Photographer Sato Jun Ichi explores the architecture of Japan's flood control infrastructure in a huge collection of photographs taken over a period of 10+ years.

Ibaraki, 1997

Tochigi, 2006 // Saitama, 2007

Saitama, 1999

Chiba, 1997

Saitama, 1999

Saitama, 2006

Saitama, 2006 // Saitama, 2007

Ibaraki, 1998

Saitama, 1998

Miyagi, 1998
Visit Sato's Floodgates site for about 600 more photos. (Use the links at the top left to scroll through the 37 galleries.) There is also a book.

Jehuty
That's awesome (in a way ^^), I never thought japanese will make a collection of photographs with such a theme.
[]PinkTesticle
Those are amazing. It's a shame the US didn't have a floodgate system like this during Katrina.
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