal record for landing and exiting the airport building was less than 20 minutes) but now, with much of the arrivals space (immigration...etc) now gone, it is like most other Int'l airports with endless snaking queues and lengthy waits. I used to love KIX, but now I dread it. And no, like most other sane travellers I have no interest whatsoever in an airport "shopping experience".
The designer of the titanic ship said that the titanic ship was unsinkable that they mention the word “God” that he can’t even sink the titanic ship until a few days later that the titanic ship sank into the ocean. Do not mention the word God is anything durability or powerful because God is infinitely powerful and stronger than anything else.
What remains is an awe inspiring engineering battle with every trick in the book against an adversary nature! It also showcases what awaits us all: We "gonna have to science the s..t out of this" , as *Mark Watney put it. And Japan shows us how to do it. *"The Martian" by Andy Weir.
My god you have brainwashed into this sea rise crap... You poor bastard they destroyed all your critical thinking and replaced it with Greta Thunberg message of world ending as the sea changes tides by a mere 2cm...omg how will those beach front multimillion dollars homes on the California coast survive.
Having flown into and out of Kansai Airport more than 15 times I can honestly say it is one of my least favourite Airports. Long security lines, dated interior. The recent renovations have improved it somewhat but the check-in counters and areas are too small, security lines are often long. Commute to Namba takes too long even by the rapid train.
"It's normal for airlines to lose some of our bags in transit-about 7.6 pieces per every 1,000 travelers on average. One airport, though-Japan's Kansai airport-has not lost anyone's bags in the last 30 years, and the airport handled 10 million bags in 2023 alone." (Forbes Magagine)
Raise the steel walls corner to corner below Airport from seabed till it touches to under surface of airport. Fill this cornered regions with High density extremely thick foam . Side walls prevent foam spreading to ocean. Foam raises Airport evenlyfrom seabed. Allow water escape at clearance near seabed as foam expand it displaces water. When foam is expanding make sure it is expanding within cubical form. Making it like Foam bricks supporting Airport. Side walls shall never allow foam to escape. It shall maintain uplifting Airport upward and sinking would stop. Also if Airport raises to initial limit then anchors could be realigned to initial first mark position. This is how one can surely stop Airport sinking. Hope your goodself would pass this comment. To Japan Authority of Airports.
It did happen. A major earthquake (7.3 magnitude, causing 6,000 deaths) hit the area in 1995. However, the structure did not sustain any damage. There was a plane attempting to land at the time, so they immediately checked the runways and found no damage. The plane landed safely. This airport actually played a very important role after the earthquake because it was undamaged, while other major transportation systems (highways and railroads) were largely useless. The airport became a distribution center for relief materials from all regions in and outside of Japan.
Of course it's sinking. Who the hell couldn't see this coming? It doesn't take a rocket scientist or an engineer to know this was eventually going to be a problem.
Scale it up! We need some new bold, forward thinking leaders in construction and equipment, to create a whole new generation of tools, to build large projects bigger and faster. When mother nature scales up, so do we. Every industry needs to go to school on Space X. Dream, build, break it, learn, do it again, bigger and better! It's not a question of possible. It's a question of will and faith.
KIX may be an impressive feat of engineering, but the airport is about as convenient, inviting, and interesting as a root canal. It's basically a big bus station in the middle of nowhere. The airport is poorly designed in terms of traveler comfort and needs. There's so few food options along the route from the train to the gates. It's both amazing and sad how much better other airports are compared to KIX.
C'mon I could get soba noodles there with real wasabi root grated at the table. It *is* out of the way, due to consideration of noise to adjacent communities. Actually about halfway between Honshu and Awaji island. Quieter engines were under development--the high bypass engines--so actually the airport could have been sited in a shallower part of Osaka Bay, closer to Osaka. It is a much longer ride there, than to Itami Airport, also much improved.
@@ChildSpaceMethod You can get soba noodles with fresh wasabi and on the platforms of many trains stations too. My dissatisfaction with KIX is based on a comparison with airports like Incheon. KIX lacks sense, style, or convenience once you're there. I'd heard it was undergoing renovations to make it more appealing so I was hopeful heading there on my most recent use last August, only to find nothing much had changed. It desperately lacks the appeal needed to people forget about the travel time and usage tax, which is part of the reason the airport has only been profitable a few years total through its 30yr history.
I flew into Kansai Kukou in 1994 when it first opened. It was bright and inviting, especially when compared to Itami Kukou which is located much closer to the Osaka city center. Itami is still used for domestic flights.
Japan is space-constrained not only because it's an island, but also because much of the country is mountainous.
But man can and has moved mountains infact the airport was based on three mountain turned to ruble for the base.
My home.. Izumisano
Stop by next time
Why didn't they just mine a bunch of asteroids and pile this on top of the island. Then the island wouldn't be in danger of being inundated. The starship Enterprise could help. I'm sure Captain Picard would love to help!
Was there in 2022! Drove from Iwakuni/Hiroshima to KSI many times. It was very creepy during COVID as most shops looked abandoned inside. One of the creepiest/most depressing things I saw quite honestly.
I fly in to Kansai every opportunity I get while in Japan. It's my favorite airport in the world.
Stop in and say hello..I'm in Izumisano
Imagine closing the entire operation of the airport for 10 days after an extreme natural disaster. 10 days while some countires would take weeks or even months! Japan is indeed on another level.
weebs are on another level of riding
it's a VERY importanat thing, most first world countries would have it done FAST
KANSAI (KIX) airport is NOT floating. KIX is a man made island that is sinking into the multilayered clay sea bottom that they didn't expect would compress as badly as it did.
In fact, artificial islands are used by many airports in the world.
But only Osaka has the most serious problem.
So I want to say that Japanese technology is not advanced.
I was in Sennan and Izumisano in Spring 1987 - we watched the first portion being built. It was amazing. I was so happy to learn decades later, that the airport was completed. I'm saddened to learn of the damages by nature.
My home.. Izumisano and Sennan
pronouncing the expression 24/7 as "twenty-four sevenths" makes it really hard for me to not think this is a bot.. see 1:58
Yeah, incorrect grammar and obvious typos like this really turn me off what could otherwise be amazing content.
And woeful pronunciation of Japanese names/places
Yea, but it might be more painful to watch had it been narrated by a native Japanese or Indian. 😂
@@keithtarrier4558 Right. Where is the "z" in "Kansai"?
O sa ka bay
So a mountain and ecosystem was destroyed just to see the “island” sink and disappear??!!
Three mountains
How foolish that three mountains were disappeared along with their entire ecosystems forever destroyed for a project that will in time wash away and be reclaimed by the natural forces of the bay and ocean.
Kansai IA is such an amazing idea that was actually realized, and an even more amazing feat to sustain it!
Great work. Fascinating.
Lucky me - I have had the honour of flying out of Kansai Airport. Nice video
One of the nicest airports I ever used!
Unlike Charles de Gaulle airport, which is chaotic and terrible in service.
@@raylopez99 Do you know the difference between ITM, CDG and JFK?
- ITM: You never witness anybody cleaning, the airport is clean like a 5 star restaurant's dishes
- CDG: You never witness anybody cleaning, the airport is dirty in every edge and in between
- JFK: Quadrillions are cleaning 24/7, the airport is dirty in any edge and in between
@@raylopez99 Yes, I once took exactly this leg:
The experience is a cultural shock par excellence!
@@peterebel7899 LOL how true about JFK, where about 15 years ago I could not get public WiFi to work (it was "in progress") and once missed a connecting flight because they were using "disadvantaged youth" which looked to me to gangbangers with an attitude to give directions to connecting passengers (they failed to do a good job and I lost my flight).. I have been to ITM btw en route to Toyota Town and I don't recall it was anything bad (or good) it was unremarkable (which is good)
@@raylopez99 I spare out my experiences with JFK, it did cost me days of my lifetime.
I always preferred Newark.
The overly-dramatic title is misleading. Look at a map of Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Kurashiki, Hiroshima, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Nagasaki, and many others. Look at all the straight coastlines and square islands just offshore - all of this is reclaimed land. This does subside under the weight placed upon it and Kansai Airport was designed with this in mind, hence the engineering solution in place. Sure the amount of subsidence is more than anticipated, but this can be handled and there is no race against time.
The drama of KIX sinking into the bay has been going on almost as long as the global warming drama and yet KIX is still there. They even doubled the island size as if they wanted to suffer even more according to the title of this drama queen.
It's called click bait
Then you should report the video and channel as Spam & Misleading!
His videos will get demonetized and he needs to stop making these kind of titles 😂
@@leedexI did report this channel!
So what? Who's the drama queen now?
3:19 Tetrapods don't keep the structure dry. The sea water is free to flow through a tetrapod barrier, but in the process disperse most of the energy of the waves.
Right? Tetrapods are also all four footed animals with backbones higher than the fishes in the taxonomic classification hierarchy.
maybe he means it keeps it dry by helping the dike?
@@happyentertainment8003Naw, it's less of a dike that the tetrapods are protecting than it is fill dirt. There is a concrete wall above water level which they're going to raise but between the tetrapod walls is fill dirt. The water level throughout the airport property is mere feet below the surface.
@@CaptAppleI only know Tripods lol. I know no Tetrapods at all lol. Well I guess I'm learning new things here thank you to you both. (I think there were Tripods in the War of the Worlds...if i remember)
And dissipating the energy and effects of the waves helps keep it dry.....same thing.
Damn! I was a Marine stationed in Japan until 2022. Some of my favorite memories were road-tripping from Hiroshima/Iwakuni to KSI/Osaka to pick up other service members. I was mind-blown the first time I drove on the airport and realized it was an island of its own. Beautiful drive. Side note; It was also very creepy during COVID as most shops looked abandoned inside. One of the creepiest/most depressing things I saw quite honestly!
I few from there last month, from the second terminal which I think is mostly used by budget airlines. It was like a makeshift airport, but maybe the budget terminal is getting a makeover. Transport to there was more limited than I expected from the city but it was a 30 year old train that had been pimped up with hello kitty stickers, curtains and headrests.
"... Sinking because of the weight of the building materials, which is compressing the ocean floor"
Renovation : "we will put more marble 😊"
Wanted to hear more, much more about the technologies that allowed these airports to be created ...
Having used Kansai kukou numerous times I can say that it’s a very nice airport but claims of 24 hour service are untrue as access via public transport essentially stops overnight. There is a limited bus service but it’s only a local one. So some passengers elect to sleep in the lounge areas. Many LCC have late arrival times and there is a rush to catch the last train or highway bus to Osaka.
The title is a bit misleading. If the airport was "floating", that would perhaps solve some of the problems. However, apart from the technical challenge of making such a large structure float, it would lead to other problems.
Imagine being a country plagued with tsunamis and earthquakes and building this…
Japan has excellent engineers
What you should have said was "...Japan has arrogant and unrealistic engineers". A highschool kid would tell you they failed and now they have to come up with a plan B. Kansai is a billion dollar cash incinerator. I predict Japan will have to invest at least more money into maintaining the airport as they did to build it.
There was a brilliant multi episode documentary series made at the time on the building of Kansai airport & originally shown on Channel 4 in the UK...It featured the design & architecture (& Renzo Piano's fabulous hill-side design studios), the construction (including a supervisor from the British company William Hare Structural Steel living deep in Sakai on his own & not speaking a word of Japanese...!?!) & so much of the Japanese engineering techniques...It was a brilliant series....👌👌👌
A country prone to terrible storms and earthquakes builds an airport in the water? Do I have that right? Let’s just put millions of people in a huge city in the middle of the desert and then wonder why there’s not enough water? Oh yeah that’s been done too.
@@fredericklockard3854 I guess the airport was designed properly, if it handled the enormous winds of hurricane Jebi. Most of human development is near sea level, btw.
It's hard to believe a "floating airport" could have issues.
I landed there upon my visit to Japan in 2007
Kansai Airport is my favorite way when i visit Osaka ( four times now)- get off the plane, hop on one of two dedicated airport trains, a quick trip along the Osaka bay, then get out at Tennoji, and then to my Hotel! . ;)
Stop by next time.. Izumisano
I remember watching a tv programme about the building of the airport. At the time the excessive settlement was discovered the Project Director was sacked and a new one appointed with remit to come in on time and on budget. Some hope. Talk about accepting a poisoned chalice.
"A fragile jewel in the crown of global aviation." That's worth a like for sure. Do you work in advertising? you might have a career there. Great video. I used to live in that metropolis. I can contribute that this project, at the time, was the deepest artificial landfill operation in the world. All that weight tends to crush the layers below. Soil scientists get paid big $$$ to understand the behavior of these materials. A Japanese soil scientist told me that the location was chosen in consideration of aircraft noise, but that much quieter engines had been developed in the meantime, allowing the airport to have potentially been built in a shallower part of Osaka Bay, closer to land.
Also, FYI, due to the shared airspace, for each plane that lands at the Kobe airport, one less lands at Kansai airport.
Soon to be underwater submarine port………
I’ve flown in/out of KIX a wonderful airport , best observation deck to view aircraft movements too .😃👍
I flew out of Kansai Airport 2023 .. This is 1 of the unique airport i have visited..
Awesome.. I love living there..
I thought Carlos Ghosn escaping in "holed" luggage was funny.
and you can park your car at drop offs, right outside the front door, till liftoff.
i want to ask you which ine of kansai airport or haneda airport is cheap and suiatbkle to enter japan first time?
Strong work!
Took off from the airport in 2015 going back to USA. Cool place.
this sounds like the guy who does cityskyline videos called Biffa
Wonder what an earthquake and tidal would do to it as well as a force 5 typhoon
Nice airport flew there last month
I used to rake flights from KIX regularly, it's a beautiful airport 😊
rake?
To be more accurate, the airport is not sinking; its underground base is. The reason why the airport is not sinking is that the pillars between the airport and the underground base are being lengthened regularly (until the compression of the sedimentary layer undersea stops).
kobe airport is the same, artificial island and sinking airport
Compaction 😅
Godzilla could have made the island in a week for cheap. Just keep him fed with fish.
But he always picking fights with his coworkers and they end destroying city or airport in this case. If only he and Ghidorah got along better.
@@ntal5859Good point. And Mothra could blow all the pollution to outer space.
😂😂
Carlos Ghosn winks 👍😉
Why not built on the spot they remove the soil for the artificial island? Could've been a lot cheaper.
Even if there is enough space for construction and expansion, still there would be protests by the nearby residents - Narita(NRT) is an example.
You mean on the mountains?
A great spot for crashes surrounded by mountains
3:59 I rather like the odd sounding upstairs downstairs terminology for a bridge
Is this how you say it in Japanese?
Because it's certainly not in English but this might be its first appearance, despite the whiff of baby talk.
Sounds fine to me, and I'm a Brit.
they will have to close it, drill piles very deep & raise land height by about 20 meters & wait 10 years for settlement & then build land up again
You have a lot of common sense or you are a civil engineer??
Didn't they also do the same thing with Hong Kong airport I didn't realise that they also did it with Japan as well
Always hear english speaking video pronounce city of Kobe incorrectly.
Ai voice.
what are you sinking about ?
I actually go to Japan and my flight landed after the storm and I see the damage of house and everything so sad about Japanese people suffering from natural disasters these day
The recent renovations have been to the detriment of passengers, with much space that was previously afforded to travellers now being assigned to retail outlets. Arrivals used to be a breeze (my personal record for landing and exiting the airport building was less than 20 minutes) but now, with much of the arrivals space (immigration...etc) now gone, it is like most other Int'l airports with endless snaking queues and lengthy waits.
I used to love KIX, but now I dread it.
And no, like most other sane travellers I have no interest whatsoever in an airport "shopping experience".
A simple problem with levels
FLOATING,as in a barge,a boat,a ship such as an aircraft carrier,FLOATING?
They said the Titanic would never sink either.
They didn't mean hitting solid objects is not going to sink it.
The Titanic was not Made in Japan 😂
The designer of the titanic ship said that the titanic ship was unsinkable that they mention the word “God” that he can’t even sink the titanic ship until a few days later that the titanic ship sank into the ocean.
Do not mention the word God is anything durability or powerful because God is infinitely powerful and stronger than anything else.
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Good
This airport is also famous for not losing a single piece of luggage since opening
Are these the droids you were looking 4?
Imagine building an airport on a manmade island where typhoons and earthquakes happen naturally on the mainland island
There are no aircaft that weigh several hundreds of tons. The A380 is the heavist at 300 tons.
I thought the take off weight was 500 tons? I worked on upgrading taxiways at Heathrow capable of taxing a 20% heavier aircraft so a 600 ton aircraft?
$20 Billion dollars down the drain. It’s not a matter of if, but when. When will the ocean reclaim this sinking island.
Wait till you find out how much of Manhattan is reclaimed land
No problem 😂it has so many visitors.
This is the sureal guy 😂
*You took my video without consent 1st one*
Hello, I’m sorry. Do you want I remove your clips ? Ça you tell me the timecodes in the case you want it?
Don't worry Iceberg from Water 7 has been working on this project for decades
Flew into this airport last month. the news is overblown.
what news?
What remains is an awe inspiring engineering battle with every trick in the book against an adversary nature! It also showcases what awaits us all: We "gonna have to science the s..t out of this" , as *Mark Watney put it. And Japan shows us how to do it. *"The Martian" by Andy Weir.
My god you have brainwashed into this sea rise crap... You poor bastard they destroyed all your critical thinking and replaced it with Greta Thunberg message of world ending as the sea changes tides by a mere 2cm...omg how will those beach front multimillion dollars homes on the California coast survive.
Since when is it floating?
The English in this narration is impressive.
In some places, losers in bids are suing the leasing organisation for monies totalling what would have been earned in the concession.
Imagine thinking islands float. SMH
Please to pronounce that airport, region, as “Kansai,” not as, “Kanzai.’
Even Osaka is pronounced wrongly. Then again, the speaker doesn’t seem to be Japanese so it’s fine.
Yes, stop bastadizing Asian names.
It’s an AI voice
Having flown into and out of Kansai Airport more than 15 times I can honestly say it is one of my least favourite Airports. Long security lines, dated interior. The recent renovations have improved it somewhat but the check-in counters and areas are too small, security lines are often long.
Commute to Namba takes too long even by the rapid train.
note to Baltimore - big boat hit bridge. Bridge did not fall.
It irritated me every time the narrator pronounced Kansai as Kanzai. Small issue but so easy to fix. Otherwise, interesting comments!
It sounds like an AI generated voice.
floating?
Its NOT FLOATING,its reclaimed land !
"It's normal for airlines to lose some of our bags in transit-about 7.6 pieces per every 1,000 travelers on average. One airport, though-Japan's Kansai airport-has not lost anyone's bags in the last 30 years, and the airport handled 10 million bags in 2023 alone." (Forbes Magagine)
Wowewww
As far as I know, half of the world's sea airports are in Japan.
To think what the Japanese could do if they had proper land and better nature favor.. limitless
It's been sinking since it was built. It's a good idea, but it may take 100 years to settle in.
Why Americans (and British) can't pronounce "SAI"? IT IS KANSAI. SA as pronounced in SAdness, SAnd, SAtan etc etc...
Not KANZAI. there is no Z there.
So, if it's built on an island(man made) HOW is it floating????
A sea of lava????
Don't remember getting sea sick when I landed there!
My home
Poorly made mess from the very start. It was all over the news back when it opened for flooding and being unusable.
Every country build in artificial island, waters around the world arise
Raise the steel walls corner to corner below Airport from seabed till it touches to under surface of airport.
Fill this cornered regions with High density extremely thick foam .
Side walls prevent foam spreading to ocean.
Foam raises Airport evenlyfrom seabed.
Allow water escape at clearance near seabed as foam expand it displaces water.
When foam is expanding make sure it is expanding within cubical form. Making it like Foam bricks supporting Airport.
Side walls shall never allow foam to escape.
It shall maintain uplifting Airport upward and sinking would stop.
Also if Airport raises to initial limit then anchors could be realigned to initial first mark position.
This is how one can surely stop Airport sinking.
Hope your goodself would pass this comment. To Japan Authority of Airports.
Now what happens when a big earthquake hits?
It did happen. A major earthquake (7.3 magnitude, causing 6,000 deaths) hit the area in 1995. However, the structure did not sustain any damage. There was a plane attempting to land at the time, so they immediately checked the runways and found no damage. The plane landed safely.
This airport actually played a very important role after the earthquake because it was undamaged, while other major transportation systems (highways and railroads) were largely useless. The airport became a distribution center for relief materials from all regions in and outside of Japan.
3:25 😏
Of course it's sinking. Who the hell couldn't see this coming? It doesn't take a rocket scientist or an engineer to know this was eventually going to be a problem.
kan-sigh not kan-zeigh. Ko-bay not Ko-bee.
Looks beautiful. But Mother Nature will ALWAYS win.
Why not built the airport by just extending the coast... they would not require to build a bridge and the depth of water would be low
Resident.
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KIX may be an impressive feat of engineering, but the airport is about as convenient, inviting, and interesting as a root canal. It's basically a big bus station in the middle of nowhere.
The airport is poorly designed in terms of traveler comfort and needs. There's so few food options along the route from the train to the gates. It's both amazing and sad how much better other airports are compared to KIX.
C'mon I could get soba noodles there with real wasabi root grated at the table. It *is* out of the way, due to consideration of noise to adjacent communities. Actually about halfway between Honshu and Awaji island. Quieter engines were under development--the high bypass engines--so actually the airport could have been sited in a shallower part of Osaka Bay, closer to Osaka. It is a much longer ride there, than to Itami Airport, also much improved.
@@ChildSpaceMethod You can get soba noodles with fresh wasabi and on the platforms of many trains stations too.
My dissatisfaction with KIX is based on a comparison with airports like Incheon. KIX lacks sense, style, or convenience once you're there.
I'd heard it was undergoing renovations to make it more appealing so I was hopeful heading there on my most recent use last August, only to find nothing much had changed.
It desperately lacks the appeal needed to people forget about the travel time and usage tax, which is part of the reason the airport has only been profitable a few years total through its 30yr history.
Make it 21 trillion
Um, so what part is "saving" the airport? Clickbait title.
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Kobe is not pronounced, “Kobee” but is correctly pronounced as, “Kobay.”
Actually Kobé