Jinzu River System

Date of visit: Sunday, August 04, 2013About 20 minutes southward from Nakayama Dam, about 12.2 km away, we came to Sarukoshi Dam, which is also owned by Toyama Prefectural Enterprise Bureau. We arrived at the Sarukoshi Dam, which is also owned by the Toyama Prefectural Bureau of Public Enterprises and dedicated to power generation. The section of National Highway No. 471/472 is a narrow road, and is a so-called "bad road"...

Date of interview: 2013/08/04 (Sun)From Yatsuo Dam and Muromaki Dam, head further south on Route 471/472 (duplicate section) along the river as if you were going up the Ida River (Ohagatani River and Muromaki River). On the way, there is a hydroelectric dam operated by the Toyama Prefectural Government called Nibu Suiso Dam in Nibu Suiso Tank on your left...

Date of report：2013/08/04 (Sun)After visiting the Arimine and Jinzu River dams, I stayed overnight at the Yatsuo Yume no Mori Yuyuukan in Yatsuo Town, Toyama City, played at the Toyama City Family Park the next morning, and decided to stop by a dam on my way home. Yatsuo Dam was the first dam we visited that day. Yatsuo in Osaka...

Date of interview: 2013/08/03 (Sat)This is the Jinzan Dam, the third son of the three Jinzu River brothers. This dam is located at the downstream end of the Jinzu River. The upstream side of the embankment can be seen from the left bank. By the way, I am checking the photo again...

Date of interview: 2013/08/03 (Sat)After the Shinji Dam, we came to the Shinichi Dam, which is the eldest son. The Shinji Dam is the eldest in terms of the year of completion, but the Shinichi Dam is the oldest in terms of the year of start of construction. Looking at the downstream side of the embankment from the left bank, it is a little backlit, but the sun's rays are ...

Date of interview: 2013/08/03 (Sat)Moving on from the Kumanogawa Dam, we came to the Jinji Dam. The Jinji Dam is a power generation dam operated by Hokuriku Electric Power Company, which generates up to 44,000 kW of electricity at the Jinzu River No. 2 Power Plant located directly below the dam. It is sometimes called the Jinzu River No. 2 Dam because of the name of the power plant...