Okawa Dam

Okawa Dam is a combined dam located on the border of City and Town in , . It was constructed on the upper reaches of the . The dam lake is named Lake Wakasato.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Lake Wakasato”, “Okawa-damu”, and “Ōkawa-damu”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Okawadamukoen and Ashinomaki-Onsen-Minami Station.

Railway station
Photo: Filler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ōkawadamukōen Station is a railway station on the Aizu Railway Aizu Line in Aizuwakamatsu, , Japan, operated by the Aizu Railway. is situated 1 km east of Okawa Dam.

Railway station
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is a railway station on the Aizu Railway Aizu Line in Aizuwakamatsu, , Japan, operated by the Aizu Railway. is situated 1½ km southeast of Okawa Dam.

Bathhouse
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is a bathhouse, which is situated 2 km north of Okawa Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ōuchi-juku.

Hamlet
Photo: くろふね, CC BY 3.0.
was a small post station in Japan's Edo period and part of the Aizu Nishi Kaidō. It is now located in the town of in Minamiaizu District, , and is famous for the numerous traditional thatched buildings from the Edo Period that line its main street. is situated 4½ km west of Okawa Dam.

Okawa Dam

Latitude
37.34757° or 37° 20′ 51″ north
Longitude
139.91036° or 139° 54′ 37″ east
Elevation
381 metres (1,250 feet)
Open location code
8Q9X8WX6+24
Geo­Names ID
7572631
Wiki­data ID
Q7081849
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Satellite Map

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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”
  • 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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