Shin Jinma

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

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).

2023.01.31

Dam goods

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 ...

2023.01.27

Wakayama Prefecture Dam

1649-Tsubayama Dam / Wakayama Pref.

Date of visit: 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 owned by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or the Japan Water...

2023.01.21

Wakayama Prefecture Dam

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...

2023.01.03

Dam log

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...I think. The rest of the year was mostly spent at the Maruyama Dam....

2022.12.31

Dam log

1648-Hirogawa Dam / Wakayama Pref.

Date of interview: Wednesday, 1/28/2015I came to Wakayama Prefecture on this day because I heard 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...

2022.12.18

Wakayama Prefecture Dam

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...

2022.12.04

Driving course

1868-Yashiroguchi Dam

Date of visit: 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 sacred place...

2022.12.03

Okayama Prefecture Dam

1869-Yubara Dam

Date of interview: 12/10/2014 (Wed.) I came from Onwara Dam via Ningyo-toge (Ningyo Pass) in a big Tottori turn to Yubara Dam. 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 Asahikawa So...

2022.11.28

Okayama Prefecture Dam

1852-Onbara Dam

Date of visit: 12/10/2014 (Wed.) We came to the Onwara Dam, the ninth dam we visited that day, by heading north along the Yoshii-gawa River from the Tomada Dam. As expected, 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...

2022.11.06

Okayama Prefecture Dam

1909-Tomata Dam

Date of interview: 12/10/2014 (Wednesday)TomadaWe arrived at the Tomada Dam just a short distance from the 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 I was able to see it for the first time...

2022.10.29

Okayama Prefecture Dam

3327-Tomata Anbu Dam

Date: 12/10/2014 (Wed)We stopped by the Tomada Saddle Dam because there was one dam we wanted to see 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.

2022.10.08

Okayama Prefecture Dam

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...

2022.10.01

Okayama Prefecture Dam

1839-Ichinotaniike Pond

Date of interview: 12/10/2014 (Wed.) The fifth unit of the day was Ichinotani Pond. As the name suggests, it is a reservoir and an earth dam. The difference in lightness and darkness was too great to retouch well, so this is the best I could do. The downstream side of the embankment is usually mowed clean...

2022.09.30

Okayama Prefecture Dam

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. The downstream face of the dike and the conduit can be seen from downstream, and it is not that much of a spectacle....

2022.09.25

Okayama Prefecture Dam

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