Japanese Government Releases Free 'Minecraft' Map
Highlighting the marvel of its underground flood facility.
Summary
- Japan’s government released a free Minecraft map of its G-Cans underground flood facility
- The map educates players on disaster prevention infrastructure, replicating G-Cans realistically
- The G-Cans were finished in 2006 and is the world’s largest underground flood diversion system
The Japanese government has released a Minecraft map modeled after one of its most renowned facilities.
Dexerto reports that the free map was created by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). It’s a reconstruction of the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel (G-Cans). The water infrastructure project was built to alleviate the overflow of water in the city’s major waterways and rivers during heavy rain and typhoon season. It’s also known as the largest underground flood water diversion facility in the world.
The Minecraft map allows players to enter the G-Cans and explore the astonishing piece of infrastructure. The Japanese government explained that they created the map to educate players on infrastructures that help prevent disasters. “We have realistically reproduced the huge shaft, epic-scale pressure-regulating tank, drainage pump equipment, and other features of the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel,” Japanese government officials wrote.
They added, “When designing the world data, we based it on actual blueprints and created it for Minecraft, pursuing realism. In addition, the game also includes ways to enjoy Minecraft, such as checking out places and facilities that are normally off-limits.”
Construction of the G-Cans finished in 2006 with a total of five large concrete containment silos. These silos are connected by 6.4 kilomteres of tunnels located 160 feet below the surface. There’s also a water tank that measures at 83 feet tall, and has 59 pillars connected to pumps. It can pump up to 200 metric tons of water into the Edo River per second.
Check out the map on the Edogawa River Office homepage.
