Otagiri Dam

Otagiri Dam
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 / 36.62000°N 138.12333°E / 36.62000; 138.12333Coordinates: 36°37′12″N 138°07′24″E / 36.62000°N 138.12333°E / 36.62000; 138.12333
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

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]

The origin of the name

The name of the dam originates from the old village “Otagiri” (小田切)[4] (not "Odagiri"). Etymologicaly “Otagiri” consists of “O” and “Tagiri”. “O” is a prefix of Japanese. “Tagiri” is the gerund of a verb “Tagiru” (it means the motion of water like “boil”).[5][6] In Nagano Prefecture there are many such a place names like "Tagiri", “Ô-tagiri”[7][8], "Naka-tagiri"[9], “Inu-tagiri”, “Fut-tagiri”, “Ka-tagiri”[10][11][12] etc.[13][14] "Otagiri" is one of them.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.pref.nagano.lg.jp/toshikei/kurashi/sumai/kekan/documents/seibishishin-ex.pdf
  2. ↑ "長野市公共サインガイドライン" (PDF). Nagano City Official Website. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Odagiri Dam ［Nagano Pref.］ - Dams in Japan". damnet.or.jp.
  4. ↑ ja:小田切
  5. ↑ 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
  6. ↑ 松崎岩夫『上伊那の地名 その由来』，ほおずき書籍，１９９９年． ISBN 4795286469
  7. ↑ ja:太田切川 (長野県)
  8. ↑ Ōtagiri Station
  9. ↑ ja:中田切川
  10. ↑ Katagiri Dam
  11. ↑ ja:片桐村
  12. ↑ ja:片桐氏
  13. ↑ ja:田切
  14. ↑ http://www.city.meguro.tokyo.jp/gyosei/shokai_rekishi/konnamachi/michi/chimei/chuo/tagiri.html


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