This talk examines post-Fukushima Japan’s amplified preoccupation with future-making by placing it in historical context. A new offshore wind farm in Fukushima—in particular the first windmill, completed in 2014, which has been dubbed “Fukushima Future” —represent new energy development that the central government and a nationally funded project consortium claim will transform Fukushima’s shameful dystopia into a utopia. This project is also touted as providing “artificial reefs” to support fish populations and a sustainable future for the local fishing industry. Through historical and ethnographic investigation, Takahashi will critically analyze the intimate relationship between the energy industry and marine conservation, and discuss how the bond has always been part of Japan’s unending desire for modernization.