The things one sees on the road…

These are the ‘doors’ to the Japanese Navy command cave at Yokosuka, JA.  There are over twenty MILES of caves that honeycombed the base starting in about 1938…

Rather simple… Handle and a pull bar.  Note the rollers and tracks in the bottom of the picture.IMG_1430

THIS is why they have rollers on the outside! Just a ‘tad’ thick, about 8 inches worth of battle steel…IMG_1429

A look at the inside of the door.  Probably 4 1/2 feet wide by 8 feet tall.IMG_1428A look at the second set of blast doors, looking back toward the entrance…

Notice that this set of doors opens inward… And you can see the curved entry area which s-turns back the other way behind where I took the picture from…

Japanese cave pic 3

And this is a close up of the latch mechanism and the man hatch in the door. These doors are about 1/2 inch thick.  IMG_1427There is actually a THIRD set that again opens outward that are around the curve from this set and seals off the rest of the tunnels.

And you too can now own your own Japanese toilet seat…

Japanese toilet 1

For only $800, it washes, it waxes, it blow dries, and has a remote control to raise and lower the seat… AND IT’S IN DUTY FREE!!!

And no, I didn’t buy one 😛

Comments

The things one sees on the road… — 7 Comments

  1. Didn’t the Pentagon buy some of those toilet seats (from the Japanese)?

  2. Are the outside blast doors hung to swing in for just in case debris blocks them from swinging out ? Wow – 8″ thk. steel – they weren’t piddlefarting around with that stuff . . .

    • +1 You could use an infantry division down there and not clear it completely.

  3. LL- THAT was a cheap shot…LOL FYI, the actual ‘seat’ was only $4, the fiberglass ENCLOSURE it sat on was $600…

    j.r.- No sir, out only…

    WSF- Yep!

  4. During WWII, Mitsubishi and several other companies building planes moved major parts of their machinery into all of the tunnels to protect them from Allied bombs. So they could continue to supply the war effort.

    If they offer tours of the tunnels, I’d love to see them.

    And $800.00 for a toilet seat? Maybe if it was gold plated 😀

  5. Mark- No they don’t give tours anymore… Too dangerous (most of the tunnels are in shale and the roofs are collapsing…

    Gotta remember, the Japanese are fastidious about hygiene, because they have NO personal space…