List of dams

1907-Tsugawa Dam

Date of interview: 12/10/2014 (Wed.) On this day, I decided to visit the dams in Okayama Prefecture to collect materials for the dam New Year greeting cards I make every year (even though it is already December), and Tsugawa Dam was the first dam I visited. Tsugawa Dam is a multi-purpose dam operated by Okayama Prefecture. The river flowing through Tsugawa Dam is called "Tsugawa...

Okayama Prefecture Dam

0567-Numappara Dam / Tochigi Prefecture

Date of interview: 11/19/2014 (Wed.) On this day, after visiting the Fukayama Dam, the main part of the tour via Shiobara Dam (glimpse only) and Itamuro Dam (entrance only), the other main dam we visited was the Numahara Dam. This dam is used for pumped-storage power generation...

Tochigi Prefecture Dam

0568-Fukayama Dam (Miyama Dam)

Date of coverage: 11/19/2014 (Wed) We came here via Shiobara Dam (glimpse only) and Itamuro Dam (entrance only), and then Fukayama Dam. It was one of the main dishes of the day. The Fukayama Dam was constructed at the uppermost reaches of the Naka River as part of the national Nasunohara Development and Construction Project. Agricultural water...

Tochigi Prefecture Dam

0569-Itamuro Dam

Date of interview: 11/19/2014 (Wed.) Itamuro Dam is a gravity concrete dam constructed as a reverse control reservoir for the Fukayama Dam and the Itamuro Power Plant of the Tochigi Prefectural Enterprise Bureau, which are located upstream. Itamuro Dam also takes in water for irrigation and water supply. The road to Itamuro Dam I knew it, but I didn't dare...

Tochigi Prefecture Dam

0570-Shiobara Dam

Date of interview: 11/19/2014 (Wed.) On this day, I visited Nasu Shiobara in Tochigi Prefecture for the first time in four years. The last time I visited Nasu Shiobara, I took the bullet train to participate in a tour of the Yashio Dam and the Snakeo River Dam, but I felt it was a waste of a long trip, so this time I took the car and...

Tochigi Prefecture Dam

3280-Minamiaki Dam

Interview Date: 08/17/2014 (Sun) After visiting Kurobe Dam and Utsukushi-ga-hara Highland Museum of Art in Toyama on a 2-day/1-night family trip, we came to Minamiasagi 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...

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. The famous yakiniku restaurant Ichi Masubin in Mie...

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. Bones (?) of the aggregate of the Shin Toyone Dam The bones (?) of the aggregate of Shin-Toyone Dam...

Dam in Aichi Prefecture

1482-Nagatani Oike Pond

Date: 04/20/2014 (Sun) The Hase Great Pond was the last stop on our tour of dams in the Tamba region. Hase Great Pond is an earth dam for irrigation only, and is a typical agricultural dam and reservoir with rice paddies downstream. The construction of the dam, however, has a history of hardship as evidenced by the stone monument on the site...

Hyogo Prefecture Dam

3045-Mitakara Dam

Date of interview: 04/20/2014 (Sun) The Minosho area, where the Sanpo Dam is located, originally had "three wells" as the name of the area suggests, which were treasures for the residents to nurture their lives. Therefore, the Sanpo Dam was named in the hope that it would be a treasure as well...

Hyogo Prefecture Dam

3234-Kurikara Dam

Interview Date: 04/20/2014 (Sun) Kurigara Dam was originally constructed under the name of Nishiki Dam (Nishiki Dam). It is a gravity-type concrete dam designed to control floods in the Kurigara area, provide water for the water supply, and maintain the normal functioning of running water. The name "Kurigara" is derived from the ...

Hyogo Prefecture Dam

3367-Sanaka Dam

Date of interview: 04/20/2014 (Sunday) Sanaka Dam is an irrigation earth dam in Tamba-Sasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, and is one of four dams (Sanaka Dam, Tsubasaichi Dam, Hachimantani Dam, and Fujioka Dam) constructed as part of the Sasayama River Coastal Land Improvement Project Plan by the prefectural government's Irrigation and Drainage Project. ...

Hyogo Prefecture Dam

1355-Serikawa Dam

Date of visit: 2021/10/9 (Sat) & 2021/10/31 (Sun) The Serikawa Dam has been undergoing seismic reinforcement and equipment repair work for several years as part of the "2021 Great Repair" project. Personally, I had not yet visited the Serikawa Dam, the only dam in the Koto area of Shiga Prefecture, but recently the construction of the main body of the embankment was...

Dam in Shiga Prefecture

1512-Fujioka Dam

Date of interview: 04/20/2014 (Sun) Fujioka Dam is a rock-fill dam for irrigation in Tamba-Sasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture, and is one of four dams (Sanaka Dam, Fujioka Dam, Tsubaki Dam, and Yawataya Dam) constructed as part of the prefectural irrigation and drainage project as part of the Sasayama River ...

Hyogo Prefecture Dam

1493- Tsubuichi Dam

Date of interview: 04/20/2014 (Sun.) On this day, there was an award ceremony for a photo contest by the Japan Dam Association at Hiyoshi Dam, so I decided to visit the neighboring dams until it was time to attend that ceremony. I also decided to visit Tamba Sasayama for the first time in about three months. From the left bank...

Hyogo Prefecture Dam

2126-Kawaguchi Dam

Date of interview: 3/2/2014 (Sun.) The last dam I chose for this day's dam tour in Shikoku was Kawaguchi Dam, located at the downstream end of the Naga River. To tell the truth, I wanted to stop by Fukui Dam and Masaki Dam, but it was around 3:45 p.m. when we arrived at Kawaguchi Dam. And since the embankment height is low, we didn't have that much time...

Tokushima Prefecture Dam

2122-Nagayasuguchi Dam

One of the dams in Shikoku that has been on my mind for a long time was this Chouankou Dam. The Chinese character for "Chang'an" sounds like "Chouan" and you might be tempted to read it as "Chouankou," but "Nagayasuguchi" is the correct answer. Chang'an is the name of a place and the entrance ...

Tokushima Prefecture Dam

2125-Omidani Dam

Date: 3/2/2014 (Sun.) On the way from the Kominoso Dam to the Nagaankuchi Dam, there is a dam that you should definitely stop by, although the direction is slightly different from the one you are heading in. It is the Omiya Dam. Like the Ominozawa Dam, the Omiya Dam is owned by Shikoku Electric Power Co...

Tokushima Prefecture Dam

2129-Komino Dam (Komino Dam)

The river along the national highway became the Naga River as we entered Tokushima Prefecture, and we moved downstream this time to the Ominozu Dam. The Ominozora Dam is a power generation dam managed by Shikoku Electric Power Co...

Tokushima Prefecture Dam

2309-Nagase Dam

The Nagase Dam is located up the national highway along the Monobe River following the Yoshino Dam. The signboard standing on the right bank of the river, with a unique character depicted on the signboard, is a...

Dam in Kochi Prefecture

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