List of dams

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...

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. The right bank...

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

0292-Ookura Dam

After leaving the Naruko Dam, we visited the Okura Dam, one of only two multiple arch dams in Japan. The other multiple arch dam is the Toyotoshi Pond Dam in Kagawa Prefecture, and this completes the list of dams of this type. The Okura Dam is the only one of its kind in Japan.

Dam in Miyagi Prefecture

0290-Naruko Dam

Date of report：2012/9/17 (Mon.) The Tohoku expedition, which started with a visit to Ishibuchi Dam and Isawa Dam, is finally on its third day. This would be the last day of our enjoyable Tohoku expedition. At first, we headed south on the Tohoku highway and came to Naruko Dam. There are many other dams that I would like to visit, but...

Dam in Miyagi Prefecture

0249-Shijyushida Dam

Interview Date：2012/9/16 (Sun.) It was nighttime, but all the members of my group came to the Shijushida Dam because it was close to the Gosho Dam. The Yotsuya Dam, also known as the "Tennessee River Basin Development Authority (TVA) of Japan," was constructed along with the Gosho Dam, Tase Dam, Yuda Dam, and Ishibuchi Dam...

Iwate Prefecture Dam

0256-Gosho Dam

Date of report：2012/9/16 (Sun) I left Tamagawa Dam and returned to Iwate Prefecture. I was the only one who stayed overnight in the car, but he took me to Hashiba Onsen Shin Hashiba-no-Yu at Roadside Station Shizukuishi Anekko, and we had Morioka cold noodles for dinner before arriving at the Gosho Dam...

Iwate Prefecture Dam

0394-Tamagawa Dam

Date of report：2012/9/16 (Sun.) After traveling further north from the Armorhata Dam, we came to the Tamagawa Dam. There is another dam of the same name in Ehime Prefecture, but this one is under the direct control of Akita Prefecture. Incidentally, as of January 2020, nearly seven and a half years after my visit, the Tamagawa Dam is the most ...

0370-Yorohata Dam

Date of report：2012/9/16 (Sun) After passing through Lake Tazawa further north from Ichijoki Dam, we came to Armorhata Dam. There are many other dams in the area, but we picked the ones we visited based on the opinions of our fellow passengers who have been to this area before, so you may wonder "What? Why is that...?

0354-Ichijogi Dam

After leaving the Yuda Dam, the group entered Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, and had lunch at "Akita Furusato Mura" (Akita Furusato Village), where they ate Yokote yakisoba for lunch. In addition, they also enjoyed Kiritanpo (sliced pork dumplings). After that, the group went further north and unexpectedly visited "Ichijoki Dam" and "Ichijoki Reservoir...

0247-Yuda Dam / Iwate Prefecture

Date of report：2012/9/16 (Sun) After the Ishibane Dam, the next stop is finally the Yuda Dam. The Yuda Dam, which I had longed to visit. My excitement was at its maximum at this time. View of the downstream embankment from the left bank. Personally, I think Yuda Dam is the best gravity arch dam...

Iwate Prefecture Dam

0237-Ishibane Dam

The day after visiting Ishibuchi Dam and Isawa Dam, I decided to go on a tour of dams in Tohoku with my fellow dam enthusiasts. The first of these was the Ishibane Dam. Signs and stone monuments with a lot of information, such as water use signs, signs warning of water discharge, and stone monuments. The water use sign on the left is for irrigation...

Iwate Prefecture Dam

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