Sakuma Dam
The Sakuma Dam is a dam on the Tenryū River, located on the border of Toyone, Kitashitara District, Aichi Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan. It is one of the tallest dams in Japan and supports a 350 MW hydroelectric power station.Photo: Yobito KAYANUMA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam
- Also known as: “Sakuma-damu”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chūbu-Tenryū Station and Sakuma Station.
Chūbu-Tenryū Station
Railway station
Photo: ButuCC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chūbu-Tenryū Station is a railway station on the Iida Line in Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company. Chūbu-Tenryū Station is situated 2 km southeast of Sakuma Dam.
Sakuma Station
Railway station
Photo: ButuCC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sakuma Station is a railway station on the Iida Line in Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company. Sakuma Station is situated 1½ km southeast of Sakuma Dam.
Sakuma Frequency Converter Station
Electrical substation
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.1 jp.
Sakuma Frequency Converter Station is an electrical substation, which is situated 2 km south of Sakuma Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Toyone and Toei.
Toyone
Village
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Toyone is a village located in Kitashitara District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2019, the village had an estimated population of 1,031 in 507 households, and a population density of 6.61 persons per km². Toyone is situated 9 km northwest of Sakuma Dam.
Toei
Town
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tōei is a town located in Kitashitara District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2019, the town had an estimated population of 3,033 in 1438 households, and a population density of 24.6 persons per km2. Toei is situated 9 km west of Sakuma Dam.
Sakuma Dam
- Category: gravity dam
- Location: Toyone Mura, Kitashitara District, Aichi, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.09945° or 35° 5′ 58″ northLongitude
137.79389° or 137° 47′ 38″ eastElevation
245 metres (804 feet)Open location code
8Q7V3QXV+QHOpenStreetMap ID
way 1289135788OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Uzbek—“Sakuma Dam” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Сакума (язовир)”
- Bulgarian: “Сакума”
- Cebuano: “Sakuma-damu”
- Chinese: “佐久間大壩”
- Chinese: “佐久間水壩”
- Chinese: “佐久間水庫”
- Chinese: “佐久间水坝”
- Chinese: “佐久间湖”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد سكومه”
- German: “Sakuma-Talsperre”
- Indonesian: “Bendungan Sakuma”
- Italian: “diga di Sakuma”
- Italian: “Diga di Sakuma”
- Japanese: “さくまだむ”
- Japanese: “佐久間ダム”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sakuma vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sakuma-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Sakuma-demningen”
- Persian: “سد ساکوما”
- Uzbek: “Sakuma toʻgʻoni”
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