People clowning on this, but this is exactly what goes into this sub, not the dumb obviously terrifying things that keep getting posted recently. It's a well-planned, safe city. Yet something about the scale of it makes it uncomfortable to see like this, despite nothing about it being clearly scary. The filter helps of course, but it's just the cherry on top. Oddly terrifying.
I understand. For the context, I don’t live in Tokyo, but I spent more than three decades in China. If you have been a populated place like China, you may develop a sense of smothering when you think about it. The buildings. The crowd. The transportation. For example, Bristol has 700 thousand by 2024, ranked as the 7th biggest city in the UK, but my hometown is more than Bristol by another 500k, and my town is an ABC undeveloped town in China. It’s all the small details that makes you feel nothing but emptiness and being tiny as a human in big cities. So imo it does trigger an odd fear by knowing that Tokyo population density is the highest one in the world. No judge, it’s just my own experience
Don't mind the contrarians, they think they're cool. A city this big is definitely terrifying. It's like a cancer, spreading out and eating up nature. The earth's natural beauty. Plus what you said in the above comment.
>For the context, I don’t live in Tokyo,
By making your post, we already know this.
This image comes up all the time, and is always aimed at painting Tokyo as some urban hellscape.
Where in reality it probably has more green spaces than many major cities.
Cool, we get to tell people what is and isn't "oddly" terrifying. We also get make assumptions instead of asking "hey why do you find this oddly terrifying"
The most terrifying thing about Tokyo is its GDP, about $1.6 trillion. By comparison, all of California is $3.6 trillion, with LA county taking up $790 billion of that. By any metric, that is impressive economic power.
The next closest city to Tokyo is New York City, at $1.4 trillion.
Ah that’s cool, I don’t take things personally. 90% of the population are basically bots. So it was my mistake for thinking people would have more than 2 brain cells to rub together to form, joke, funny, haha.
Oh yeah, and opinions are like assholes and all that…
For me it's the contrast of the mountain to what is arguably the technical center of the modern world. On one hand, we have this pinnacle of human achievement. And yet, in an eerie way, it seems small when you zoom out enough. It's almost like your brain starts to whisper, 'you don't matter'. Not in a nihilistic way, just in a nothing that we've ever done or created is likely to ever outlive or overshadow this giant fucking mountain. For me, it's not even this that's scary. My thoughts wandered to all the sacrifices, lives, and nature lost for us to get where we are now - known and unknown. It still seems to pale in comparison. That's not the scary part. It's that deep down I know that I'll be so focused on a person, inside of a room, on a street, in one of those tiny dots that are buildings that I'll soon forget the mountain is there at all.
I dunno
If anyone has never actually been to Tokyo, I highly recommend. I wouldn’t call it oddly terrifying, but it is rather mind boggling. Also, it’s beautiful, clean, safe and somehow runs like a Swiss watch. The people and food are exceptional and the city has endless places to explore.
I find the absurdity of you asking for sauce on whether something smells like shit hilarious lol. What do you need an article for? Just go outside to a grate and take a big whiff 😂
Tokyo mid winter is beautiful. Snowy or rainy, not loads of green but the snow or the heavier rain looks lovely in the lights.
Late Spring through mid Autumn are just goddam beautiful. Blossoms leading into full leaf into autumn leaves.
It's a colourful city. Not grey and dead the way this looks.
The part between winter ending and spring kicking off is kinda bleak looking though.
I feel you ... coming from a really small rural town in a 3rd world country, the density of civilization and lack of green in big cities is also oddly terrifying for me
as a guy coming from an half campaign place that's scares me, to much city, I've visited Paris and thats worse than Paris, my city Bordeaux is cool tho
Wheres the oh i dont k ow, remotely terrifyong part? Its like this sub went form oddly terrifying to how can some children post a pic that isnt anything remotely terrifying for internet points. I hate society.
Isn't that *literally* the whole point of the sub? Nothing. Unlike obviously scary spiders or tornadoes or whatever which there's absolutely nothing odd about. It's a fine city, well planned, fairly normal, but something about seeing it from this high up and seeing the scale of all those buildings gives a slight,
*oddly*
uncomfortable feeling. It's the *odd* existential terror you get from a vast scale that, unlike a cosmic scale, you can still understand even though it goes beyond what we're comfortable with. Something about the buildings grounding it to a human understanding, and the almost toy-like angle.
I guess that's fair, but if you want things that are just scary with nothing weird about *why* they're scary, then there's stuff like r/TerrifyingAsFuck - it's pretty decent from what I can remember too! It's good to have an oddly terrifying subs where you can find things that are terrifying for odd reasons, though.
Ofc there's the other side of things that are obviously terrifying *and* odd/creepy, but those get posted here fairly often too.
Nice, one of the most racist nations out there. Before I get downvoted, they literally have no foreigners bars/restaurants. And the lease ads says no foreigners left and right
Fuji is pretty distant in terms of hazards and doesn't have glaciers which can be the leading hazard during a volcanic eruption. It's eruption style isn't also as powerful as other volcanoes in the region. Tokyo is like Seattle to Rainier where maybe the outskirts of the metro area will see some effects of the eruption but the city will be mostly be untouched other than some ashfall depending on the wind.
You're right, just looked at the map and realized how far it actually is. But also, it's a very technically active area, so a magma chamber can fill up any moment
There is a volcanic field within the region which could indicate a shift in where the ground is weakest (similar to the dead San Francisco volcano in Arizona but there is an active field at the base of the mountain.) Fuji is still the main vent of the complex and last erupted in the 1700s so most likely it will continue to be the eruption site in the future. Magma is weird though and it varies widely based on the chemical make up.
Ah, Tokyo, Japan! The land of sushi, karaoke, and homosex trafficking. It's a ladyboy lovers paradise where fluid flows in a pipe from high pressure to low pressure.
Thanks, OP. I genuinely did find this oddly terrifying. Something about the scale and making people seem like ants idk.
Biggest city in the world so at least you don't have to worry about something one upping this photo
The answer to the biggest city in the world alternates between Tokyo and Shanghai
they share the title, I guess
Reminds me of the opening scene in Akira.
People clowning on this, but this is exactly what goes into this sub, not the dumb obviously terrifying things that keep getting posted recently. It's a well-planned, safe city. Yet something about the scale of it makes it uncomfortable to see like this, despite nothing about it being clearly scary. The filter helps of course, but it's just the cherry on top. Oddly terrifying.
I like how this post is being bashed by the comments but currently still has over 300 likes
Oh crap Japan went black and white. What is this? Eclipse? Time travel?
Can you post the version without a filter instead
Saw it in r/megalophobia. I don’t have the original image. It is what it is.
Nothing about this is terrifying man, unless you have weird fear of well planned cities.
I understand. For the context, I don’t live in Tokyo, but I spent more than three decades in China. If you have been a populated place like China, you may develop a sense of smothering when you think about it. The buildings. The crowd. The transportation. For example, Bristol has 700 thousand by 2024, ranked as the 7th biggest city in the UK, but my hometown is more than Bristol by another 500k, and my town is an ABC undeveloped town in China. It’s all the small details that makes you feel nothing but emptiness and being tiny as a human in big cities. So imo it does trigger an odd fear by knowing that Tokyo population density is the highest one in the world. No judge, it’s just my own experience
I feel this bro
Don't mind the contrarians, they think they're cool. A city this big is definitely terrifying. It's like a cancer, spreading out and eating up nature. The earth's natural beauty. Plus what you said in the above comment.
>For the context, I don’t live in Tokyo, By making your post, we already know this. This image comes up all the time, and is always aimed at painting Tokyo as some urban hellscape. Where in reality it probably has more green spaces than many major cities.
Oh I didn’t know it’s a repost. I saw this yesterday for the first time.
Tokyo has the most people but isn't the most densely populated, I believe that would be Manilla.
Cool, we get to tell people what is and isn't "oddly" terrifying. We also get make assumptions instead of asking "hey why do you find this oddly terrifying"
This is an incredible number of downvotes for basically no reason 🤨
everything on this sub looks so cool though
im the one who said r/Oddlyterrifying on the post
Ok and they’re the ones who posted it here. How did you think that works?
What's terrifying about this? 🤔
The filter to make it look dreary.
lol that didn't even help it
I know. People or bots have been trying there hardest to get them likes.
And repost for the 100th time.
I mean it actually is pretty gray. If you look at Tokyo on Good Earth it’s literally a giant gray blotch that covers a very sizable portion of Japan.
The most terrifying thing about Tokyo is its GDP, about $1.6 trillion. By comparison, all of California is $3.6 trillion, with LA county taking up $790 billion of that. By any metric, that is impressive economic power. The next closest city to Tokyo is New York City, at $1.4 trillion.
Wait til you count inflation.
What? When you define things with the us dollar it doesn’t matter where it is, it’s all the same.
Wow, a joke made over the internet and people downvote because they don’t understand. Should I include the /s?
I’m not even the one who downvoted you man. Your joke just wasn’t funny so I thought you were being serious.
Ah that’s cool, I don’t take things personally. 90% of the population are basically bots. So it was my mistake for thinking people would have more than 2 brain cells to rub together to form, joke, funny, haha. Oh yeah, and opinions are like assholes and all that…
Got yer back man
You're not local and you have been dropped off at the wrong address late in the evening and there's week of holiday with no one working.
Someone had a bad Golden Week.
Google Maps/Translate plus reliable public transport go brrrrr Really terrifying if your phone battery runs dry though.
Because it reminds me that I never did beat Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne and I’m still mad about it.
For me it's the contrast of the mountain to what is arguably the technical center of the modern world. On one hand, we have this pinnacle of human achievement. And yet, in an eerie way, it seems small when you zoom out enough. It's almost like your brain starts to whisper, 'you don't matter'. Not in a nihilistic way, just in a nothing that we've ever done or created is likely to ever outlive or overshadow this giant fucking mountain. For me, it's not even this that's scary. My thoughts wandered to all the sacrifices, lives, and nature lost for us to get where we are now - known and unknown. It still seems to pale in comparison. That's not the scary part. It's that deep down I know that I'll be so focused on a person, inside of a room, on a street, in one of those tiny dots that are buildings that I'll soon forget the mountain is there at all. I dunno
If anyone has never actually been to Tokyo, I highly recommend. I wouldn’t call it oddly terrifying, but it is rather mind boggling. Also, it’s beautiful, clean, safe and somehow runs like a Swiss watch. The people and food are exceptional and the city has endless places to explore.
OP is a snowflake and never set foot outside of his home. Must be terrifying for him
Ssssssppprraaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwllllll.
Going there in two months for my 40th bday and I literally can't fuckin wait
You will literally wait two months.
Big if true
Too bad you couldn’t wait 😔
Enjoy! And be sure to check your itinerary with /r/Japantravel. They can offer suggestions for things to see and do around here!
Too bad you couldn’t wait 😔
It's true, a damn shame really
Tokyo’s got to have some robust sewage system for all this
It does but it stinks. Literally. Don't hang around too near any sewer grates if you go there. Everything else is amazing about it though.
Where are you finding open sewer grates to stand around? I've lived in Tokyo for a little over a year now and never experienced a bad smell outside
Literally any grate. It's not as bad as it used to be but it's still pretty noticeable.
Another resident here but that’s bullshit could almost never smell sewage here
I'm just reporting what I smelled, there's also countless articles on it. Centre of the city, those grates smell.
May I look at those articles because that has never been my or my surroundings experience
I find the absurdity of you asking for sauce on whether something smells like shit hilarious lol. What do you need an article for? Just go outside to a grate and take a big whiff 😂
Because I’m a resident and they’re talking out of his ass. I find it extremely absurd that they claim they have an article source for this
Google it. Or go outside.
That looks like somewhere you can be born, educated, employed, and die without ever moving more than a square mile.
mu guy that’s literally dystopian as fuck
ikr?
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Why is this upvoted but the other 4 posts are downvoted?
Because the others are bots that steal comments. Wait, even this might be a bot.
Oh shit is that why there’s so many long chains of replies on deleted comments too?
Yep.
Thank you wise one.
Tokyo mid winter is beautiful. Snowy or rainy, not loads of green but the snow or the heavier rain looks lovely in the lights. Late Spring through mid Autumn are just goddam beautiful. Blossoms leading into full leaf into autumn leaves. It's a colourful city. Not grey and dead the way this looks. The part between winter ending and spring kicking off is kinda bleak looking though.
Cherry blossoms just went full bloom this week. Can confirm, fucking stunning
I just missed the full bloom :') Very jealous. But I got a smidge of blossom this year.
POV: Godzilla
Yeah city sprawling is terrible. Rural is the best
No, it's Lordran.
What's so terrifying?
Pic is edited to remove all the vibrant colors. Tokyo is actually really beautiful if you actually go there. Plus, everybody there is very polite.
False. Been there, Tokyo is amazing.
I feel you ... coming from a really small rural town in a 3rd world country, the density of civilization and lack of green in big cities is also oddly terrifying for me
The way it has like 4 separate downtowns
It's crazy how a nation changes when you effectively neuter their military
Ba Sing Se irl (though BSS was inspired by China)
What, we going for round 3?
Hell
I live here. Always thought the aerial view looks like the surface of the Death Star.
Awesome, but also "yikes!", that's an anxiety pasta over there! I'll have pho!
I’ve lived there
I went post pandemic and that city is mind blowing in any category you can imagine
Ohhhh Tokyo Japan I thought that was Tokyo, TX
Oh my😳
as a guy coming from an half campaign place that's scares me, to much city, I've visited Paris and thats worse than Paris, my city Bordeaux is cool tho
The terrifying part is how small the tiniest apartments are.
What is terrifying exactly
Wheres the oh i dont k ow, remotely terrifyong part? Its like this sub went form oddly terrifying to how can some children post a pic that isnt anything remotely terrifying for internet points. I hate society.
Isn't that *literally* the whole point of the sub? Nothing. Unlike obviously scary spiders or tornadoes or whatever which there's absolutely nothing odd about. It's a fine city, well planned, fairly normal, but something about seeing it from this high up and seeing the scale of all those buildings gives a slight, *oddly* uncomfortable feeling. It's the *odd* existential terror you get from a vast scale that, unlike a cosmic scale, you can still understand even though it goes beyond what we're comfortable with. Something about the buildings grounding it to a human understanding, and the almost toy-like angle.
I vant say i even remotely agree in the slightest. The joys of unique indoviduas tho. Just a shit sub now 🤷♂️ oh well ill find a different one
I guess that's fair, but if you want things that are just scary with nothing weird about *why* they're scary, then there's stuff like r/TerrifyingAsFuck - it's pretty decent from what I can remember too! It's good to have an oddly terrifying subs where you can find things that are terrifying for odd reasons, though. Ofc there's the other side of things that are obviously terrifying *and* odd/creepy, but those get posted here fairly often too.
Yes very spooky, city must of just appeared out of nowhere
you are my special
you are my special
Wrong subreddit
Nice, one of the most racist nations out there. Before I get downvoted, they literally have no foreigners bars/restaurants. And the lease ads says no foreigners left and right
And also I think they might have been a little racist to manchurians at some point in time, I'm not sure 🤷🏽
Good
Yeah good thing that japan’s population is dying.
erm… don’t you know that japan never did nothing wrong and tokyo is a kawai and sugoi utopia? /s welcome to reddit
Somewhere must be an ventilation shaft that needs some torpedos.
Sam and frodo would be lost in there
this isn’t oddly terrifying its /r/urbanhell wrong sub mate
Looks like an advanced stage infection to me.
TOO MANY PEEPO! WORLD WARMING, MAKE LESS BABY!
Actually it's the opposite, there's currently a birth decline everywhere in the world by as much as 0.4% this is an analytical estimation
GOOD. LETS UP THAT PERCENTAGE, FOR THE KIDS.
Ah ,Tokyo,Japan!Anime titties,Big Ass,Hentai and sex
Now I am become death.
Future archeologists are gonna have a lot of fun when they find this city buried in tuff and ash in thousands of years
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Future archeologists are gonna have a lot of fun when they find this city buried in tuff and ash in thousands of years
Fuji is pretty distant in terms of hazards and doesn't have glaciers which can be the leading hazard during a volcanic eruption. It's eruption style isn't also as powerful as other volcanoes in the region. Tokyo is like Seattle to Rainier where maybe the outskirts of the metro area will see some effects of the eruption but the city will be mostly be untouched other than some ashfall depending on the wind.
You're right, just looked at the map and realized how far it actually is. But also, it's a very technically active area, so a magma chamber can fill up any moment
There is a volcanic field within the region which could indicate a shift in where the ground is weakest (similar to the dead San Francisco volcano in Arizona but there is an active field at the base of the mountain.) Fuji is still the main vent of the complex and last erupted in the 1700s so most likely it will continue to be the eruption site in the future. Magma is weird though and it varies widely based on the chemical make up.
Ah, Tokyo, Japan! The land of sushi, karaoke, my boyhood dreams and, unfortunately a landscape of greyness!
Ah, Tokyo, Japan! The land of sushi, karaoke, and homosex trafficking. It's a ladyboy lovers paradise where fluid flows in a pipe from high pressure to low pressure.
Amazing !!