Date of interview: Sunday, May 26, 2013
After the wedding at Uchikura Dam, we all stayed at Tsukioka Onsen, and the next day we planned to go on a solo tour of dams in northern Niigata Prefecture. And so we came to the Tainai No. 2 Dam.
Tainai" comes from the Tainai River, which is also the name of a river, and it is an amazing name. According to Wikipedia, the origin of the name is as follows
There is a theory that the name "Tainai" is derived from the snow shape of Mt.
胎内川 – Wikipedia
Incidentally, there is also a place called "Close" on the way from Tsukioka Onsen to Tainai No. 2 Dam, which is quite interesting.
Also on the Tainai River, in addition to this Tainai No. 2 Dam, there are the Tainai River Dam and Tainai No. 1 Dam, and at the far end is the Okutainai Dam, which was just completed in 2019. However, on the day we visited, the area beyond the Tainai No. 2 Dam was closed for the winter, so we were only able to visit this dam. (Moreover, the Oku-Tainai Dam was not yet completed at that time.)
Dam watchtower
This is not a dam control station but a dam watchtower. It is a small building. The Tainai No. 2 Dam is owned by the Niigata Prefectural Bureau of Public Enterprises, and water taken from this dam is used to generate electricity at the Tainai No. 2 Power Station located directly below the right bank of the dam.
Dam watchtower and entrance to the top
Unfortunately, access to the top edge was prohibited.
Peering over the top edge from the fence on the right bank
The top edge railing appears low. It may not be open because its safety cannot be guaranteed.
You can see a building with a sharply angled roof at the top end (probably the intake gate winder room), but is the angle so steep because it is in a snowy area?
Downstream view of the levee from the right bank
The Tainai No. 2 Dam, which has a roller gate at the crest, was discharging water on this day. It was discharging snow, probably due to the time of year. The gray building below is the Tainai No. 2 Power Station.
View of the downstream face of the levee from the front
I was going to do this, but the trees were so thick that it was difficult to aim directly in front of the camera. The angle is a little too steep. It is a roller gate, but if you look closely, you can see that it is a roller gate.flash board(missing purification plate), and you can see them discharging from there as well.
Tainai No. 2 Dam discharge animation
The discharge scene of the day is summarized in the video.
View of the dam lake from the right bank
The water is full. On top of that, it is clean and free of garbage because no one lives upstream.
Tainai No. 2 Dam Specifications
Location | Shimoarasawa, Tainai City, Niigata Prefecture |
River Name | Tainai River System Tainai River |
Objective | P(Power generation) |
Model | G(gravity-fed concrete dam) |
Bank height | 41.5m |
Bank length | 90m |
Dam volume | 34,000 m3 |
Watershed Area | 88.3 km2 |
Reservoir area | 23ha |
Total storage capacity | 2,850,000 m3 |
Effective water storage capacity | 1,780,000 m3 |
Dam operator | Niigata Prefectural Enterprise Bureau |
Main body constructor | Shimizu Corporation |
Year of launch | 1957 |
Year Completed | 1959 |
Name of Dam Lake | - |
Other facilities/observations
Parking lot | ○ |
Toilet | × |
Park | × |
PR Exhibition Hall | × |
Fishing | ? |
Map around Tainai No. 2 Dam
Weather around Tainai No. 2 Dam
Actual accommodations
*It was "Tsukioka New Hotel Kangetsu", but in April 2018 it joined the Hotel Area One Group and changed its name.
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