Archipelago Dynamo

Adapting to the Natural Topography

On their small islands, the Japanese have always lived in dialogue with nature.

Kurobe Dam

We fly over steep mountains in central Honshu, many more than 3,000 meters high. Then suddenly, there it is—the massive Kurobe Dam. Tucked away in an ecologically friendly location under the bedrock, a generating station churns out enough power for a million homes.

(Photo: Watanabe Manabu)