Horonobe

Horonobe is best known in Hokkaido for the Japan Atomic Energy Agency’s Horonobe Underground Research Center, where technologies for deep geological disposal are studied. The town lies in northern Hokkaido near the Sea of Japan and the Sarobetsu Wetland, an extensive peatland protected within Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park. The Sarobetsu River runs through this low-lying country before joining the Teshio River system, amid marshes, open grassland and farmland. This is a sparsely settled corner of Japan, shaped as much by wetlands and seasonal weather as by its scientific institution. View additional webcams near Horonobe to better understand how northern Hokkaido relates to its wetlands, coast and broad inland plain.

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