Ochiai Dam
Ochiai Dam is a gravity dam located in Yamagata Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for power production. The catchment area of the dam is 371.5 km2. The dam impounds about 9 ha of land when full and can store 656 thousand cubic meters of water.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: bridge and dam in Yamagata, Japan
- Also known as: “Shin Ochiai Dam”, “Shin-Ochiai Dam”, “Shin’ochiai Dam”, and “Shinochiai Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ochiaigawa Station and Zenshōji.
Ochiaigawa Station
Railway station
Photo: Marinesnow5, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ochiaigawa Station is a railway station in the city of Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company. Ochiaigawa Station is situated 550 metres northeast of Ochiai Dam.
Zenshōji
Buddhist temple
Photo: 大野 一将, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zenshōji is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 1 km southeast of Ochiai Dam.
市立落合小学校
School
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0.
市立落合小学校 is a school, which is situated 1¼ km south of Ochiai Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Magome and Narai.
Magome
Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Magome is a post town in Gifu. One of the most visited places in the Kiso Valley, Magome has been beautifully restored as an Edo Era post town and stone walkways line the town.
Narai
Narai is a post-town in Nagano, Japan. It developed as a stop on the Nakasendo, a trail that connected Tokyo and Kyoto, it was once the wealthiest post-town in the Kiso Valley and was nicknamed "Narai of a Thousand Houses" due to the many houses along its main road.
Tsumago
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Tsumago is a post-town in Nagano. One of the most visited places in the Kiso Valley, Tsumago has been beautifully restored as an Edo Era post-town but in a more authentic manner that other similar restorations like Magome.
Ochiai Dam
- Categories: bridge and gravity dam
- Location: Nakatsugawa, Gifu, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.5216° or 35° 31′ 18″ northLongitude
137.52515° or 137° 31′ 31″ eastElevation
289 metres (948 feet)Open location code
8Q7VGGCG+J3OpenStreetMap ID
way 458603066OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Japanese—“Ochiai Dam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سد أوتشياي”
- Cebuano: “Ochiai-damu”
- Dutch: “Ochiai Dam”
- Japanese: “おちあいだむ”
- Japanese: “落合ダム”
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