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Kusukabe, Saitama, Japan, October 31st 2014 - A model of the facility is on display in the exhibition room on the 3rd floor of the main building.

The Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel (首都圏外郭放水路 shutoken gaikaku hōsuiro), is an underground water infrastructure project in Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan. It is the world's largest underground flood water diversion facility, built to mitigate overflowing of the city's major waterways and rivers during rain and typhoon seasons.

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Kusukabe, Saitama, Japan, October 31st 2014 - A model of the facility is on display in the exhibition room on the 3rd floor of the main building.<br />
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The Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel (首都圏外郭放水路 shutoken gaikaku hōsuiro), is an underground water infrastructure project in Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan. It is the world's largest underground flood water diversion facility, built to mitigate overflowing of the city's major waterways and rivers during rain and typhoon seasons.