Japan's nuclear tsunami wall
A worker stands in front of a tsunami defence wall at Hamaoka nuclear power station.
Tokyo based photographer Toru Hanai was granted exclusive access to Chubu Electric Co’s only nuclear plant to see anti-disaster improvements designed to protect the site from tsunami and earthquakes, such as the one that devastated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in 2011.
Chubu Electric Power Co's Hamaoka nuclear power station is seen through a window in Omaezaki, south west of Tokyo.
A construction worker stands on the 18-meter (60 ft) high and 1.6 km (1 mile) long tsunami defence wall at the Hamaoka plant.
Workers open a strengthened door to the No.4 reactor building.
Signs, which read "Controlled area. Authorized person only" and "Door must remain closed at all times”, are seen at the plant.
A Good Design Award plate (top) is seen as employees work at the central control room of the No.5 reactor.
An employee opens a watertight door to an emergency electric panel room in the No.4 reactor building.
An employee walks down a passageway at the plant.
An employee walks through an emergency electric panel room in the No.4 reactor building.
An employee works in the central control room of the No.5 reactor.
Workers stand beside removable top shields for the reactor (centre) and a spent fuel pool (left) at the plant.
A worker stands on the top floor of the No.5 reactor building at Hamaoka nuclear power station.
A worker stands on the top floor of the No.5 reactor, as visitors are reflected in a window.
A man walks on a sand dune near the Hamaoka plant.
Wind turbines at Chubu Electric Power Co's Omaezaki wind power station are seen in the distance.
