Shin Jinma

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...
Driving course

January 2014 Hyogo Tanba Sasayama/ Western Kyoto Dam Tour (Hachimantani Dam - Fuei Pond)

On this day, I toured dams in Tanba-Sasayama, Hyogo Prefecture and western Kyoto Prefecture as my first visit to dams this year. Overall, there are a lot of earth dams, and the tour is a bit more professional-oriented, but there are also famous concrete dams such as the Hatagawa Dam and Hiyoshi Dam in between, so even those who are not so keen on earth dams can fully enjoy the tour....
Kyoto Prefecture Dam

1382-Tomiei Pond/Tomisakaike

Date of interview: 1/4/2014 (Sat.) The last visit of the day was to Fuei-ike Pond. Like Mawari-ike and Nishigaya Dam, Fuei-ike is an important earth dam that supports agriculture. The stone monument on the left bank and the dike stone monument reads "Ice House Village. There was an icehouse nearby for offering ice to the Imperial Court...
Kyoto Prefecture Dam

3253-Nishigatani Dam

Date of visit: 1/4/2014 (Sat.) After Mawari-ike Pond, we visited Nishigaya Dam. It is easily accessible from Mawari-ike via National Route 477, but on the day we visited, the national highway was closed due to a typhoon the previous year, so we had no choice but to take a long detour via Prefectural Route 50....
Kyoto Prefecture Dam

1380-Mawariike

Date: 1/4/2014 (Sat.) After leaving the Segi Dam, the next place we visited was Mawari-ike. Mawari-ike is an earth dam for agricultural use. There are not many places to park a car, but the national highway side was closed to traffic due to a typhoon the previous year...
Kyoto Prefecture Dam

1399-Segi Dam

Date of interview: 1/4/2014 (Sat.) On this day, I was making my first dam visit to the dams in eastern Hyogo and western Kyoto. I had visited Hiyoshi Dam several times, but I remembered that there was a dam upstream of Hiyoshi Dam that I had not yet visited, so I visited the Segi Dam. The Segi Dam is downstream of the Hiyoshi Dam, which was built...
Hyogo Prefecture Dam

3209-Mikumari Dam

Date of interview: 1/4/2014 (Sat.) On this day, the Mikumari Dam was the next dam we visited after the Hachimantani Dam. The name of the dam is written in hiragana, which is unusual. To approach Mikumari Dam from Hachimantani Dam, it looks like you can go from the upstream side of Mikumari Dam on the map, but on the way...
Hyogo Prefecture Dam

1492-Hachimandani Dam / Hyogo Prefecture

Date of interview: 1/4/2014 (Sat.) I chose the dam complexes in western Kyoto and western Hyogo for my first dam visit of 2014. Hachimantani Dam was the first dam we visited that day. The Hachimantani Dam is an earth dam located in Tamba-Sasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture....
Dam in Mie 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...
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...
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)...
Dam in Gifu 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....
Nagano Prefecture Dam

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...
Dam in Gifu Prefecture

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...
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.
Dam log

A collection of paper crafts of dams

We published the following article at the beginning of the Golden Week holidays in April 2020, when the new coronavirus (COVID-19) began to spread and the first state of emergency was declared. More than a year has passed since then, and the new coronavirus is still in a right...
Driving course

Joganji River/Jintsukuri River System Dam Tour (Arimine Dam - Sarukoshi Dam), Toyama, August 2013

This route mainly includes the tour at the Arimine Dam, so we have included the time required for the tour plus lunch time. If you do not participate in the tour, you can visit other dams, but you can also visit places that are normally inaccessible...
Dam in Toyama 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"...
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...
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...
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