Why Japan is blowing up its mountains

Grab Atlas VPN for just $1.99/mo before the deal expires: https://get.atlasvpn.com/Faultline In this video, Andy explores why one company is blowing 257km of tunnels deep underneath the Japanese Alps and looks at the pros and cons of this breakneck construction from the people of Japan. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/Faultlinevideos/subscribed JOIN OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/faultline Check out the rest of our Japan Series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwtsZ__QmDy48NcGrd4f_9GpBE2ULGoab Short form content on Instagram // https://www.instagram.com/faultlinevideos/ And on Tiktok // https://www.tiktok.com/@faultlinetv Business enquiries // [email protected] Faultline is produced by: Executive Producer/Story Editor/Host: Andy Burgess Story/Research: Jamie Elms Cinematography: Andy Burgess Drone Pilot: @basso2012 Editor: Andy Burgess Assistant Editor: Vivek Manoharan Motion Graphics: Andy Burgess Artwork: Tim Burgess of Wild Tales Illustration Additional Footage from Storyblocks & Archive.org Archive Maps from David Rumsey Music from Musicbed // https://fm.pxf.io/c/2423499/1347628/16252 Sources 🔗 Shigeru Onoda | A History of Railway Tunnels in Japan - https://bit.ly/3XtXZxn IRJ | JR Central starts construction on Chuo maglev - https://bit.ly/3vTKNGe Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan | Land and Climate of Japan - https://bit.ly/3ir2qdv Mustard | Why This Train Is The Envy Of The World: The Shinkansen Story - https://bit.ly/3W1tspj YeahNah Productions | The Japanese Shinkansen (Bullet Train) from a Drone View - https://bit.ly/3GZqTjm Popular Science | Nov 1952 - https://bit.ly/3XrraAU American Rails | The Decline Of Rail Travel (USA): Three Decades of Turmoil - https://bit.ly/3W6pCLM Ministry of Land | History of Roads in Japan - https://bit.ly/3ZxURlV Bill Hosokawa | Old Man Thunder: Father of the Bullet Train - https://bit.ly/3w0gPAp World Bank Group | The Bank and Japan’s Bullet Trains - https://bit.ly/3vYGhWO Nippon | The Shinkansen Turns 50: The History and Future of Japan’s High-Speed Train - https://bit.ly/3W1u8Ln Sumida Crossing | Standard and Narrow Gauge in Japan - https://bit.ly/3X4xNth Tokyo Cheapo | Tokyo to Osaka: Fast and Creative Ways of Getting There - https://bit.ly/3GVlGsN How Stuff Works | How Maglev Trains Work - https://bit.ly/3GZeUCw Science Direct | Magnetic Levitation - https://bit.ly/3vYGGsi 1902 Patent - https://bit.ly/3GuDA4e China Highlights | Shanghai Maglev Train - https://bit.ly/3GBFqjH Nikkei Asia | Tokyo-Nagoya maglev train operator gives up on 2027 opening - https://s.nikkei.com/3W1uykV The Guardian | Japan's maglev train breaks world speed record with 600km/h test run - https://bit.ly/3VZzRS5 Nikkei Asia | Japan maglev builder needs to dig deep -- in more ways than one - https://s.nikkei.com/3GYsPbI Britannica | Chuo Shinkansen - https://bit.ly/3CHcHZN Japan Times | 10-year countdown begins launch tokyo nagoya maglev service - https://bit.ly/3IEwFIj Japan Times | Japan looks to begin environmental assessment next year for unbuilt portions of maglev line - https://bit.ly/3QwgbE9 Japan Guide | Survey Commuting - https://bit.ly/3II2hwD Shinichi Muto & Kazuki Hirabayashi | Benefit evaluation of the Japanese Maglev - https://bit.ly/3GVQ8Dc Asahi | Concern about delay in opening of linear train Aichi side ``Does the country make adjustments?'' - https://bit.ly/3CHE0D7 Toyo Keizai | Conflict with JR Tokai in Maglev, Shizuoka Prefecture's "Real Aim" - https://bit.ly/3ZxCHQY Research Gate | Oi River - https://bit.ly/3GBH3Ol The Straits Times | Japan's new high-speed rail plans being derailed by environmental concerns - https://bit.ly/3Zto2q7 Nikkei Asia | Japan maglev train project still stalled by environmental concerns - https://s.nikkei.com/3irSPTH Nikkei Asia | Japan maglev critic reelected in Shizuoka, claiming green mandate - https://s.nikkei.com/3wgj177 IRJ | Tunnel dispute delays Japanese maglev project - https://bit.ly/3X5lPzA EESI | Japan: The Birth of High-Speed Rail - https://bit.ly/3X6oKrQ Time Stamps: 0:00 - Japan is blowing 257km of tunnels deep underground 1:21 - Help us to make more video like this 2:58 - It's so easy to travel across Japan, why? 3:34 - Rebuilding Japan, post WW2 4:42 - Birth of the Shinkansen 5:41 - 3 factors that made the Shinkansen successful 7:02 - That's why it's so easy... 7:21 - What did he just say?! 7:44 - Maglevs, explained. 8:34 - The fastest train in the world?! 9:48 - Why Japan is blowing holes in mountains? 10:47 - The problems with creating 257km of tunnels 12:36 - Is the Chuo Shinkansen project over? #japan #geography #chuoshinkansen