Gunma Dam0621-桐生川ダム（きりゅうがわだむ）/ 群馬県
取材日：2015/06/03(水)桐生川ダムは群馬県桐生市にある重力式コンクリートダムです。ダム湖である梅田湖と周辺公園が整備されており、映画やドラマのロケ地としても知られています。今回は実際に現地を訪れ、展望台や堤体、周辺施設を見学してき...
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Gunma Dam
Tochigi Prefecture Dam0581-松田川ダム（まつだがわだむ）/ 栃木県
取材日：2015/06/03(水)この日は、群馬の片品村の宿泊施設に泊まると、丸沼ダムの限定ダムカードが配布されると聞いて、熱狂的に集めているわけではないものの、なぜか欲しいと思い最終目的地を丸沼ダムに定め群馬に向かいました。その日、最初の...
Dam in Ishikawa Prefecture0917-Akase Dam / Ishikawa, Japan
Date: 7/29/2023 (Monday)After visiting Managawa Dam, Sasagawa Dam, and Kumogawa Dam for the "Friendship with Forests and Lakes" event, I thought about what to do with the time I had before returning home, and decided to go to an area in Ishikawa Prefecture that I had not visited. The first of these was the Akase Dam...
Fukui Prefecture Dam0939-Sasogawa Dam / Fukui Prefecture
Date of visit: Monday, July 29, 2023The Sasao River Dam is located upstream of the Managawa Dam on the Sasao River, the right branch of the Managawa River. It was one of the dams I had always wanted to visit, but since the top edge of the dam is usually off-limits, I had no choice but to go for a tour during the "Friendship with Forests and Lakes" season. However, the first time we went, my son drove ...
Okayama Prefecture Dam1905-Chiya Dam / Okayama Pref.
Date of interview: 2/18/2015 (Wed.) On this day, we were invited to go see the Shin Naruha River Dam together, and we stopped by the Senya Dam on the way. It looks like a direct dam because of its gorgeous equipment, but it is a Okayama Prefecture-owned dam. The time was around 7:40 in the morning. The time was around 7:40 in the morning...
Wakayama Prefecture Dam3131-Kirimegawa Dam / Wakayama Pref.
Date: 1/28/2015 (Wed)I came here after hearing that the Kirimegawa Dam, which is under test flooding, is surcharged and overflowing. As I live in Aichi Prefecture, the route from Mie Prefecture is shorter in terms of driving distance, but since there are many sections where the expressway is not yet ...
Wakayama Prefecture Dam1649-Tsubayama Dam / Wakayama Pref.
Date of visit: 1/28/2015 (Wed)The second dam of the day was the Tsubakiyama Dam. It is one of the dams in Wakayama that I would like to see once because it has prevented floods many times. It is equipped with many facilities and looks like a dam owned by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or the Japan Water...
Wakayama Prefecture Dam1648-Hirogawa Dam / Wakayama Pref.
Date of interview: Wednesday, 1/28/2015I came to Wakayama Prefecture on this day because I heard that the Kirimegawa Dam, which was under test flooding, had reached its surcharge level and would be discharging water on a test basis. Looking back, it was the first time in my life to visit Wakayama Prefecture. It was just before 7:00 in the morning in winter, so it was a little...
Okayama Prefecture Dam1909-Tomata Dam
Date of interview: 12/10/2014 (Wednesday)TomadaWe arrived at the Tomada Dam just a short distance from the Kurambe Dam. This was the eighth dam of the day. I had always wanted to visit the dam after seeing photos taken by others, but finally I was able to see it for the first time...
Okayama Prefecture Dam3327-Tomata Anbu Dam
Date: 12/10/2014 (Wed)We stopped by the Tomada Saddle Dam because there was one dam we wanted to see before the Tomada Dam, one of the main dams of the day. A saddle is a depression in a mountain ridge like a horse's saddle.
Okayama Prefecture Dam1907-Tsugawa Dam
Date of the interview: 12/10/2014 (Wednesday)On this day, I decided to visit the dams in Okayama Prefecture to collect materials for the dam New Year's cards I make every year (even though it is already December), and Tsugawa Dam was the first dam I visited. Tsugawa Dam is a multi-purpose dam operated by Okayama Prefecture. The river flowing through Tsugawa Dam is the "Tsugawa River"...
Tochigi Prefecture Dam0570-Shiobara Dam
Date of interview: 11/19/2014 (Wednesday)On this day, I visited Nasu Shiobara in Tochigi Prefecture for the first time in four years. The last time I visited Nasu Shiobara, I took the Shinkansen bullet train to participate in a tour of the Yashio Dam and the Snakeo River Dam, but I felt it was a waste of a long trip, so this time I drove to the me...
Hyogo Prefecture Dam3045-Mitakara Dam
Interview Date: 04/20/2014 (Sun)The Minosho area where the Sanpo Dam is located originally had "three wells," as the name of the area suggests, and they were treasures for the residents to nurture their lives. The name "Sanpo Dam" was given to the dam in the hope that it would be a treasure as well....
Hyogo Prefecture Dam3234-Kurikara Dam
Interview Date: 04/20/2014 (Sun) Kurigara Dam was originally constructed under the name of Nishiki Dam (Nishiki Dam). It is a gravity-type concrete dam designed to control floods in the Kurigara area, provide water for the water supply, and maintain the normal functioning of running water. The name "Kurigara" is a reference to the Genpei...
Tokushima Prefecture Dam2122-Nagayasuguchi Dam
Interview Date: 3/2/2014 (Sun.) One of the dams in Shikoku that has been on my mind for a long time was this Chouankou Dam. The Chinese character "Chouan" sounds like "Chouankou," but "Nagayasuguchi" is the correct name. Nagayasu" is the name of the place where the entrance to the ...
Dam in Kochi Prefecture2309-Nagase Dam
The Nagase Dam is located up the national highway along the Monobe River following the Yoshino Dam. The signboard standing on the right bank of the river depicts a unique character, which was drawn by the late Yanase Takashi, a cartoonist and picture book author associated with the local area....
Hyogo Prefecture Dam3209-Mikumari Dam
Date of interview: 1/4/2014 (Sat.) On this day, the Mikumari Dam was the next dam we visited after the Hachimantani Dam. The name of the dam is written in hiragana, which is unusual. To approach Mikumari Dam from Hachimantani Dam, it looks like you can go from the upstream side of Mikumari Dam on the map, but on the way...
Dam in Gifu Prefecture1129-Nyukawa Dam
Date of interview：2013/10/6 (Sun)with DAM NIGHT in Nagoya, I went around the dams on the Kiso River to take dam photos for the presentation and exhibition, and my final destination was the Niu River Dam. The Niu River Dam is a multi-purpose dam operated by the Gifu Prefectural Government....
Dam in Toyama Prefecture0846-Muromaki Dam
Date of report:2013/08/04(Sun)We arrived at the Muromaki Dam after traveling south from the Yatsuo Dam. If you go south along the Muromaki River (Ida River) on Prefectural Road No. 230, you will naturally reach the dam. However, according to Toyama Prefecture's website, the road is not good downstream, so we took National Road 472, Shoma To...
Dam in Toyama Prefecture3699-Kumanogawa Dam
Date：2013/08/03 (Sat)I visited Arimine Dam, Sukenobu Dam, Oguchigawa Dam, and Omata Dam to see the Kumanogawa Dam. The Kumanogawa Dam is located in Toyama Prefecture, although the name of the dam alone might make it sound like it is in Mie or Wakayama Prefecture. We also saw the Hokuriku Electric Power Co. dam throughout the day...
