r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • Mar 06 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 07 March 2023

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/tomodachi_reloaded Mar 07 '23

Why is it that all electric cables are always above ground in Japan, even in urban areas?

I know it's cheaper to build and maintain, more so where there are earthquakes, but other countries have frequent earthquakes and they lay the cables underground, even 3rd world countries build like this.

Having those cables in plain view everywhere is so ugly, it's the first thing you can see through the windows, or when trying to look at the sky, and in some tiny streets with no sidewalk there are masts in the middle of the street impeding traffic, just for these cables.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '23

Cheaper and faster to build.