F (flood control, agricultural disaster prevention)

3122-Eiheiji Dam

Date of report：2013/04/29 (Monday)We traveled from Masudani Dam to Eiheiji Dam. It was a random route, so if I had planned the itinerary in advance, this probably would not have happened. Eiheiji Dam is located behind Eiheiji Temple, the head temple of the Soto sect of Buddhism.

2020.07.16

Fukui Prefecture Dam

0951-Masutani Dam

Date of visit: 04/29/2013 (Monday)We moved from the Futatsuya Diversion Weir to the Masudani Dam. We were told at the Hirono Dam management office in advance that the road on the right bank of the Masudani Dam was closed due to construction work, so we visited the dam from the left bank first. The Masudani Dam was constructed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries as part of the Hino River Basin...

2020.07.03

Fukui Prefecture Dam

3328-Futatsuya Bunksuizui Weir / Fukui Prefecture

Date of interview: 2013/04/29 (Mon.) The name "Futatsuya Diversion Weir" makes it sound like a weir rather than a dam, but it is a magnificent dam with an embankment height of 24.7 meters. It is located upstream of Hirono Dam. On the local signboard, the embankment is described as a "diversion works. Therefore, it is also called Futatsuya Diversion Works or Fut...

2020.06.28

Fukui Prefecture Dam

0945-Hirono Dam/Hirono Dam

Date of interview: 2013/04/29 (Mon)It was seven years ago, so I have completely forgotten why I went to Hirono Dam on that day, but I think it was probably because I stopped by for a one-day drive during the Golden Week holidays. Hirono Dam, a view of the levee on the downstream side from the right bank, was built in the Showa...

2020.06.24

Fukui Prefecture Dam

1402-Ono Dam

After finishing the first day at the Hata River Dam, we stayed overnight in Ayabe and visited the Yurakawa Dam on the second day, the Wachi Dam on the second day, and the Ono Dam on the third day. The second was the Wachi Dam, and the third was the Ono Dam. I was very impressed with the ...

2020.05.04

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

3631-Hatakawaki Dam

Interview Date: 12/30/2012 (Sun) - 31/2012 (Sat)The Hatakawaki Dam is a so-called saddle dam, because it is located beside the main body, the Hatakawaki Dam. At the time of construction, it was also called the "impervious retaining wall construction. The Sanin Main Line runs through the south of the reservoir, and if the reservoir were to be flooded with water as it is, the water pressure...

2020.04.20

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

3170-Hatagawa Dam

Interview Date: 12/30 (Sun.) to 31 (Sat.), 2012This 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...

2020.04.19

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

0292-Ookura Dam

Date: 9/17/2012 (Monday)After leaving the Naruko Dam, I 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.

2020.04.11

Dam in Miyagi Prefecture

0290-Naruko Dam

Date: 9/17/2012 (Monday)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 trip. 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...

2020.03.01

Dam in Miyagi Prefecture

0249-Shijyushida Dam

Interview Date：2012/9/16 (Sun)It is completely nighttime, but all of my companions and I came to the Shijushida Dam because it is 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....

2020.02.02

Iwate Prefecture Dam

0256-Gosho Dam

Date of interview: Sunday, September 16, 2012I left Tamagawa Dam and returned to Iwate Prefecture. I was the only member of the group who stayed overnight in the car, but he accompanied me to Hashiba Onsen Shin Hashiba-no-Yu at Roadside Station Shizukuishi Anekko, and we arrived at Gosho Dam while eating Morioka cold noodles for dinner....

2020.02.02

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 ...

2020.02.02

Akita Dam

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...?

2020.01.26

Akita Dam

0247-Yuda Dam / Iwate Prefecture

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

2020.01.19

Iwate Prefecture Dam

0277-isawa dam

Date: 9/15/2012 (Sat)After visiting Ishibuchi Dam and having lunch at Yakeishi Qua Park Himekayu, the next stop was Isawa Dam. View of the embankment from downstreamThe Isawa Dam is so huge that even a wide-angle lens could not capture the full view when close to the embankment. View of the embankment from downstreamThe ...

2020.01.04

Iwate Prefecture Dam

0235-Ishibuchi Dam

Date of report：2012/9/15 (Sat)I am afraid that this is not the latest information on the Ishibuchi Dam, which has been stocked for 7 years, but since the Ishibuchi Dam is now a phantom dam, I hope you will consider this disclosure as a memorial....

2019.11.10

Iwate Prefecture Dam

3130-Daimon Dam

Date of interview：2012/05/20(Sun)After the tour of Nunome Dam, we suddenly decided to visit Daimon Dam, which was under test flooding at the time. Incidentally, there is another dam of the same name in Yamanashi Prefecture. Byakko (White Tiger) Statue at the entrance of the parking lot of Mt.

2019.09.21

Nara Prefecture Dam

1580-Nunome Dam/Nunome Dam (Nunome Lakeside Cycle Festa 2012)

Date of report：2012/05/20 (Sun.) This is a report on the Nunome Dam tour held in conjunction with the Nunome Lakeside Cycle Festa. Please refer to the article on Nunome Dam, which was first published here. Nunome Lakeside Cycle Festa

2019.09.16

Nara Prefecture Dam

1579-Otaki Dam

Date of report: 2012/03/31 (Sat)Construction of the Otaki Dam began in 1962, but when a crack was found in the upstream area during a test flooding in 2003, just before its completion, the test flooding was suspended. The completion of the dam was postponed. The test flooding itself was to check for any abnormalities in the dam itself and the surrounding area...

2019.09.16

Nara Prefecture Dam

1359-Ishida River Dam

Date of visit: Saturday, March 10, 2012Location: Kadokawa, Imazu-cho, Takashima City, Shiga PrefectureI stopped by the Otsuro Dam on my way home from a visit to the test discharge of the dam, but it was too late in the evening and there was quite a bit of snow on the ground to get close to the embankment. Casual approach to the downstream reduction works (as far as ...

2019.02.03

Dam in Shiga Prefecture

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