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0990-Iwakura Dam

The day after the "1st Gathering with Dam Lovers in Agigawa Dam" was held, I was going to visit the Shin-Toyone Dam, but I remembered that there was a dam near the Shin-Toyone Dam that I had not visited yet, so I decided to visit the Iwakura Dam in a hurry. The right bank...

Nagano Prefecture Dam

1402-Ono Dam

After finishing the first day of the Hatakawa Dam, we stayed overnight in Ayabe, visited the Yurakawa Dam on the first day of the second day, and stopped by the Wachi Dam on the second day and the Ono Dam on the third day. A view of the signboard of the Ono Dam from the right bank.

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

1404-Wachi Dam

Date of interview: 12/31/2012 (Sat.) After finishing the first day at the Hata River Dam, we stayed overnight in Ayabe and visited the Yurakawa Dam on the first unit of the second day and stopped by the Wachi Dam on the second unit. View of the downstream embankment from the right bank The right bank is the national highway, and just south of the Yura River Dam, the shoulder of the road...

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

1386-Yuragawa Dam

After finishing the first day at the Hata River Dam, we stayed overnight in Ayabe, and stopped by the Yura River Dam on the first of the second day. View of the embankment from upstream on the right bank. The embankment is actually a full overflow type embankment, but on this day, the volume of water in the Yura River was too much...

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

3631-Hatakawaki Dam

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

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

3170-Hatagawa Dam

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

Kyoto 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 ...

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...?

1225-Ono Headworks

Date of interview: 2012/08/05 (Sun) The Ono Headworks is responsible for taking in up to 30 m3/s of water from the Uren Dam and Oshima Dam as its water source. A "headworks" is an intake or weir structure used to take in water from a river, mainly for agricultural use. The headworks are 15...

Dam in Aichi Prefecture

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 statue at the entrance of Shigisan parking lot At the entrance of Shigisan...

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 Many road bikes...

Nara Prefecture Dam

1579-Otaki Dam

Date of interview: 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 confirm that there were no abnormalities in the dam itself or the surrounding area...

Nara Prefecture Dam

1564-Tsuburo Dam / Nara Pref.

Date of visit: 3/31/2012 (Sat.) I stopped by on my way to Otaki Dam, where a test discharge was being conducted. We went to the embankment from upstream, but it was impressive that we frequently passed dump trucks on the narrow lakeshore road, as they were doing construction around the embankment. Tsuburoko Park on the right bank Not so good...

Nara Prefecture Dam

1582-Miyauku Dam

On the way to the Otaki Dam, where a test discharge was to be conducted, I noticed a signboard that indicated the existence of a dam and made a hasty stop at the Miyaoku Dam. View of the embankment from the village downstream Turn right at the sign for the Miyaoku Dam on Route 370 and drive for a while...

Nara Prefecture Dam

3039-Otsuro Dam

Date of interview: Saturday, March 10, 2012Location: 162-1-18 Hongo, Ooi-machi, Oi-gun, Fukui PrefectureThis year 2012 was a banner year for test releases, with the Otsuro Dam in Fukui Prefecture releasing water only one month after the Tatsumi Dam test release. There is one other dam, the...

Fukui Prefecture Dam

0928-tatsumi dam

Date of interview: 2012/02/19 (Sun)Location: (Left bank) Aiaizawa-cho, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture (Right bank) Kamitatsumi-cho, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture Please forgive me for finally writing an article on the occasion of the test discharge after almost 7 years.... On that day, it snowed from the day before and I did not have studless tires in Kyoto...

Dam in Ishikawa Prefecture

1578-Iwaigawa Dam

Date of interview: 2012/02/04 (Sat)Location: Shikanoen-cho, Nara City, Nara PrefectureThe Iwai River Dam is a gravity-type concrete dam operated by Nara Prefecture, located near the entrance to the Koenzan Driveway. We stopped by on our way to a meeting with dam friends...

Nara Prefecture Dam

1467-Sengari Dam

Date: 2011/10/02 (Sun)Location: Oiwatake, Ikuno, Dojo-machi, Kita-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo Prefecture I visited Kobe and Arima Onsen for a family trip, and left my family (and mother-in-law) at Arima Onsen and came to Chikari Dam by myself. Chikari Dam was built in 1919 for the exclusive use of water supply...

Hyogo Prefecture Dam

3330-Nunobiki Gohonmatsu Dam

Date of interview: Friday, September 30, 2011 Location: Yamagori, Thatchiai-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture View of downtown Kobe from Kobe Nunobiki Ropeway While traveling with my mother-in-law to Kobe and Arima Onsen, I left my wife and mother-in-law at Kobe Port and brought my children with me. The weather conditions were terrible...

Hyogo Prefecture Dam

2439-Inunaki Dam

Location: 72-2 Nibanno, Inunaki, Miyawaka-shi, Fukuoka, Japan Date of interview: 06/13/2011 (Monday) There is no apparition at the Inunaki Dam. There is no such thing in this article. If you came here expecting that, please back up your browser now. I was disturbing the locals with my test of courage...

Fukuoka Prefecture Dam

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