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2020.01.02
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Observed the 2023 Kiso San-river Combined Flood Fighting Exercise
The event was held on May 21, 2023, but it's been almost 10 months 💦 Hi, it's time for the dam log. When you like dams and doing this and that, there are many things you may be interested in. One of them is the "Flood Fighting Exercise. Every year before the flooding season, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and other s...
1873-Kawamoto Dam / Okayama Prefecture
Date of visit: 2/18/2015 (Wed) After a thorough tour of the Shin Naruha River Dam and a quick visit to the Tahara Dam, we came to the Kawamoto Dam, which is operated by Okayama Prefecture. Kawamoto Dam is a hollow gravity concrete dam that is used for flood control, power generation, and industrial water supply to the Mizushima Coastal Industrial Zone...
Lecture at the Tokai Branch of Kansai Electric Power Co.
February 21, 2024 was a drizzly and rainy day. Hello, it's time for the dam log. On that day, I took the subway to the Tokai branch of Kansai Electric Power Co. I get off at Takatake Station on the Nagoya City Subway Sakuradori Line. It may have been 27 years since I got off at this station. My mentor from my school days (close enough to call...
1880-Tabara Dam / Okayama Prefecture
Date of interview: 2/18/2015 (Wed.) The Shin Naruha River Dam's reservoir is used as an upper reservoir for pumped-storage power generation, and the Tahara Dam is located in the lower reservoir of the Shin Naruha River Dam. On this day, I visited the Shin Naruha River Dam with a group of friends and then moved on to another dam...
Completed the Gurutto Shinshu Dam Meguri Dam Stamp Rally 2023!
The "Gurutto Shinshu Dam Meguri Dam Stamp Rally 2023" is being held in Nagano Prefecture until November 30, 2023 (Thursday). Collecting stamps will earn you a limited-edition original dam design can badge, an original dam card holder, and an original character from the Nagano Prefectural Bureau of Public Enterprises, "...
Overcoming the odds of winning by a factor of 20, we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Kurobe Dam from inside the embankment!
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the completion of the Kurobe Dam, and various events are being held at the dam. In Omachi City, where Ogisawa Station, the entrance to the Nagano side of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, is located, the tourist association is taking the lead in promoting the Kurobe Dam with a variety of events. Why is it the dam that enlivens the...
1879-Shinnarigawa River Dam / Okayama Prefecture
Interview Date: 2/18/2015 (Wed) The Shin Naruha River Dam is a gravity arch dam owned by the Chugoku Electric Power Co. and is responsible not only for supplying electricity to the rapidly developing postwar industrial area, but also for supplying water for industrial use. The Shin Naruha River Dam can be visited on weekdays with prior application, so fellow dam enthusiasts ...
Tohoku University Online Public Lecture on Tadamigawa Power Development Opens Again This Year
This year, an online public lecture titled "Building Giant Dams on the Tadami River" will be held again on the Tadami River Power Development (Okutadami Dam and Tagokura Dam), which was researched and covered by Professor Shuji Tanaka of Tohoku University. He will explain how they were built, the social background, local conditions, and civil engineering techniques from various perspectives....
I switched my car from an Extrail to a Sienta.
I have been driving an Extrail (T31/20GT) since July 2011, but after 12 years I finally switched to a new Sienta (10 series/HEV Z, 5 seats, 2WD)! Hi, it's time for the Dumb Log! Ordered on November 6, 2022 and July 1, 2023...
1905-Chiya Dam / Okayama Pref.
Date of interview: 2/18/2015 (Wed.) On this day, we were invited to go see the Shin Naruha River Dam together, and we stopped by the Senya Dam on the way. It looks like a direct-controlled dam because of its gorgeous equipment, but it is a Okayama Prefecture-owned dam. The time was around 7:40 in the morning. It was a sleet...
The Man Who Turned Water into Light Momosuke Fukuzawa (Shinsuke Ogino), Dynamic Business Manager
A biographical novel featuring Momosuke Fukuzawa, the king of electric power. It is a novel that gives us a hand-on view of Momosuke's life. Because it is a novel, there are some points that may differ from the historical facts due to the direction. However, considering the entertainment value of the novel, it can be easily accepted...
January 2015 Wakayama Prefecture Dam Tour (Hirokawa Dam - Tonoyama Dam)
On this day, I went to Wakayama Prefecture for the first time after hearing that the Kirimegawa Dam under construction had reached its surcharge level and would be releasing (overflowing) water. This is the route I took when I visited the dam. The area is famous for producing mandarin oranges and plums, so I stopped at a roadside station along the way to buy souvenirs related to these products...
1644-Tonoyama Dam a.k.a. Gogawa Dam / Wakayama Prefecture
Date of interview: 1/28/2015 (Wed.) The last dam visited on this day became the Tonoyama Dam, an arch dam owned by Kansai Electric Power Co. It is also known as the "Godo River Dam". I don't remember anymore where we drove to, but it was quite a distance to travel from the Shimanose Dam...
Dumb & Dumber 2 (Dum Dum) Masaki Hagiwara (Media Factory)
This is said to be the first ever dam photo book published by Mr. Hagiwara. The first volume focused on eastern Japan, but it was so well received that a second volume, "Dam 2 (dum dum)," focusing on western Japan, was published. The second volume is called "Dum Dum" instead of "Dum Two. How cute...
1650-Shimanose Dam / Wakayama Prefecture
Date of interview: 1/28/2015 (Wed) After leaving the Kirimegawa Dam, we visited the Shimanose Dam. This was the fourth dam of the day. The Shimanose Dam is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and is used for agricultural water as Nanki Water. The specialties of the area are of course Kishu plums, Nanko plums, and Yamika...
To Those Who Love Dams (Small Publications)
As there has been only one page registered in the dam goods category for a long time, I decided it was time to enhance it and chose the second one, a collection of dam photos, "To those who love dams". Yes, it's a big bowl of miso in front of you (lol).
3131-Kirimegawa Dam / Wakayama Pref.
Date: 1/28/2015 (Wed.) I came here after hearing that the Kirimegawa Dam, which is under test flooding, is surcharged and overflowing. As I live in Aichi Prefecture, the route from Mie Prefecture is shorter in terms of driving distance, but since there are many sections where the expressway is not yet ...
1649-Tsubayama Dam / Wakayama Pref.
Date of interview: 1/28/2015 (Wed.) The second dam of the day was the Tsubakiyama Dam. It is one of the dams in Wakayama that I would like to see once because it has prevented floods many times. It is equipped with many facilities and looks like a dam of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or the Japan Water Agency, but it is a prefectural...
New Year's gift for you! Hatsumode at Jishui-jinja Shrine 2023
Last year 2022 brought record rainfall in the Tohoku region due to high water temperatures and high water vapor in the Sea of Japan. typhoon No. 14 in September grew to be called a super typhoon with a central pressure of 910 hectopascals. Five people were killed and more than 150 injured nationwide...
Dam to go Dam to come Dam 2022-2023
I would like to take this year's annual look back. This year, as last year, I have not been able to travel very far due to the Corona disaster, but I still managed to visit more new dams in the Hokuriku region........ The rest of the year was mostly spent at the Maruyama Dam... 2022/01/...
1648-Hirogawa Dam / Wakayama Pref.
Date of interview: 1/28/2015 (Wed.) On this day, I came to Wakayama Prefecture after hearing that the Kirimegawa Dam, which was under test flooding, had reached its surcharge level and would be discharging water on a test basis. Looking back, it was the first time in my life to visit Wakayama Prefecture. It was just before 7:00 in the morning in winter, so it was a little...
December 2014 Mimasaka area, Okayama Prefecture, Japan: Dam tour (Tsugawa Dam - Yashiroguchi Dam)
While the main target of this day was the Kanami Dam for the purpose of making a New Year's greeting card, we also visited the Tomada Dam with its wonderful design, the Onbara Dam, a rare buttress dam in Japan, and the Yubara Dam, where you can enjoy the combination of a hot spring and a dam...
1868-Yashiroguchi Dam
Date of the interview: 12/10/2014 (Wed.) This was the last dam tour of the day. After leaving the Yubara Dam, we headed south along the Asahikawa River, stopping at the Shaguchi Dam on the way to the Yubara IC. To the east of the Shaguchi Dam is an area called Yashiro, which, as the name implies, is a spiritual...
1869-Yubara Dam
Date of interview: 12/10/2014 (Wed.) The Yubara Dam is the one we came from Onbara Dam via Ningyo-Toge (Ningyo Pass) in a largely Tottori roundabout way. This was the 10th dam on this day. This Yubara Dam is one of the dams that I have wanted to see many times. The Yubara Dam was built by Okayama Prefecture in 1948 as the Asahi...
1852-Onbara Dam
Date of interview: 12/10/2014 (Wed.) From the Tomada Dam, we headed north along the Yoshii-gawa River and came to the Onbara Dam, which was the ninth dam we visited that day. As one would expect, there was a lot of snow on the ground when we arrived here. The Onba Dam is a buttress dam. This was the first time in my life that I visited a buttress dam and...
1909-Tomata Dam
Date of interview: 12/10/2014 (Wednesday) TomadaWe arrived at this Tomada Dam just a short distance from the Tomada Kurambe Dam. This was the eighth dam of the day. I had always wanted to visit the dam after seeing photos taken by others, but finally got to see it for the first time...
3327-Tomata Anbu Dam
Date: 12/10/2014 (Wed) I stopped by the Tomada Saddle Dam because I wanted to see one dam before the Tomada Dam, one of the main dams of the day. A saddle is a depression in a mountain ridge like a horse's saddle.
3491-Yadaniike Pond
Date of interview: 12/10/2014 (Wednesday) The sixth unit of the day was Yatani Pond. As the name suggests, it is an earth dam and a reservoir. The map clearly shows that the Gokurakuji Pond, Ichinotani Pond, and this Yatani Pond are dams constructed in three different valleys. It is as if there are three...
1839-Ichinotaniike Pond
Date of interview: 12/10/2014 (Wednesday) The fifth unit of the day was Ichinotani Pond. As the name suggests, it is a reservoir and an earth dam. This is the limit of my retouching because the difference between light and dark is too large. The downstream face of the embankment is usually clean...
1864-Gokurakuji Pond / Okayama Prefecture
Date of interview: 12/10/2014 (Wed.) The fourth unit of the day was Gokurakuji Pond. As the name suggests, there is a historic temple called Gokurakuji upstream of the reservoir, which was opened during the Wado period. View of the downstream face of the dike and the conduit from downstream It is possible to see the dike from downstream, and it is...
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