I went to visit the SPring-8 syncrotron in Hyogo Prefecture (near Hiroshima). Stands for Super Photon Ring -- 8 Giga-electron volts. It was so cool. I was there to do interviews and a photo shoot.

Here's one of the 1km beamlines:




They're building an Xray free-electron laser. Huge mother. Here's the construction site:


Here's some shots inside the Storage Ring building:






Here's the storage ring at dusk:




Here's a different lab, across the valley:


and some labs, with the syncrotron in the background: