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...
Nagano Prefecture Dam1028-Okusususobana Dam / Nagano, Japan
The day before, I participated in the "Kuroyon 60th Anniversary Limited Special Program 'Kurobe Dam Tour'" and visited Omachi Dam for the first time in a very long time after the tour was over, staying overnight at a business hotel in front of Omachi Station that day. The next day, we planned to visit the Takase Dam, which we had not yet visited, but the weather was doubtful and we had to walk...
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 ...
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 Dam1876-Kurogi Dam
Interview Date: 12/10/2014 (Wed)Following the Tsugawa Dam, we came to the Kuroki Dam. Kuroki Dam, like Tsugawa Dam, is also owned by Okayama Prefecture. Like the Tsugawa Dam, the Kuroki Dam is also an Okayama Prefecture-owned dam and is the same gravity-type concrete dam, but it is 29 years older than the Tsugawa Dam....
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 Dam0568-Fukayama Dam (Miyama Dam)
Date of interview: 11/19/2014 (Wednesday)We came here via Shiobara Dam (glimpse only) and Itamuro Dam (entrance only), and then Fukayama Dam. It was one of the main dishes of the day. The Fukayama Dam was constructed at the uppermost reaches of the Naka River as part of the National Nasunohara Development and Construction Project. It is used for agricultural water and...
Dam in Mie Prefecture1320-Katada Dam
Date of interview: 06/08/2014 (Sunday) I came to Katada Dam in Tsu City because there is a dam in Mie Prefecture that has a moco dam. Actually, I had visited there on May 31 of the same year, but was not able to enter that day and had to revisit the following week. At Ichi Masubin, a famous yakiniku restaurant in Mie...
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...
Ehime Dam2243-Yanase Dam / Ehime, Japan
Date of visit: 3/1/2014 (Sat.) From Shingu Dam, we came via National Route 319, which runs along the reservoir, to Yanase Dam, which is located upstream. In Shikoku, there is a dam in Tokushima, which is pronounced "Yanase," which is also written as "Uryase. The name "Yanase" is also pronounced "Yanase" in Tokushima, so it may sound like "Which one?
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 Gifu Prefecture3629-Fujikogawa Dam
Date: Friday, August 16, 2013Fujikogawa Dam is located in Sekigahara Town, Gifu Prefecture, which is famous for the Battle of Sekigahara, a battle that divided the country under the rule of the Emperor. It is located close to the site of the battle and is surrounded by the ruins of the camps of famous warlords such as Ukita Hideie, Otani Yoshitsugu, Konishi Yukinaga, and Shimazu Yoshihiro.
Saitama Prefecture Dam0642-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...
Saitama Prefecture Dam0640-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...
