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0776-Hayadegawa Dam

Date of visit: 05/25/2013 (Sat)After the Shimojogawa Dam, we next visited the Hayadegawa Dam. Like the Shimojogawa Dam, the Hayadegawa Dam is operated by Niigata Prefecture, and its purpose is flood control, irrigation water, and power generation. Entrance to the dam siteNo general vehicles are allowed to enter the dam site...

Niigata 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...

Fukui Prefecture Dam

1565-Ikehara Dam

Date of interview: 3/24/2013 (Sun.) After receiving my dam enthusiast helmet at Nanairo Dam, I moved on to Ikehara Dam. This arch dam is also owned by the Japan Power Development Corporation and is used exclusively for power generation. The Ikehara Dam, viewed from National Route 169, does not have an overflow section on its embankment, and its flood discharge is located in another...

Nara Prefecture Dam

1312-Nanairo Dam

Date: 3/24/2013 (Sun)Next to Okuri Dam, I visited Nanashiki Dam on a mission to pick up a dam lover's helmet that had been completed to Nanashiki Dam. The Shichishiki Dam is a power generation dam owned by J-Power Development Co.

Dam in Mie Prefecture

3598-Okusato Dam

Date of interview: 3/24/2013 (Sun.) This Okusato Dam is the next dam we visited after the Kazaya Dam for our mission to pick up the dam enthusiasts' helmets that had been completed to the Nanairo Dam. The Okusato Dam is a dam owned by the Japan Power Development Corporation and is used exclusively for power generation. The downstream embankment is seen from the left bank.

Nara Prefecture Dam

1561-Kazeya Dam

Date: 3/24/2013 (Sun)The Kazaya Dam is the next dam I visited after the Asahi Dam on my mission to pick up the dam enthusiasts' helmets that had been completed at the Nanairo Dam. View of the downstream side of the embankment from the left bankThe Kazaya Dam is a power generation-only dam owned by...

Nara Prefecture Dam

1571-asahi dam

The Asahi Dam was the next dam I visited after the Sarutani Dam on my mission to pick up the dam enthusiasts' helmets that had been completed at the Nanairo Dam. View of the downstream face of the embankment from the left bank. Unfortunately, the dam was not in operation...

Nara 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....

Nara Prefecture Dam

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. I remembered that there was a dam near the Shin-Toyone Dam that I had not visited yet, so I decided to go there in a hurry.

Nagano Prefecture Dam

1402-Ono Dam

After finishing the first day at the Hata River Dam, we stayed overnight in Ayabe and visited the Yurakawa Dam on the second day, the Wachi Dam on the second day, and the Ono Dam on the third day. The second was the Wachi Dam, and the third was the Ono Dam. I was very impressed with the ...

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 of the two days, stopping at the Wachi Dam on the second day. The right bank of the river is a national highway, and the right bank overlooking the levee downstream from the right bank is a national highway....

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

1386-Yuragawa Dam

Date: 12/31/2012 (Sat)After finishing the first day at the Hata River Dam, we stayed overnight in Ayabe and stopped by the Yura River Dam as the first stop on the second day. View of the embankment from upstream on the right bank. In fact, it is a full overflow type embankment, but on this day, the Yura River was full of water, and it was completely ...

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.

Dam in Miyagi Prefecture

0290-Naruko Dam

Date: 9/17/2012 (Monday)The Tohoku expedition, which started with a visit to Ishibuchi Dam and Isawa Dam, is finally on its third day. This would be the last day of our enjoyable Tohoku trip. At first, we headed south on the Tohoku highway and came to Naruko Dam. There are many other dams that I would like to visit, but...

Dam in Miyagi Prefecture

0249-Shijyushida Dam

Interview Date：2012/9/16 (Sun)It is completely nighttime, but all of my companions and I came to the Shijushida Dam because it is close to the Gosho Dam. The Yotsuya Dam, also known as the "Tennessee River Basin Development Authority (TVA) of Japan," was constructed along with the Gosho Dam, Tase Dam, Yuda Dam, and Ishibuchi Dam....

Iwate Prefecture Dam

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....

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 ...

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...?

0247-Yuda Dam / Iwate Prefecture

Date of report：2012/9/16 (Sun)After Ishibane Dam, the next stop is finally Yuda Dam. The Yuda Dam, which I had longed to visit. My excitement was at its maximum at this time. The view of the downstream embankment from the left bank is so cool. Personally, I think Yuda Dam is the best among gravity arch dams...

Iwate Prefecture Dam

0237-Ishibane Dam

The day after visiting Ishibuchi Dam and Isawa Dam, I decided to go on a tour of dams in Tohoku with my fellow dam enthusiasts. The first of these was the Ishibane Dam. Signs and stone monuments with a large amount of information, such as water use signs, signs warning of water discharge, and stone monuments. The water use sign on the left is for irrigation water,...

Iwate Prefecture Dam

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