Japan · Asia
Can you dig through the Earth to Japan?
Nope!
Not from dry land. Japan’s exact opposite side is entirely ocean (the South Atlantic Ocean), so you’d have to start digging from a boat.
- 12,741 kmtunnel from the middle of Japan
- 0%of the other side is land
- 100%of the other side is water
JapanStart digging in here to reach it
What about from where you are?
Tap ◎ or search to see where your own tunnel would come out, and how far you’d be from Japan.
If you dug straight down from Japan, where would you come out?
Flip Japan to the exact opposite side of the planet and this is where it lands:
Digging from Japan’s biggest cities
- Tokyocomes out in South Atlantic Ocean1,100 km from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Ōsakacomes out in South Atlantic Ocean711 km from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Yokohamacomes out in South Atlantic Ocean1,076 km from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Nagoyacomes out in South Atlantic Ocean846 km from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Fukuokacomes out in South Atlantic Ocean277 km from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil