Dam in the Kinki Region

1435-taki no ike/taki no ike

Date of interview: 06/08/2013 (Sat.) Ten minutes on foot upstream from Shintaki no Pond. The destination is Takino Pond. It feels like a picnic when you head there. It might be a good idea to bring a packed lunch. The path is paved with asphalt and there are no steep slopes, so it is easy to go there. To Takino Pond...

2020.10.20

Osaka Prefecture Dam

3127-Shintaki no Ike (also known as Shintaki-no Ike, Shintaki-no Pond)

I had an event in Osaka on that day, and I came to Shintaki no Ike to visit a dam in the southern part of Osaka Prefecture until the event started. The stone monument at the site is called "Shintaki-no-ike" and on some maps it is called "Shintaki-noike". Various...

2020.10.09

Osaka Prefecture Dam

1565-Ikehara Dam

Date of interview: 3/24/2013 (Sun.) After receiving my dam enthusiast helmet at Nanashiki 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. View of the downstream face of the embankment from National Highway 169 Ikehara Dam has no overflow section in the embankment, and the flood discharge is a separate...

2020.05.24

Nara Prefecture Dam

3598-Okusato Dam

Date of interview: 3/24/2013 (Sun.) This Okuri 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 Nanashiki Dam. The Okusato Dam is owned by the Japan Power Development Corporation and is used exclusively for power generation. A view of the downstream embankment from the left bank... Taru Taru Taru Taru Taru Taru Taru Taru Taru Taru Taru Taru Taru

2020.05.14

Nara Prefecture Dam

1561-Kazeya Dam

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

2020.05.13

Nara Prefecture Dam

1571-asahi dam

The Asahi Dam is the next dam we visited after the Sarutani Dam on our mission to pick up the dam lover's helmets that had been completed at the Nanashiki Dam. View of the downstream face of the embankment from the left bank Upon arrival, the Asahi Dam can be seen spreading its large wings. However...

2020.05.10

Nara Prefecture Dam

1559-Sarutani Dam

Date: 3/24/2013 (Sun) The Sarutani Dam was the next dam we visited after Ichinoki Dam on our mission to pick up the dam lover's helmets that had been completed up to Nanashiki Dam. After Ichinoki Dam, we headed south on National Route 168, and as the road became more and more mountainous, we came to Sarutani Dam...

2020.05.10

Nara Prefecture Dam

1574-Ichinoki Dam

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

2020.05.09

Nara 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...

2020.05.06

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 releasing water, we headed to an earth dam called Nikeitamen. We had tried this dam once before, but when we tried to approach it from the ruins of Otowa Castle on the west side...

2020.05.05

Dam in Shiga Prefecture

1557-Takayama Tameike

I no longer remember how I got there, but I came to Takayama Tameike Pond, an earth dam in Ikoma City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The pond, called "Kurondo-ike (also written as Kurozoe-ike or Kuromizo-ike)," which is probably familiar to Ikoma citizens, is...

2020.05.05

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 it was...

2020.05.04

Osaka Prefecture Dam

1402-Ono Dam

After finishing the first day of the Hatakawa Dam, we stayed overnight in Ayabe, visited the Yurakawa Dam on the first day of the second day, and stopped by the Wachi Dam on the second day and the Ono Dam on the third day. A view of the signboard of the Ono Dam from the right bank.

2020.05.04

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 unit of the second day and stopped by the Wachi Dam on the second unit. View of the downstream embankment from the right bank The right bank is the national highway, and just south of the Yura River Dam, the shoulder of the road...

2020.04.26

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

1386-Yuragawa Dam

After finishing the first day at the Hata River Dam, we stayed overnight in Ayabe, and stopped by the Yura River Dam on the first of the second day. View of the embankment from upstream on the right bank. The embankment is actually a full overflow type embankment, but on this day, the volume of water in the Yura River was too much...

2020.04.24

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

3631-Hatakawaki Dam

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

2020.04.20

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

3170-Hatagawa Dam

Interview Date: 12/30 (Sun.) to 31 (Sat.), 2012 The 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...

2020.04.19

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

3130-Daimon Dam

Date of interview：2012/05/20(Sun) After the tour of Nunome Dam, we suddenly decided to visit Daimon Dam, which was under test flooding at the time. Incidentally, there is another dam of the same name in Yamanashi Prefecture. Byakko statue at the entrance of Shigisan parking lot At the entrance of Shigisan...

2019.09.21

Nara Prefecture Dam

1580-Nunome Dam/Nunome Dam (Nunome Lakeside Cycle Festa 2012)

Date of report：2012/05/20 (Sun.) This is a report on the Nunome Dam tour held in conjunction with the Nunome Lakeside Cycle Festa. Please refer to the article on Nunome Dam, which was first published here. Nunome Lakeside Cycle Festa Many road bikes...

2019.09.16

Nara Prefecture Dam

1579-Otaki Dam

Date of interview: 2012/03/31 (Sat) Construction of the Otaki Dam began in 1962, but when a crack was found in the upstream area during a test flooding in 2003, just before its completion, the test flooding was suspended. The completion of the dam was postponed. The test flooding itself was to confirm that there were no abnormalities in the dam itself or the surrounding area...

2019.09.16

Nara Prefecture Dam

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