Hiraoka Dam
Hiraoka Dam is a dam in Tenryū, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, completed in 1951. It is located on the Tenryū River upstream from the Sakuma Dam. During the Second World War prisoners of war held at Tokyo #2D Prisoner of War Camp provided labour to build the penstock tunnel to the powerstation, collect aggregate, and mix cement for the construction of the dam between November 1942 and August 1945.Photo: Qurren, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hiraoka Station and Ugusu Station.
Hiraoka Station
Railway station
Hiraoka Station is a railway station on the Iida Line in the village of Tenryū, Shimoina, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company. Hiraoka Station is situated 1¼ km southeast of Hiraoka Dam.
Ugusu Station
Railway station
Photo: ButuCC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ugusu Station is a railway station on the Iida Line in the village of Tenryū, Shimoina, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company. Ugusu Station is situated 2 km southwest of Hiraoka Dam.
Ina-Kozawa Station
Railway station
Photo: ButuCC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ina-Kozawa Station is a railway station on the Iida Line in the village of Tenryū, Shimoina, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by Central Japan Railway Company. Ina-Kozawa Station is situated 3½ km south of Hiraoka Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anan.
Anan
Town
Photo: Opqr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Anan is a town located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2019, the town had an estimated population of 4,616 in 2058 households, and a population density of 38 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 123.07 square kilometres. Anan is situated 5 km northwest of Hiraoka Dam.
Hiraoka Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Japan
- Location: Tenryu, Shimoina-gun, Nagano, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.28261° or 35° 16′ 57″ northLongitude
137.84686° or 137° 50′ 49″ eastElevation
303 metres (994 feet)Open location code
8Q7V7RMW+2POpenStreetMap ID
way 580324794OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Hiraoka Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hiraoka-damu”
- Chinese: “平冈水坝”
- Chinese: “平岡水壩”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد هيراوكا”
- French: “barrage d’Hiraoka”
- French: “Barrage d’Hiraoka”
- Italian: “diga di Hiraoka”
- Japanese: “ひらおかだむ”
- Japanese: “平岡ダム”
- Uzbek: “Hiraoka to‘g‘oni”
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