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
Location of Otagiri Dam in Japan
Official name小田切ダム(Otagiri Dam)
LocationNagano Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates36°37′12″N 138°07′24″E
PurposePower
Construction began1953
Opening date1954
Dam and spillways
Type of damGravity dam
Height21.3 m
Dam volume17,000 m3
Power Station
Operator(s)Tokyo Electric Power Company
Installed capacity16,900 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

  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. ja:中田切川
  9. ja:片桐村
  10. ja:片桐氏
  11. ja:田切
  12. http://www.city.meguro.tokyo.jp/gyosei/shokai_rekishi/konnamachi/michi/chimei/chuo/tagiri.html
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