○Location Conditions for the First Prout Village

     There are concerns about a major earthquake along the Nankai Trough, which stretches from Kyushu to around Shizuoka. If this earthquake occurs, the three major cities of Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka could be damaged, and all economic activities in Japan could potentially come to a halt. Furthermore, there is also a possibility of flooding up to 5-10km inland due to tsunamis. A characteristic of earthquakes in the Nankai Trough is that they could potentially trigger earthquakes in the active faults connected to it, and there are two active faults from Osaka to Nara where a major earthquake could happen at any moment. At the same time, volcanic eruptions, including Mt. Fuji, are also a real concern, and there are opinions that earthquakes could trigger these eruptions.

    Taking these factors into account, the first candidate for the construction of Prout Village is in Okayama Prefecture.

    The main reasons are that active faults are concentrated in the northeastern part of the prefecture, reducing the impact of earthquakes, and that it is located inland, eliminating concerns about tsunamis. While there are volcanoes from Kyushu to Hokkaido, there are almost no active volcanoes around Okayama Prefecture. The nearest volcano is Mt. Sanbe in Shimane Prefecture, which is classified as a low-activity Rank C. Furthermore, we select locations that meet the following conditions:

• If there is an abandoned village that can be reused, we use it as is.
• Locations where mountain water that can be drunk as is, flows.

• Locations where there are resources such as minerals.
• Locations that are easily accessible from the Shinkansen and the airport.

About Okayama Airport
【Regular Flights】
Domestic: Tokyo (Haneda), Sapporo (New Chitose), Okinawa (Naha) / International: Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei, Hong Kong.

【Access】
Okayama Airport is about 25 minutes by car from the center of Okayama City and about 10 minutes from the Okayama Interchange on the Sanyo Expressway.

    We choose the candidate locations while balancing these conditions.