{"id":23249,"date":"2023-11-22T18:43:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T09:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=23249"},"modified":"2023-11-22T18:43:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T09:43:48","slug":"20231122-23249","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20231122-23249\/","title":{"rendered":"Someone at the Japanese Ministry of Land has been spending hours in Minecraft\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An official YouTube account affiliated with Japan\u2019s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism recently uploaded a video that demonstrates a dam project that is currently underway in southwestern Japan. There\u2019s something unique about the recreation though \u2013 it has been created entirely using <strong>Minecraft<\/strong>, and the level of detail in the build is quite astonishing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u7acb\u91ce\u30c0\u30e0\u3092\u30de\u30a4\u30f3\u30af\u30e9\u30d5\u30c8\u3067\u4f5c\u3063\u3066\u307f\u305f\uff01\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pk27RckFA5s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The video, uploaded on November 17 and titled \u201cWe tried making the Tatsuno Dam in Minecraft!,\u201d shows a vast and detailed reconstruction of the Tatsuno Dam project in Kumamoto, Japan. The Tatsuno Dam is a flood control dam that is planned to start operating in 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minecraft recreation includes the entire damn embankment, as well as the surrounding terrain, vegetation and roads of the area. Although no information has been revealed as to how the recreation was made, it\u2019s possible that 3D topographical data was used in the process. Perhaps due to View Distance settings or sluggish rendering, we don\u2019t get to see that far into the distance, but it\u2019s still apparent that the build is quite extensive.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-272980-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-272980-002.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-272980-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-272980-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-272980-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-272980-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-272980-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-272980-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-272980-002-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231121-272980-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The fact that the video was posted by none other than Japan\u2019s Ministry of Land has resulted in a significant response from the Japanese online community, with users praising the quality and scale of the build, as well as the video itself \u2013 the vibe of the imagery and the song used give it the nostalgic feel you would expect from a 2016 Minecraft gameplay video. At the same time, some users were perplexed with the seemingly low performance PC used for the project, given the modest View Distance and chunky rendering.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minecraft video of the Tatsuno Dam was preceded by a Tatsuno Dam Augmented Reality app and similar publicity campaigns, and it seems that the dam\u2019s Construction Office plans to release the Minecraft world data to the public <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qsr.mlit.go.jp\/tateno\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on their official website<\/a> in the near future.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><br><br><br><br><em>Written by. Amber V based on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20231121-272980\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>\u00a0(original article\u2019s publication date: 2023-11-21 18:03 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan\u2019s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism recently uploaded a video that demonstrates a dam project that is currently underway in southwestern Japan. 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