List of dams

0951-Masutani Dam

Date of visit: 04/29/2013 (Monday)We moved from the Futatsuya Diversion Weir to the Masudani Dam. We were told at the Hirono Dam management office in advance that the road on the right bank of the Masudani Dam was closed due to construction work, so we visited the dam from the left bank first. The Masudani Dam was constructed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries as part of the Hino River Basin...

Fukui Prefecture Dam

3328-Futatsuya Bunksuizui Weir / Fukui Prefecture

Date of interview: 2013/04/29 (Mon.) The name "Futatsuya Diversion Weir" makes it sound like a weir rather than a dam, but it is a magnificent dam with an embankment height of 24.7 meters. It is located upstream of Hirono Dam. On the local signboard, the embankment is described as a "diversion works. Therefore, it is also called Futatsuya Diversion Works or Fut...

Fukui Prefecture Dam

0945-Hirono Dam/Hirono Dam

Date of interview: 2013/04/29 (Mon)It was seven years ago, so I have completely forgotten why I went to Hirono Dam on that day, but I think it was probably because I stopped by for a one-day drive during the Golden Week holidays. Hirono Dam, a view of the levee on the downstream side from the right bank, was built in the Showa...

Fukui Prefecture Dam

1565-Ikehara Dam

Date of interview: 3/24/2013 (Sun.) After receiving my dam enthusiast helmet at Nanairo Dam, I moved on to Ikehara Dam. This arch dam is also owned by the Japan Power Development Corporation and is used exclusively for power generation. The Ikehara Dam, viewed from National Route 169, does not have an overflow section on its embankment, and its flood discharge is located in another...

Nara Prefecture Dam

1312-Nanairo Dam

Date: 3/24/2013 (Sun)Next to Okuri Dam, I visited Nanashiki Dam on a mission to pick up a dam lover's helmet that had been completed to Nanashiki Dam. The Shichishiki Dam is a power generation dam owned by J-Power Development Co.

Dam in Mie Prefecture

3598-Okusato Dam

Date of interview: 3/24/2013 (Sun.) This Okusato Dam is the next dam we visited after the Kazaya Dam for our mission to pick up the dam enthusiasts' helmets that had been completed to the Nanairo Dam. The Okusato Dam is a dam owned by the Japan Power Development Corporation and is used exclusively for power generation. The downstream embankment is seen from the left bank.

Nara Prefecture Dam

1561-Kazeya Dam

Date: 3/24/2013 (Sun)The Kazaya Dam is the next dam I visited after the Asahi Dam on my mission to pick up the dam enthusiasts' helmets that had been completed at the Nanairo Dam. View of the downstream side of the embankment from the left bankThe Kazaya Dam is a power generation-only dam owned by...

Nara Prefecture Dam

1571-asahi dam

The Asahi Dam was the next dam I visited after the Sarutani Dam on my mission to pick up the dam enthusiasts' helmets that had been completed at the Nanairo Dam. View of the downstream face of the embankment from the left bank. Unfortunately, the dam was not in operation...

Nara Prefecture Dam

1559-Sarutani Dam

Date：2013/3/24 (Sun)I visited the Sarutani Dam next to the Ichinoki Dam on a mission to pick up a dam lover's helmet that had been completed up to the Nanairo Dam. After Ichinoki Dam, we headed south on National Route 168 and came across the Sarutani Dam as the road became deeper and deeper into the mountains....

Nara Prefecture Dam

1574-Ichinoki Dam

Date: 3/24/2013 (Sun)The Ichinoki Dam is the first dam I visited to go on a mission to pick up my dam lover's helmet that I had completed at the Nanashiki Dam. The signboard of Gojo City and Nishiyoshino Village "Nishiyoshino Village" used to be a...

Nara Prefecture Dam

0990-Iwakura Dam

The day after the "1st Gathering with Dam Lovers in Agigawa Dam" was held, I was going to visit the Shin-Toyone Dam, but I remembered that there was a dam near the Shin-Toyone Dam that I had not visited yet, so I decided to visit the Iwakura Dam in a hurry. I remembered that there was a dam near the Shin-Toyone Dam that I had not visited yet, so I decided to go there in a hurry.

Nagano Prefecture Dam

3625-Ohara Dam

Date of interview: 2/11/2013 (Monday)On this day, I toured the dams in Shiga with Mr. Miyajima, a dam enthusiast who came to Japan. And this was our first visit to Ohara Dam. Ohara Dam was originally started in 1943 and completed in 1958, although construction was interrupted during the Pacific War...

Dam in Shiga Prefecture

3584-Nikkei Dame / Shiga Prefecture

Date of interview: 2/3/2013 (Sun)After visiting Yasu River Dam and Zao Dam (Shiga), where all dam enthusiasts are discharging water, we headed to an earth dam called Nikeitamen. We had tried this dam once, but when we tried to approach it from the ruins of Otowa Castle on the west side of the...

Dam in Shiga Prefecture

1557-Takayama Tameike

Date of visit: Saturday, January 26, 2013I no longer remember how I arrived at the site, but I came to an earth dam, Takayama Tameike Pond, in Ikoma City, Nara Prefecture. The pond, called "Kuroondo Pond (also written as Kurozoe Pond or Kurozo-ike)," which is probably familiar to Ikoma citizens, is adjacent to the ...

Nara Prefecture Dam

1424-Toyoura Mountain Pond

Date of interview: 1/26/2013 (Sat)There are several unusual dams in Osaka, and I was particularly interested in this Toyourayama Pond because of its unusual location. At first, it was listed as an unconfirmed dam, but someone identified its location in a dam handbook operated by the Japan Dam Association, and...

Osaka Prefecture Dam

1402-Ono Dam

After finishing the first day at the Hata River Dam, we stayed overnight in Ayabe and visited the Yurakawa Dam on the second day, the Wachi Dam on the second day, and the Ono Dam on the third day. The second was the Wachi Dam, and the third was the Ono Dam. I was very impressed with the ...

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

1404-Wachi Dam

Date of interview: 12/31/2012 (Sat)After finishing the first day at the Hata River Dam, we stayed overnight in Ayabe and visited the Yurakawa Dam on the first of the two days, stopping at the Wachi Dam on the second day. The right bank of the river is a national highway, and the right bank overlooking the levee downstream from the right bank is a national highway....

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

1386-Yuragawa Dam

Date: 12/31/2012 (Sat)After finishing the first day at the Hata River Dam, we stayed overnight in Ayabe and stopped by the Yura River Dam as the first stop on the second day. View of the embankment from upstream on the right bank. In fact, it is a full overflow type embankment, but on this day, the Yura River was full of water, and it was completely ...

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

3631-Hatakawaki Dam

Interview Date: 12/30/2012 (Sun) - 31/2012 (Sat)The Hatakawaki Dam is a so-called saddle dam, because it is located beside the main body, the Hatakawaki Dam. At the time of construction, it was also called the "impervious retaining wall construction. The Sanin Main Line runs through the south of the reservoir, and if the reservoir were to be flooded with water as it is, the water pressure...

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

3170-Hatagawa Dam

Interview Date: 12/30 (Sun.) to 31 (Sat.), 2012This year 2012 was a miraculous year in which three dams (Tatsumi Dam, Otsuro Dam, and Otaki Dam) conducted test water releases in conjunction with test flooding, but there was one more dam that came in at the end of the year. This was the Hata River Dam...

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

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