Mizukubo Dam

Overview

Mizukubo Dam is a rockfill dam standing 62 meters high and 205 meters long, built on the Kariyasu River of the Mogami River system in Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture. It serves as a multipurpose dam that supplies irrigation water to the Yonezawa Plain, drinking water to Yonezawa and other areas, and industrial water. The reservoir it created was named Hojo-no-Mizuumi (the Lake of Abundance).

Highlights

• ●A rockfill dam 62 meters high and 205 meters long
• ●The reservoir named Hojo-no-Mizuumi, the Lake of Abundance
• ●A multipurpose dam for irrigation, water supply, and industry
• ●Surrounding mountain scenery across a catchment area of 68 square kilometers

History

The dam was planned as an irrigation facility by the Tohoku Regional Agricultural Administration Office of the former Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and was completed in 1975. It is now managed under contract by the Yonezawa Plain Land Improvement District. In addition to supplying irrigation water to the Yonezawa Plain, it took on the roles of drinking-water and industrial-water supply, operating as a multipurpose dam.

Map

37.8636, 140.1686 · Wikidata

Suggested itinerary

1. 1View the scale and rockfill structure from the dam crest
2. 2Look over the water and ridgelines from the shore of Hojo-no-Mizuumi
3. 3Take in the surrounding mountain nature within the catchment area
4. 4Head to central Yonezawa to explore the townscape of the area

Did you know?

💡 When full, the reservoir submerges about 170 hectares of land and can store roughly 31 million cubic meters of water.

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