Shin Jinma

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

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 flood season, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and other SN...

2024.03.23

Dam log

1873-Kawamoto Dam / Okayama Prefecture

Date of the interview: 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 the Okayama Prefectural Government. 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...

2024.03.22

Okayama Prefecture Dam

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 (so close that I can call...

2024.03.20

Dam log

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 was allowed to visit the Shin Naruha River Dam with my friends and then moved on to another dam, so...

2023.10.22

Okayama Prefecture 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, "...

2023.10.09

Off-line meeting/event report

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 that the dam is the one to liven up the...

2023.09.16

Off-line meeting/event report

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 is a gravity arch dam owned by the Chugoku Electric Power Company, which not only supplies electric power to the rapidly developing postwar industrial area, but also supplies industrial water.

2023.09.09

Okayama Prefecture Dam

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....

2023.09.08

Dam News

I switched my car from an Extrail to a Sienta.

I have been driving an Extrail (T31/20GT) since July 2011 and 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...

2023.08.20

Dam log

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 dam because of its gorgeous equipment, but it is a Okayama Prefecture-owned dam. The time was around 7:40 in the morning. The time was around 7:40 in the morning...

2023.05.14

Okayama Prefecture Dam

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...

2023.03.21

Dam goods

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. Wakayama is famous for producing oranges and plums, so I stopped at a roadside station along the way to buy souvenirs related to these...

2023.03.21

Driving course

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 and how we drove, but it seemed that we had traveled quite a distance from the Shimanose Dam...

2023.03.07

Wakayama Prefecture 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...

2023.02.25

Dam goods

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 region's specialties are of course Kishu plums, Nanko plums and mandarin oranges...

2023.02.23

Wakayama Prefecture Dam

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