Kakogawa River System

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...

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...

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....