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0947-Managawa Dam

I came to the Managawa Dam to attend a talk by Mr. Yajaku, a fellow dam enthusiast, and a tour of the embankment as part of a special event held during the "Friendship with Forests and Lakes Season". The view of the upstream side of the embankment from the left bank. The Managawa Dam is a...

2021.02.21

Fukui Prefecture Dam

0642-Urayama Dam

Date：July 15, 2013(Mon)I entered Chichibu city from Arima dam and tried to have lunch but all the restaurants were full. I went to the Urayama Dam with my family, but they said they would wait in the car, so I just went around to take pictures...

2021.02.03

Saitama Prefecture Dam

0640-arima dam

Date of interview: 07/15/2013 (Monday)I stayed two nights in Tachikawa, Tokyo due to a dam mania exhibition at the Sagami Lake Exchange Center on that day, and decided that it would be a waste to go home via Chichibu on the Chuo highway. I decided to stop by the Arima Dam...

2021.01.27

Saitama Prefecture Dam

1317-Kimigano Dam

Date of report：2013/07/06 (Sat)On this day, my family and I went for a drive to the Anno Dam, and then visited the Kimigano Dam. In fact, the Kimigano Dam is one of the dams that I have not been able to visit despite the fact that it is relatively close by. On the way from Anno Dam to Kimigano Dam, I visited Kumozu...

2021.01.24

Dam in Mie Prefecture

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

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

1559-Sarutani Dam

Date：2013/3/24 (Sun)I visited the Sarutani Dam next to the Ichinoki Dam on a mission to pick up a dam lover's helmet that had been completed up to the Nanairo Dam. After Ichinoki Dam, we headed south on National Route 168 and came across the Sarutani Dam as the road became deeper and deeper into the mountains....

2020.05.10

Nara 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

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

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

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

3039-Otsuro Dam

Date of interview: Saturday, March 10, 2012Location: 162-1-1, Hongo, Ooi-machi, Oi-gun, FukuiPrefecture, JapanThe year 2012 was a banner year for test releases, and only one month after the test release of the Tatsumi Dam, the Otsuro Dam in Fukui Prefecture was to release water on a trial basis. There is one other dam, but it...

2019.02.03

Fukui Prefecture Dam

1578-Iwaigawa Dam

Date of interview: Saturday, February 04, 2012Location: Shikanoen-cho, Nara City, Nara PrefectureThe Iwaigawa Dam is a gravity-type concrete dam operated by Nara Prefecture near the entrance to the Koenzan Driveway, and its role is to regulate flooding and maintain the normal function of running water. We stopped by on our way to a meeting to talk with dam friends...

2018.08.25

Nara Prefecture Dam

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