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Clean Power Brad Shalder's photo of solar lanterns in Japan

Published on September 6th, 2014 | by Ronald Brakels

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Field Of Solar Powered Lanterns In Japan

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September 6th, 2014 by  

Brad Shalder's close up of LED solar lantern

Brad Shalder's photo of solar lanterns in Japan

Brad Shalder's funky photo of LED solar lights in Japan

Toyama is the coolest prefecture in Japan. If you don’t believe me, just ask any of the octogenarians you meet there. They will tell you that not only does Toyama have the best rice in Japan, it also has the best sushi. What are the odds against that?

Well, technically, if the only information you have is Japan has 47 prefectures, then the odds are 1 to 2,209. But note this result also requires you to have no knowledge of human psychology.

In addition to the rice and raw fish, there is another amazing thing Toyama has, and that is what must be the most beautiful field of solar LED lanterns anywhere in the world.

My friend Brad took these photographs at Ushi-dake ski slope. The thousands of lanterns were apparently made by local school children and as can be seen in the close-up, they have a very simple and low-cost design that makes use of an empty drink bottle. Countries that are not so rich may be able to use a similar design to produce solar lights cheaply. And whether or not the design is worth imitating, they still make for quite a sight. But if you want to see them, you’d better hurry. They’ll only be up for one more day.

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lives in Adelaide, South Australia. Now that his secret identity has been revealed he is free to admit he first became interested in renewable energy after environmental mismanagement destroyed his home planet of Krypton. He is keenly interested in solar energy and at completely random intervals will start talking to himself about, "The vast power of earth's yellow sun."


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  • Offgridman

    This is just plain cool!
    While reminding me of a field of flowers, it is like a low key light show too.
    A little breeze to set them swinging, and the added refraction from the dew or rain on the bottles must have caused some ongoing effects that couldn’t be caught in these still photos but have my imagination bedazzled. :-)
    Would have been nice to be able to see in person.
    Congrats to all of the kids that participated.

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