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1429-Inakura Pond

Date of interview: 06/08/2013 (Sat) After visiting Shintaki Pond and Takino Pond, we next visited Inakura Pond. From the map, we got the impression that, like Shintaki Pond, Inakura Pond is a place for citizens to relax, with a playing field and the Izumisano City Outdoor Activity Center. Stone monument on the right bank Ten...

Osaka Prefecture Dam

0762-Uchinokura Dam

Date of interview：2013/05/25 (Sat) I came to Uchikura Dam after Shimojogawa Dam, Hayadegawa Dam, and Agegawa Dam. The main event of this visit was to attend the wedding ceremony of a fellow dam member. The wedding ceremony was held in the embankment of Uchikura Dam, a wonderful event....

Niigata Prefecture Dam

3122-Eiheiji Dam

Date of report：2013/04/29 (Mon.) We traveled from the Masudani Dam to the 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.

Fukui Prefecture Dam

0951-Masutani Dam

Date of visit：2013/04/29 (Mon.) We moved from the Futatsuya Diversion Weir to the Masudani Dam. We were told in advance at the Hirono Dam management office that the road on the right bank of the Masudani Dam was closed due to construction, so we visited the dam from the left bank first. The Masudani Dam was constructed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries of...

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 24.7m. 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...

Fukui Prefecture Dam

3631-Hatakawaki Dam

Date of interview: 12/30/2012 (Sun.) - 31/2012 (Sat.) The Hatakawaki Dam is a so-called saddle dam, although it is because it is located beside the main body, the Hatakawaki Dam. At the time of construction, it was also called an "impervious retaining wall construction. The Sanin Main Line runs south of the reservoir, and if the reservoir were to be flooded with water as it is, the water pressure would...

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

3170-Hatagawa Dam

Interview Date: 12/30 (Sun.) to 31 (Sat.), 2012 The 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...

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

0292-Ookura Dam

After leaving the Naruko Dam, we 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

0256-Gosho Dam

Date of report：2012/9/16 (Sun) I left Tamagawa Dam and returned to Iwate Prefecture. I was the only one who stayed overnight in the car, but he took me to Hashiba Onsen Shin Hashiba-no-Yu at Roadside Station Shizukuishi Anekko, and we had Morioka cold noodles for dinner before arriving at the Gosho Dam...

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 ...

0277-isawa dam

After visiting Ishibuchi Dam and having lunch at Yakeishi Qua Park Himekayu, the next stop was Isawa Dam. View of the embankment from downstream The 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 downstream View of the flow guide wall...

Iwate Prefecture Dam

1225-Ono Headworks

Date of interview: 2012/08/05 (Sun) The Ono Headworks is responsible for taking in up to 30 m3/s of water from the Uren Dam and Oshima Dam as its water source. A "headworks" is an intake or weir structure used to take in water from a river, mainly for agricultural use. The headworks are 15...

Dam in Aichi Prefecture

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 Many road bikes...

Nara Prefecture Dam

1579-Otaki Dam

Date of interview: 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 confirm that there were no abnormalities in the dam itself or the surrounding area...

Nara Prefecture Dam

1564-Tsuburo Dam / Nara Pref.

Date of visit: 3/31/2012 (Sat.) I stopped by on my way to Otaki Dam, where a test discharge was being conducted. We went to the embankment from upstream, but it was impressive that we frequently passed dump trucks on the narrow lakeshore road, as they were doing construction around the embankment. Tsuburoko Park on the right bank Not so good...

Nara Prefecture Dam

1582-Miyauku Dam

On the way to the Otaki Dam, where a test discharge was to be conducted, I noticed a signboard that indicated the existence of a dam and made a hasty stop at the Miyaoku Dam. View of the embankment from the village downstream Turn right at the sign for the Miyaoku Dam on Route 370 and drive for a while...

Nara Prefecture Dam

3039-Otsuro Dam

Date of interview: Saturday, March 10, 2012Location: 162-1-18 Hongo, Ooi-machi, Oi-gun, Fukui PrefectureThis year 2012 was a banner year for test releases, with the Otsuro Dam in Fukui Prefecture releasing water only one month after the Tatsumi Dam test release. There is one other dam, the...

Fukui Prefecture Dam

0702-Miho Dam

Date of interview: 2011/11/23 (Wed., holiday) Location: Kamioda, Yamakita-cho, Ashigarakami-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture The Sanpo Dam is a Kanagawa Prefecture-owned rock-fill dam built on the Kawachi River in the Sako River system. On this day, I was to appear in a talk live at the "Dam Mania Exhibition" held at the Sagami Lake Exchange Center near Sagami Dam...

Kanagawa Prefecture Dam

1467-Sengari Dam

Date: 2011/10/02 (Sun)Location: Oiwatake, Ikuno, Dojo-machi, Kita-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo Prefecture I visited Kobe and Arima Onsen for a family trip, and left my family (and mother-in-law) at Arima Onsen and came to Chikari Dam by myself. Chikari Dam was built in 1919 for the exclusive use of water supply...

Hyogo Prefecture Dam

3330-Nunobiki Gohonmatsu Dam

Date of interview: Friday, September 30, 2011 Location: Yamagori, Thatchiai-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture View of downtown Kobe from Kobe Nunobiki Ropeway While traveling with my mother-in-law to Kobe and Arima Onsen, I left my wife and mother-in-law at Kobe Port and brought my children with me. The weather conditions were terrible...

Hyogo Prefecture Dam

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