Okawa Dam
Okawa Dam is a combined dam located on the border of Aizuwakamatsu City and Shimogō Town in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It was constructed on the upper reaches of the Agano River. The dam lake is named Lake Wakasato.- Dam
- …lies at an elevation of around 380 metres (1,250 feet)
- Description: dam in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as“Lake Wakasato”“Ōkawa-damu”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Okawadamukoen and Ashinomaki-Onsen-Minami Station.
Okawadamukoen
Railway station
Ōkawadamukōen Station is a railway station on the Aizu… Okawadamukoen is situated 1 km east of Okawa Dam.
Ashinomaki-Onsen-Minami Station
Railway station
Ashinomaki-Onsen-Minami Station is a railway station… Ashinomaki-Onsen-Minami Station is situated 1½ km southeast of Okawa Dam.
Ashinomaki Onsen
Bathhouse
Ashinomaki Onsen is a bathhouse, which is situated 2 km north of Okawa Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ōuchi-juku.
Ōuchi-juku
Hamlet
Ōuchi-juku was a small post station in Japan's Edo period and part of the Aizu Nishi Kaidō. Ōuchi-juku is situated 4½ km west of Okawa Dam.
Okawa Dam
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Latitude
37.34757° or 37° 20′ 51″ north
Longitude
139.91036° or 139° 54′ 37″ east
Open location code
8Q9X8WX6+24
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Okawa Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ōkawa-damu”
- Chinese: “大川水壩”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد اوكاوا”
- Italian: “Diga di Okawa”
- Japanese: “おおかわだむ”
- Japanese: “大川ダム”
- Japanese: “若郷湖”
- Uzbek: “Okawa toʻgʻoni (Fukushima)”
- Uzbek: “Okawa toʻgʻoni”
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Localities in the Area
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