Nagano Prefecture Dam0998-みどり湖（みどりこ）/ 長野県（旧名：向坂溜池/むこうざかためいけ）
取材日：2015/04/02(木)確かこの日は家族旅行で長野県の喬木町でいちご狩りをし、上田駅でこの年に新しく金沢駅まで開通した北陸新幹線を見て、白樺湖の池の平ホテルに泊まり、翌日はチロルの森で遊んで、その後立ち寄らせてもらったのがみどり湖...
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Nagano Prefecture Dam
Okayama Prefecture Dam3491-Yadaniike Pond
Date of interview: 12/10/2014 (Wednesday)The sixth unit of the day was Yatani Pond. As the name suggests, it is an earth dam and a reservoir. The map clearly shows that the Gokurakuji Pond, Ichinotani Pond, and this Yatani Pond are dams constructed in three different valleys. It is as if there are three...
Okayama Prefecture Dam1839-Ichinotaniike Pond
Date of interview: 12/10/2014 (Wed.) The fifth unit of the day was Ichinotani Pond. As the name suggests, it is a reservoir and an earth dam. The difference in lightness and darkness was too great to retouch well, so this is the best I could do. The downstream side of the embankment is usually mowed clean...
Okayama Prefecture Dam1864-Gokurakuji Pond / Okayama Prefecture
Date of interview: 12/10/2014 (Wed.) The fourth unit of the day was Gokurakuji Pond. As the name suggests, there is a historic temple called Gokurakuji upstream of the reservoir, which was opened during the Wado period. The downstream face of the dike and the conduit can be seen from downstream, and it is not that much of a spectacle....
Dam in Mie Prefecture1320-Katada Dam
Date of interview: 06/08/2014 (Sunday) I came to Katada Dam in Tsu City because there is a dam in Mie Prefecture that has a moco dam. Actually, I had visited there on May 31 of the same year, but was not able to enter that day and had to revisit the following week. At Ichi Masubin, a famous yakiniku restaurant in Mie...
Hyogo Prefecture Dam1482-Nagatani Oike Pond
Date: 04/20/2014 (Sun)This was the last stop on my tour of dams in the Tamba region. Hase Great Pond is an earth dam for irrigation only, and is a typical agricultural dam and reservoir with rice paddies downstream. The construction of the dam, however, is a history of hardship that can be glimpsed from a stone monument at the site....
Hyogo Prefecture Dam3367-Sanaka Dam
Date of interview: 04/20/2014 (Sun) Sanaka Dam is an irrigation earth dam in Tamba-Sasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, and is one of four dams (Sanaka Dam, Tsubasaichi Dam, Hachimantani Dam, and Fujioka Dam) constructed as part of the Sasayama River Coastal Land Improvement Project Plan by the prefectural government's Irrigation and Drainage Project. The embankment...
Dam in Shiga Prefecture1355-Serikawa Dam
Date of report:2021/10/9 (Sat) & 10/31 (Sun)Serikawa Dam has been undergoing seismic reinforcement and facility repair work under the "2021 Great Repair" project for several years. Personally, I had not visited the Serigawa Dam in the Koto area of Shiga Prefecture, but recently, the construction of the main body of the embankment was completed...
Hyogo Prefecture Dam1493- Tsubuichi Dam
Date of interview: 04/20/2014 (Sun.) On this day, there was an award ceremony for a photo contest by the Japan Dam Association at Hiyoshi Dam, so I decided to visit nearby dams until it was time to attend that event. I also decided to visit Tamba Sasayama for the first time in about three months. The embankment from the left bank...
Dam in Aichi Prefecture1241-Maeyama Dam
Date of interview: 2/8/2014 (Sat.) On this day, all of my good friends who are dam enthusiasts decided to go to "Kanefuku Mentai Park" in Tokoname, and we stopped by Maeyama Dam. We stopped by the Maeyama Dam. Maeyama Dam was originally a prefectural irrigation and drainage...
Kyoto Prefecture Dam1382-Tomiei Pond/Tomisakaike
Date of interview: 1/4/2014 (Sat.) The last visit of the day was to Fuei-ike Pond. Like Mawari-ike and Nishigaya Dam, Fuei-ike is an important earth dam that supports agriculture. The stone monument on the left bank and the dike stone monument reads "Ice House Village. There was an icehouse nearby for offering ice to the Imperial Court...
Kyoto Prefecture Dam3253-Nishigatani Dam
Date of visit: 1/4/2014 (Sat.) After Mawari-ike Pond, we visited Nishigaya Dam. It is easily accessible from Mawari-ike via National Route 477, but on the day we visited, the national highway was closed due to a typhoon the previous year, so we had no choice but to take a long detour via Prefectural Route 50....
Kyoto Prefecture Dam1380-Mawariike
Date: 1/4/2014 (Sat.) After leaving the Segi Dam, the next place we visited was Mawari-ike. Mawari-ike is an earth dam for agricultural use. There are not many places to park a car, but the national highway side was closed to traffic due to a typhoon the previous year...
Hyogo Prefecture Dam1492-Hachimandani Dam / Hyogo Prefecture
Date of interview: 1/4/2014 (Sat.) I chose the dam complexes in western Kyoto and western Hyogo for my first dam visit of 2014. Hachimantani Dam was the first dam we visited that day. The Hachimantani Dam is an earth dam located in Tamba-Sasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture....
Dam in Mie Prefecture1319-Midorodamu
Date of report：2013/11/9 (Sat)On the way to Kawakami Dam before starting the construction of the main body, I visited this Madori Dam after Takeya Pond and Teratani Pond. It is a bit difficult to read. Since the Madori Dam is also an earth dam, it was the third earth dam we visited that day. At the beginning of the day, we saw the upstream face of the embankment...
Dam in Mie Prefecture1297-Teratani Pond
Date: 11/9/2013 (Sat)On the way to the tour of Kawakami Dam in Mie Prefecture before the construction of the main body of the dam started, I visited Teradani Pond next to Takeya Pond. Teradani Pond is also an irrigation reservoir and earth dam in Iga City. The approach to the dam is a short walk to the embankment, but you may get lost...
Dam in Mie Prefecture1307-Takeya Pond/Taketani Ike
Date of interview: 11/9/2013 (Sat.) Since there was a tour at Kawakami Dam in Mie Prefecture on that day before the construction of the main body started, I decided to visit the unvisited dams before moving to the site. Takeya Pond was the first dam of the day. A little further in from the Iga Drive-in on the Meihan National Highway (R25)...
Dam in Gifu Prefecture1104-Ijira Tameike
Date of interview：August 16, 2013(Fri)On this day, I was back home with my wife's family for the Obon vacation, but I decided to visit a dam I had not yet visited in the Seino region of Gifu Prefecture. Both dams are a bit far from each other, but the Exif record shows that 1...
Osaka Prefecture Dam1435-taki no ike/taki no ike
Date of visit: 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. It is paved with asphalt and has no steep slopes, so it is easy to go there. On the way to Takino Pond...
Dam in Shiga Prefecture3625-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...
