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Plants underground
Two weeks ago I visited a place underground where they raise plants with artificial light. It is in the Marunouchi area next to Tokyo station, I was very surprised to see what they are doing below all those skyscrapers in Maronouchi.
These are some of the pictures I took. In some of the rooms the light was so shinny I had to use sunglasses, it was like going out to the street in a clear summer day.
These two plants are growing with LED light.
Roses
A rice pad.
Can you find the pumpkin?
More LED plants
Girls preparing salads made with lettuce and herbs grown underground.
I ate this salad, it was pretty good.
They were selling groceries grown underground with artificial light.
And this is how it looks like upstairs, above the place I just showed you in the pictures. Pretty amazing right?
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Bobby
16 October, 2008
Hi,
Could you give the address of this place?
I would be interested in visiting!
Arigatou
- Bobby
omar
16 October, 2008
woo, that is very interesting indeed.
where in Japan is this? I would also like to visit.
thanks,
-omar
Ekowc
16 October, 2008
o_O @ Underground salad
Digi
16 October, 2008
Hi, I’ve recently started coming to your site more often and noticed that a lot of the time people are always asking for the addresses of the places you visit. So as a suggestion I think it would be very convenient if you could implement a sort of google map thing where you link the post to a tag on google earth.
CS
16 October, 2008
Hmm.. what exactly is this place is it a research facitlity and this was their publicity area or does it serve a commercial purpose?
Curtis
17 October, 2008
I used to work with artificial light and hydroponics when i worked at a nursery, it’s really intresting stuff. Thanks for the photos.
-Curtis
PS- as others have asked above where exactly is this place? I would like to go there when i come to japan in a few months.
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curious
19 October, 2008
Hey, the article about gorwings plants interground sounds like it came straight from a film! Japan is so kooky, I really want to go there one day.
Paul
14 February, 2009
In Amsterdam, we do the same, but with just one plant species: Marihuana. Works great, but you need a lot of electricity for the lights and the waterpumps and the airco
Karasu-kun
28 March, 2009
The innovative nature of Japan never ceases to amaze me. Have you seen the Japan Underground books by Hideaki Uchiyama? There are 4 volumes total, they’re all photos of amazing spaces underneath Japan just like the one you did the article on.
Ash
07 July, 2009
You don’t need a lot of electricity with LED’s , very little actually!
Mark
06 August, 2009
I was just there yesterday, at least I think I was… it’s supposed to be in the basement of the Nomura building in Marounuchi. I couldn’t find it so I asked a lady working in the coffee shop down there and she said it had closed. This post indicates it was still there less than a year ago. So… I don’t know. Maybe I had the wrong building and they were just trying to be polite?