Tokyo's Shibuya Station now equipped with anti-flooding facility

Seems the super rich are only taking care of themselves, and making a bundle along the way. "Shibuya, home to youth culture and one of Tokyo's most bustling neighborhoods, has been undergoing large-scale redevelopment. Among buildings recently constructed around the station include the 47-story east tower of the Shibuya Scramble Square commercial and office complex."

A marvel of modern engineering, undoubtedly. Hopefully this will mitigate the appalling smells which waft up out of the drains down there.

Yeah it's at the bottom of the hill but I've never seen or heard Shibuya station getting flooded, sounds like another construction contract to milk money

I wonder if there is enough space to drive a Range Rover through it?

Yeah it's at the bottom of the hill but I've never seen or heard Shibuya station getting flooded, sounds like another construction contract to milk money

I can't remember if it was bad enough to stop the subways or not but a number of years ago I can remember exiting the subway up the stairs and a veritable torrent of water flowing down into the small mall under scramble crossing. Since then you'll notice that the top of some exit stairs have a raised slope from the street to the top of the stairs or a step up to the top of the stairs. One particularly bad one is the exit to the side of Shibuya 109, and I'm surprised it hasn't caused someone to fall and crack their head open yet (or maybe it has, I don't know).