Otagiri Dam
Otagiri Dam[1] (Japanese: 小田切ダム) (also sometimes read as Odagiri Dam[2]) is a dam in the Nagano Prefecture, Japan, completed in 1954.[3]
| Otagiri Dam | |
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  Location of Otagiri Dam in Japan | |
| Official name | 小田切ダム（Otagiri Dam） |
| Location | Nagano Prefecture, Japan |
| Coordinates | 36°37′12″N 138°07′24″E |
| Purpose | Power |
| Construction began | 1953 |
| Opening date | 1954 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Gravity dam |
| Height | 21.3 m |
| Dam volume | 17,000 m3 |
| Power Station | |
| Operator(s) | Tokyo Electric Power Company |
| Installed capacity | 16,900 KW |
Name origin
The name of the dam originates from the old village “Otagiri” (小田切)[4] (not "Odagiri"). Etymologically “Otagiri” consists of “O” and “tagiri”. “O” is a prefix of Japanese. “Tagiri” is the gerund of the verb “tagiru” (it means the motion of water like “boil”).[5][6] In Nagano Prefecture there are many such place names like "Tagiri", “Ô-tagiri”,[7] "Naka-tagiri",[8] “Inu-tagiri”, “Fut-tagiri”, and “Ka-tagiri”.[9][10][11][12]
References
- http://www.pref.nagano.lg.jp/toshikei/kurashi/sumai/kekan/documents/seibishishin-ex.pdf
- "長野市公共サインガイドライン" (PDF). Nagano City Official Website. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- "Odagiri Dam ［Nagano Pref.］ - Dams in Japan". damnet.or.jp.
- ja:小田切
- 松崎岩夫『長野県の地名 その由来』，信濃古代文化研究所，１９９１年
- 松崎岩夫『上伊那の地名 その由来』，ほおずき書籍，１９９９年．ISBN 4795286469
- ja:太田切川 (長野県)
- ja:中田切川
- ja:片桐村
- ja:片桐氏
- ja:田切
- http://www.city.meguro.tokyo.jp/gyosei/shokai_rekishi/konnamachi/michi/chimei/chuo/tagiri.html
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