Yodo River System

1355-Serikawa Dam

Date of visit: 2021/10/9 (Sat) & 2021/10/31 (Sun) The Serikawa Dam has been undergoing seismic reinforcement and equipment repair work for several years as part of the "2021 Great Repair" project. Personally, I had not yet visited the Serikawa Dam, the only dam in the Koto area of Shiga Prefecture, but recently the construction of the main body of the embankment was...

2022.01.22

Dam in Shiga Prefecture

1382-Tomiei Pond/Tomisakaike

Date of interview: 1/4/2014 (Sat.) The last visit of the day was to Fuei-ike Pond. Like Mawari-ike and Nishigaya Dam, Fuei-ike is an important earth dam that supports agriculture. Stone monument and embankment on the left bank The stone monument reads, "Ice House Village. Icehouse nearby for offering ice to the Imperial Court...

2021.07.08

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

3253-Nishigatani Dam

Date of visit: 1/4/2014 (Sat.) Next to Mawari-ike Pond, we visited Nishigaya Dam. It is easily accessible from Mawari-ike via National Route 477, but on the day we visited, the national highway was closed due to a typhoon the previous year, so we had no choice but to take a long detour via Prefectural Route 50...

2021.07.04

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

1380-Mawariike

After leaving Segi Dam, we next visited Mawari-ike Pond. Mawari-ike is an earth dam for agricultural use. View of the junction of the prefectural road and the national road from near the top There is not much space to park a car, but the national road side was closed to traffic due to a typhoon in the previous year...

2021.07.01

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

1399-Segi Dam

Date of interview: 1/4/2014 (Sat.) On this day, I was making my first dam visit to dams in eastern Hyogo Prefecture and western Kyoto. I had visited Hiyoshi Dam several times, but I remembered that there was a dam upstream of Hiyoshi Dam that I had not yet visited, so I visited the Segi Dam. The Segi Dam is downstream of the Hiyoshi Dam...

2021.06.26

Kyoto Prefecture Dam

1319-Midorodamu

Date of report：2013/11/9 (Sat) On the way to Kawakami Dam before starting the construction of the main body, I visited this Madori Dam after Takeya Pond and Teratani Pond. It is a bit difficult to read. Since the Madori Dam is also an earth dam, this is the third earth dam we visited on this day. Looking at the upstream side of the embankment...

2021.06.05

Dam in Mie Prefecture

1297-Teratani Pond

Date of interview：2013/11/9 (Sat) On the way to the tour of Kawakami Dam in Mie Prefecture before the start of construction of the main body, I visited Teradani Pond next to Takeya Pond. Teradani Pond is also an irrigation reservoir and earth dam in Iga City. Approach to the dam It is a short walk to the embankment, but it is easy to get lost...

2021.05.29

Dam in Mie Prefecture

1307-Takeya Pond/Taketani Ike

Date of interview: 11/9/2013 (Sat.) Since there was a tour at Kawakami Dam in Mie Prefecture on that day before the construction of the main body started, I decided to visit unvisited dams before moving to the site. Takeya Pond was the first dam of the day. We went a little further from the Iga drive-in on the Meihan National Highway (R25)...

2021.05.22

Dam in Mie Prefecture

3625-Ohara Dam

Date of interview: 2/11/2013 (Monday) On this day, I toured the dams in Shiga with Mr. Miyajima, a dam enthusiast who came to Japan. And this was our first visit to Ohara Dam. Ohara Dam was originally started in 1943 and completed in 1958, although construction was interrupted during the Pacific War...

2020.05.06

Dam in Shiga Prefecture

3584-Nikkei Dame / Shiga Prefecture

Date of interview: 2/3/2013 (Sun.) After visiting Yasu River Dam and Zao Dam (Shiga), where all dam enthusiasts are releasing water, we headed to an earth dam called Nikeitamen. We had tried this dam once before, but when we tried to approach it from the ruins of Otowa Castle on the west side...

2020.05.05

Dam in Shiga Prefecture

1424-Toyoura Mountain Pond

Date of interview: 1/26/2013 (Sat) There are several unusual dams in Osaka, and I was particularly interested in this Toyourayama Pond because of its unusual location. At first, it was listed as an unconfirmed dam, but someone identified its location in a dam handbook operated by the Japan Dam Association, and it was...

2020.05.04

Osaka 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 Many road bikes...

2019.09.16

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...

2019.02.10

Nara Prefecture Dam

1359-Ishida River Dam

Date of visit: Saturday, March 10, 2012 Location: Kadokawa, Imazu-cho, Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture I stopped by on my way home from visiting the Otsuro Dam test discharge, 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. View of the levee downstream from the right bank.

2019.02.03

Dam in Shiga Prefecture

3084-Takigawa Dam

We arrived at the Takigawa Dam. Approaching from an empty main street, the embankment can be glimpsed at the end of a curve. The Taki River Dam is a gravity-type concrete dam built in the Takayama area of Iga City on the Taki River, a small branch of the Hijiki River, a branch of the Kizu River, a branch of the Yodo River system. It is a very simple, cost-effective dam of the type often seen in prefectural dams. / Gravity concrete dam / 29.8m

2012.09.11

Dam in Mie Prefecture

3335-Tongu Pond/Tongu Ike

Commonly seen reservoir type earth dam. An important dam that supports local agriculture and farmers. After leaving the Hinogawa Dam, we next headed for Tongu Pond, an earth dam that has been selected as one of the "50 Best Reservoirs in Shiga. You can see it on the left when you go south from the Hinogawa Dam on Prefectural Road No. 41, but be careful when driving as the road narrows at some points along the way. / Earth dam / 22m

2012.08.22

Dam in Shiga Prefecture

1358-Hinogawa Dam

The Hino River Dam is properly a gravel fill dam (more precisely, a central core gravel fill dam), which is not made of larger stones like a rock-fill dam, but of raised gravel. The dam is loved by the local people as a place for recreation such as fishing and walking, and even though it is small in scale, it works well...that is the image of this dam. / Rockfill dam / 25m

2012.08.21

Dam in Shiga Prefecture

3601-Hinogawa Wakidamu

I had intended to put them together as the Hino River Dam, but when I looked at the dam handbook, etc., I discovered that there was a side dam, and I had to sort through the photos in a hurry.... However, it is difficult to determine where the Hino River Dam begins and ends at the side dam, and since I did not intend to take these photographs in the first place, there is a possibility that my memory is mistaken. / Earth dam / 19m

2012.08.19

Dam in Shiga Prefecture

1366-Zao Dam

The Zao Dam was built to secure water for agriculture of 4,986 ha of rice paddies and 225 ha of fields in Omihachiman City, Ryuo Town, Hino Town, and Higashiomi City, Gamo-gun, and is not a particularly remarkable dam. This is one of the important agricultural water utilization facilities in the Higashiomi area, so it is quietly watching over agriculture.... / Rockfill dam / 56m

2012.08.19

Dam in Shiga Prefecture

3195-Yasu River Dam/Yasugawa Dam

The Yasu River Dam is a gravity-type concrete dam for irrigation only and has an old history. 50 years have passed and the dam has become decrepit, so it will undergo overall renovation, which will be completed in 2010. I like the old smoked silver dam, but a fully renovated modern concrete dam is not bad either. / Gravity concrete dam / 54.4m

2012.08.18

Dam in Shiga Prefecture

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