Dam in Chubu Region

1028-Okusususobana Dam / Nagano, Japan

The day before, I participated in the "Kuroyon 60th Anniversary Limited Special Program 'Kurobe Dam Tour'" and visited Omachi Dam for the first time in a very long time after the tour was over, staying overnight at a business hotel in front of Omachi Station that day. The next day, we planned to visit the Takase Dam, which we had not yet visited, but the weather was doubtful and we had to walk...

2025.07.20

Nagano Prefecture Dam

0913-Dainichigawa Dam / Ishikawa, Japan

Date: 7/29/2023 (Monday)After visiting Managawa Dam, Sasagawa Dam, and Kumogawa Dam as part of a seasonal event to familiarize myself with forests and lakes, I took advantage of my free time before leaving to travel to Ishikawa Prefecture to visit Akase Dam, and then I visited Dainichigawa Dam. This was the last dam of the day...

2024.07.11

Dam in Ishikawa Prefecture

0917-Akase Dam / Ishikawa, Japan

Date: 7/29/2023 (Monday)After visiting Managawa Dam, Sasagawa Dam, and Kumogawa Dam for the "Friendship with Forests and Lakes" event, I thought about what to do with the time I had before returning home, and decided to go to an area in Ishikawa Prefecture that I had not visited. The first of these was the Akase Dam...

2024.05.25

Dam in Ishikawa Prefecture

0938-Umokawa Dam / Fukui Prefecture

Date: 7/29/2023 (Mon.) I came here after a tour at the Sasagawa Dam. It seems that we used to be able to go close to the embankment, but we gave up and just looked at it from the national highway because of this sign on the single pipe barricade. I wonder if we can get permission if we call them... Unkawa Dam...

2024.05.18

Fukui Prefecture Dam

0939-Sasogawa Dam / Fukui Prefecture

Date of visit: Monday, July 29, 2023The Sasao River Dam is located upstream of the Managawa Dam on the Sasao River, the right branch of the Managawa River. It was one of the dams I had always wanted to visit, but since the top edge of the dam is usually off-limits, I had no choice but to go for a tour during the "Friendship with Forests and Lakes" season. However, the first time we went, my son drove ...

2024.05.06

Fukui Prefecture Dam

3280-Minamiaki Dam

Interview Date: 08/17/2014 (Sun)We came here after visiting Kurobe Dam and Utsukushi-ga-hara Highland Museum of Art in Toyama on a 2-day/1-night family trip to Namisaki Dam. The white limestone riprap looks like a chalk castle, and it is more beautiful than it sounds. The Namisaki Dam is a pumped storage power...

2022.07.07

Nagano Prefecture Dam

1320-Katada Dam

Date of interview: 06/08/2014 (Sunday) I came to Katada Dam in Tsu City because there is a dam in Mie Prefecture that has a moco dam. Actually, I had visited there on May 31 of the same year, but was not able to enter that day and had to revisit the following week. At Ichi Masubin, a famous yakiniku restaurant in Mie...

2022.05.24

Dam in Mie Prefecture

1229-Shin Toyone Dam

The day after the memorable 1st Gathering with Dam Lovers in Agigawa Dam, we decided to go and get an instruction manual for the new Toyone Dam card together! We were given an opportunity to visit the inside of the dam. The bones (?) of the aggregate of the Shin-Toyone Dam. The inside of the Shin-Toyone Dam

2022.05.14

Dam in Aichi Prefecture

1241-Maeyama Dam

Date of interview: 2/8/2014 (Sat.) On this day, all of my good friends who are dam enthusiasts decided to go to "Kanefuku Mentai Park" in Tokoname, and we stopped by Maeyama Dam. We stopped by the Maeyama Dam. Maeyama Dam was originally a prefectural irrigation and drainage...

2021.07.14

Dam in Aichi Prefecture

1319-Midorodamu

Date of report：2013/11/9 (Sat)On the way to Kawakami Dam before starting the construction of the main body, I visited this Madori Dam after Takeya Pond and Teratani Pond. It is a bit difficult to read. Since the Madori Dam is also an earth dam, it was the third earth dam we visited that day. At the beginning of the day, we saw the upstream face of the embankment...

2021.06.05

Dam in Mie Prefecture

1297-Teratani Pond

Date: 11/9/2013 (Sat)On the way to the tour of Kawakami Dam in Mie Prefecture before the construction of the main body of the dam started, I visited Teradani Pond next to Takeya Pond. Teradani Pond is also an irrigation reservoir and earth dam in Iga City. The approach to the dam is a short walk to the embankment, but you may get lost...

2021.05.29

Dam in Mie Prefecture

1307-Takeya Pond/Taketani Ike

Date of interview: 11/9/2013 (Sat.) Since there was a tour at Kawakami Dam in Mie Prefecture on that day before the construction of the main body started, I decided to visit the unvisited dams before moving to the site. Takeya Pond was the first dam of the day. A little further in from the Iga Drive-in on the Meihan National Highway (R25)...

2021.05.22

Dam in Mie Prefecture

1129-Nyukawa Dam

Date of interview：2013/10/6 (Sun)with DAM NIGHT in Nagoya, I went around the dams on the Kiso River to take dam photos for the presentation and exhibition, and my final destination was the Niu River Dam. The Niu River Dam is a multi-purpose dam operated by the Gifu Prefectural Government....

2021.05.19

Dam in Gifu Prefecture

0992-Tokiwa Dam (also known as Oshima Dam)

Interview Date: 10/6/2013 (Sun)On this day, I was touring the dams along the Kiso River to take dam photos for the presentation and exhibition of the with DAM NIGHT in Nagoya, when I suddenly remembered there was a dam I had not seen yet, so I came...

2021.05.16

Nagano Prefecture Dam

1104-Ijira Tameike

Date of interview：August 16, 2013(Fri)On this day, I was back home with my wife's family for the Obon vacation, but I decided to visit a dam I had not yet visited in the Seino region of Gifu Prefecture. Both dams are a bit far from each other, but the Exif record shows that 1...

2021.05.15

Dam in Gifu Prefecture

3629-Fujikogawa Dam

Date: Friday, August 16, 2013Fujikogawa Dam is located in Sekigahara Town, Gifu Prefecture, which is famous for the Battle of Sekigahara, a battle that divided the country under the rule of the Emperor. It is located close to the site of the battle and is surrounded by the ruins of the camps of famous warlords such as Ukita Hideie, Otani Yoshitsugu, Konishi Yukinaga, and Shimazu Yoshihiro.

2021.05.09

Dam in Gifu Prefecture

3590-Sarukoshi Dam

Date of visit: Sunday, August 04, 2013About 20 minutes southward from Nakayama Dam, about 12.2 km away, we came to Sarukoshi Dam, which is also owned by Toyama Prefectural Enterprise Bureau. We arrived at the Sarukoshi Dam, which is also owned by the Toyama Prefectural Bureau of Public Enterprises and dedicated to power generation. The section of National Highway No. 471/472 is a narrow road, and is a so-called "bad road"...

2021.05.05

Dam in Toyama Prefecture

0847-Nakayama Dam

Date of interview: 2013/08/04 (Sun)From Yatsuo Dam and Muromaki Dam, head further south on Route 471/472 (duplicate section) along the river as if you were going up the Ida River (Ohagatani River and Muromaki River). On the way, there is a hydroelectric dam operated by the Toyama Prefectural Government called Nibu Suiso Dam in Nibu Suiso Tank on your left...

2021.05.05

Dam in Toyama Prefecture

0846-Muromaki Dam

Date of report:2013/08/04(Sun)We arrived at the Muromaki Dam after traveling south from the Yatsuo Dam. If you go south along the Muromaki River (Ida River) on Prefectural Road No. 230, you will naturally reach the dam. However, according to Toyama Prefecture's website, the road is not good downstream, so we took National Road 472, Shoma To...

2021.05.04

Dam in Toyama Prefecture

0849-Yatsuo Dam/Yatsuo Dam

Date of report：2013/08/04 (Sun)After visiting the Arimine and Jinzu River dams, I stayed overnight at the Yatsuo Yume no Mori Yuyuukan in Yatsuo Town, Toyama City, played at the Toyama City Family Park the next morning, and decided to stop by a dam on my way home. Yatsuo Dam was the first dam we visited that day. Yatsuo in Osaka...

2021.05.04

Dam in Toyama Prefecture

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