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Dam in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Fuchu Dam
LocationKagawa Prefecture, Japan
Construction began1962
Opening date1966
Construction cost2,400,000,000 JPY
Operator(s)Kagawa Prefecture
Dam and spillways
Type of damConcrete gravity dam
ImpoundsAya River
Height27.5 m
Length131 m
Dam volume39,000 m
Reservoir
CreatesLake Fuchu
Total capacity8,000,000 m
Catchment area122.7 km
Surface area121 ha

Fuchu Dam (Japanese: 府中ダム) is a dam in Fuchu Town, Sakaide, Kagawa, Japan, completed in 1966. It dams the Aya River in the Aya River drainage system.

Lake Fuchu

Fuchu Dam's reservoir, Lake Fuchu, along with Taki no Miya, was some of the picturesque scenery chosen as one of the "Timeless 100 Famous Views." This reservoir was called "Lake Fuchu" starting in the 1990s, and maps from before showed the lake as Fuchu Reservoir.

Lake Fuchu has canoe and rowboat competitions which are popular among high schools and employees of companies in the prefecture. It is being maintained as the East Shikoku Athletic Meet's venue for canoe competitions, a site of about 3 hectares with the Sakaide Canoe Training Center (boat-house and training room) and judge's chair and embark-disembark wharf for competitions. The course can be set at up to 9 lanes of 1000 meters, so it was designated by the JOC (Japan Olympic Committee) as a canoe race training facility, and players compete in Japanese championships and international athletes are sent to compete in international championship trials and such meetings there on a large scale. In August 2008, Finland's team used the same lake to practice before the Beijing Olympics.

  • Lake Fuchu Lake Fuchu
  • Stone monument for Lake Fuchu Stone monument for Lake Fuchu

Main Competitions and Events Held

  • East Shikoku Athletic Meet's Canoe Competition
  • Japan National High School Rowing Competition of 1998
  • Japan Canoe Racing Championship Title Meet
  • Water Festival in Lake Fuchu
  • Sakaide Lake Fuchu Dragon Canoe Meet
  • National "Dowluck" Fishing Championship in Lake Fuchu

References

  1. "Fuchu Dam [Kagawa Pref.] - Dams in Japan".
Dams in Kagawa Prefecture

34°17′04″N 133°55′17″E / 34.28444°N 133.92139°E / 34.28444; 133.92139


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