E (earth dam)

3491-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...

2022.10.01

Okayama Prefecture Dam

1839-Ichinotaniike Pond

Date of interview: 12/10/2014 (Wednesday) The fifth unit of the day was Ichinotani Pond. As the name suggests, it is a reservoir and an earth dam. This is the limit of my retouching because the difference between light and dark is too large. The downstream face of the embankment is usually clean...

2022.09.30

Okayama Prefecture Dam

1864-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. View of the downstream face of the dike and the conduit from downstream It is possible to see the dike from downstream, and it is...

2022.09.25

Okayama Prefecture Dam

1320-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. The famous yakiniku restaurant Ichi Masubin in Mie...

2022.05.24

Dam in Mie Prefecture

1482-Nagatani Oike Pond

Date: 04/20/2014 (Sun) The Hase Great Pond was the last stop on our 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, has a history of hardship as evidenced by the stone monument on the site...

2022.04.19

Hyogo Prefecture Dam

3367-Sanaka Dam

Date of interview: 04/20/2014 (Sunday) 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. ...

2022.03.05

Hyogo Prefecture Dam

1355-Serikawa Dam

Date of visit: 2021/10/9 (Sat) & 2021/10/31 (Sun) The Serikawa Dam has been undergoing seismic reinforcement and equipment repair work for several years as part of the "2021 Great Repair" project. Personally, I had not yet visited the Serikawa Dam, the only dam in the Koto area of Shiga Prefecture, but recently the construction of the main body of the embankment was...

2022.01.22

Dam in Shiga Prefecture

1493- 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 the neighboring dams until it was time to attend that ceremony. I also decided to visit Tamba Sasayama for the first time in about three months. From the left bank...

2021.10.21

Hyogo Prefecture Dam

1241-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 on the way (?). We stopped by the Maeyama Dam. The Maeyama Dam was originally a prefectural irrigation and drainage...

2021.07.14

Dam in Aichi Prefecture

1382-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. Stone monument and embankment on the left bank The stone monument reads, "Ice House Village. Icehouse nearby for offering ice to the Imperial Court...

2021.07.08

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

3253-Nishigatani Dam

Date of visit: 1/4/2014 (Sat.) Next to 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...

2021.07.04

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

1380-Mawariike

After leaving Segi Dam, we next visited Mawari-ike Pond. Mawari-ike is an earth dam for agricultural use. View of the junction of the prefectural road and the national road from near the top There is not much space to park a car, but the national road side was closed to traffic due to a typhoon in the previous year...

2021.07.01

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

1492-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. Looking downstream from the right bank road Hachimantani Dam, located in Tamba Sasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, is an earth dam dedicated to irrigation...

2021.06.12

Hyogo Prefecture Dam

1319-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, this is the third earth dam we visited on this day. Looking at the upstream side of the embankment...

2021.06.05

Dam in Mie Prefecture

1297-Teratani Pond

Date of interview：2013/11/9 (Sat) On the way to the tour of Kawakami Dam in Mie Prefecture before the start of construction of the main body, I visited Teradani Pond next to Takeya Pond. Teradani Pond is also an irrigation reservoir and earth dam in Iga City. Approach to the dam It is a short walk to the embankment, but it is easy to get lost...

2021.05.29

Dam in Mie Prefecture

1307-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 unvisited dams before moving to the site. Takeya Pond was the first dam of the day. We went a little further from the Iga drive-in on the Meihan National Highway (R25)...

2021.05.22

Dam in Mie Prefecture

1104-Ijira Tameike

Date of interview：2013/8/16(Fri.) I was on my way back to my wife's parents' house for the Obon vacation on that day, but I decided to visit unvisited dams in the Seino region of Gifu Prefecture, so I went to the Fujikogawa Dam first and then moved to this Ijira Tameike. Both dams are a bit far from each other, but Exif records show...

2021.05.15

Dam in Gifu Prefecture

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

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

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