Dam News

Doboku Cafe with Dam Night in Kansai!" will be held on November 25 (Friday) and December 8 (Thursday), 2011 at Kyoto University as an event by Forum Civil Cosmos (FCC), Kansai Branch of JSCE. From the dam pro...

October 16, 2011 (Sun) There will be an event today, October 16, 2011, at the Onui Dam, the largest arch dam in the Chugoku region, located in Hiroshima Prefecture. Students from the Faculty of Arts at Hiroshima City University planned this event in conjunction with the Tatsuhimeko Festival to be held on the same day, and will use screen projections on the downstream embankment of the Onui Dam...

Sunday, September 18, 2011In July, we distributed the news that Denshi Kensetsu, produced by Masaya Toriguchi of Flavored Hall, was planning to release an album about dams, and that album will finally be released on September 21, 2011. The title of the album is "Music-Style Complete Dam," and Am...

September 15, 2011 (Thursday) The Japan Society of Dam Engineering's public symposium "with Dam☆Night '11" will be held on October 31, 2011. This will be the second year for the symposium, following last year's well-received event. The word "symposium" may give a formal image, but this year's symposium is not only for dam experts...

August 24, 2011 (Wed.) - Saki Miyajima, a leading figure in the dam world (website "Dam Mania"), will publish a book from Ohmsha on September 2, 2011 (Fri.). The title of the book is "Dam Mania," the same as the name of the website he operates. The contents of the book are said to be mainly about "dam tours. Grav...

July 25, 2011 (Monday) - "Dam Night," an almost annual dam event, will be held on August 14 (Sunday) at Tokyo Culture Culture. The subtitle of this year's event is "Dam Design, How Did It Come to Be? This time, the subtitle is "Dam Design, Why did it happen?

On July 24 (Sun.) and 25 (Mon.), 2011, "Doboku Cafe: Hajimete no Da...

On Saturday, July 2, 2011, Denshikensetsu by Masaya Toriguchi of Flavored Hall plans to release an album about dams. The name of the album is "Ongaku Shiki Complete Dam. Moreover, an audition for the "dam girl" who will make her debut with this album is now being held. Furthermore, this audition is...

March 8, 2011 (Tuesday) The winners of the "D-shot contest" (sponsored by the Japan Dam Association - Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Kanji Hayama, Chairman), which marked its 8th anniversary this year, were announced today. 449 entries were received, and the winners were announced on March 21, 2011. The contest was held at the Japan Dam Association's ...

Rental Server Lollipop! is holding a "Lollipop! Valentine's Day 2011" project, a "Watching over the Dam" event is being held.

January 31, 2011 (Mon.) The Japan Dam Association (Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Chairman: Kanji Hayama) is holding its eighth annual "D-shot contest" website photo contest, and the deadline for entries is today. The contest is held every year and the deadline for entries is today....

Sunday, January 30, 2011, Miyagi Prefecture is soliciting naming rights contracts for the first dams in Japan. The names being sought are, of course, Miyagi Prefecture-owned dams: Okura Dam (0292-Ookura Dam), Nanakita Dam (0302-Nanakita Dam)...

Ms. Tazuko Masuyama is the person most associated with the former Tokuyama Village and the Tokuyama Dam. Ms. Masuyama picked up a camera for the first time at the age of 61 and has continued to take pictures of the old Tokuyama Village as it is today, destined to sink into the dam. She is also known as "Camera Grandma. An interview with "Camera Grandma" about her war experience...