List of dams and reservoirs in Japan
Below is a list of dams and reservoirs in Japan. As a nation of islands and narrow, steep valleys, dams play a vital role in Japanese society as they are constructed primarily to control floods, supply water and generate hydroelectric power. The tallest dam in Japan is the 186 m (610 ft) high Kurobe Dam. The largest dam by structural volume in the country is the Tokuyama Dam with 13,700,000 m3 (17,900,000 cu yd) of rock-fill. Tokuyama also creates Japan's largest reservoir with a water volume of 660,000,000 m3 (540,000 acre⋅ft). Some of the dams are listed below by prefecture.
Dams by prefecture[]
Aichi Prefecture[]
- Kuroda Dam
- Sakuma Dam
- Shintoyone Dam
- Tominaga Dam
- Ure Dam
- Yahagi Dam
- (ja:山口ダム (愛知県))
Aomori Prefecture[]
- Yomasari Dam
Fukui Prefecture[]
- Asuwagawa Dam
- Futatsuya-Tōshukō Dam
- Itoshiro Dam
- Kumokawa Dam
- Kuzuryu Dam
- Managawa Dam
- Masutani Dam
- Sasogawa Dam
- Washi Dam
- Yanbara Dam
Fukuoka Prefecture[]
- Aburagi Dam
- Egawa Dam
- Gousho Dam
- Heisei Ozeki Dam
- Hyugami Dam
- Inunaki Dam
- Jinya Dam
- Kawachi Dam
- Matsuze Dam
- Narufuchi Dam
- Terauchi Dam
- Ushikubi Dam
Fukushima Prefecture[]
- Akimotoko Dam
- Asahi Dam
- Fujinuma Dam
- Hatori Dam
- Honna Dam
- Jyurokkyou Dam
- Kaminojiri Dam
- Katakado Dam
- Miharu Dam
- Miyagawa Dam
- Miyashita Dam
- Okawa Dam
- Okutadami Dam
- Otori Dam
- Ouchi Dam
- Shingo Dam
- Shinmiyagawa Dam
- Surikamigawa Dam
- Tadami Dam
- Taki Dam
- Tagokura Dam
- Uwada Dam
- Yamasato Dam
- Yanaizu Dam
Gifu Prefecture[]
- Asahi Dam
- Agigawa Dam
- Hatogaya Dam
- Hosobidani Dam
- Iwaya Dam
- Kamiōsu Dam
- Kobuchi Dam
- Kaneyama Dam
- Kasagi Dam
- Kawabe Dam
- Kuze Dam
- Kuguno Dam
- Maruyama Dam
- Mazegawa Dam
- Matsuno Dam
- Miboro Dam
- Nagura Dam
- Narude Dam
- Nishidaira Dam
- Ōi Dam
- Okurodani Dam
- Oshirakawa Dam
- Sakaigawa Dam
- Shimohara Dam
- Shimokotori Dam
- Shin'inotani Dam
- Takane Dam
- Tokuyama Dam
- Tsubawara Dam
- Yokoyama Dam
Gunma Prefecture[]
- Aimata Dam
- Fujiwara Dam
- Kusaki Dam
- Nakagi Dam
- Naramata Dam
- Nozori Dam
- Sakamoto Dam
- Shimagawa Dam
- Shimokubo Dam
- Shinaki Dam
- Shinsui Dam
- Shirasuna Dam
- Sonohara Dam
- Sudagai Dam
- Takatsudo Dam
- Tamahara Dam
- Ueno Dam
- Yagisawa Dam
- Yanba Dam
Hiroshima Prefecture[]
- Haizuka Dam
- Haji Dam
- Hattabara Dam
- Kōbo Dam
- Kutsugahara Dam
- Mikawa Dam
- Nabara Dam
- Nukui Dam
- Ōdomari Dam
- Ozegawa Dam
- Shikawa Dam
- Taishakugawa Dam
- Tarudoko Dam
- Tateiwa Dam
- Yamadagawa Dam
- Yasaka Dam
Hokkaidō[]
- Asari Dam
- Ashibetsu Dam
- Bibai Dam
- Chitose Dam
- Chubetsu Dam
- Daisetu Dam
- Hōheikyō Dam
- Iwamatsu Dam
- Izarigawa Dam
- Jōzankei Dam
- Kanayama Dam
- Kanoko Dam
- Katsurazawa Dam
- Kuriyama Dam
- Muri Dam
- Nibutani Dam
- Ōyūbari Dam
- Pirika Dam
- Takami Dam
- Takisato Dam
- Tobetsu Dam
- Tokachi Dam
- Uryu Dam
Hyōgo Prefecture[]
- Dondo Dam
- Hitokura Dam
- Ikuno Dam
- Kurokawa Dam
- Nunobiki Dam
- Sengari Dam
- Tataragi Dam
Ibaraki Prefecture[]
Ishikawa Prefecture[]
- Dainichigawa Dam
- Oguchi Dam
- Tedorigawa Dam
- Iō Dam
- Kitakawachi Dam
- Kutani Dam
- Saigawa Dam
- Tatsumi Dam
- Uchikawa Dam
- Yoshinodani Dam
Iwate Prefecture[]
- Gandō Dam
- Gosho Dam
- Hayachine Dam
- Isawa Dam
- Ishibuchi Dam
- Irihata Dam
- Ishibane Dam
- Kuzumaru Dam
- Sannōkai Dam
- Shijūshida Dam
- Tase Dam
- Toyosawa Dam
- Wakayanagi Dam
- Yuda Dam
Kagawa Prefecture[]
- Fuchu Dam
- Hounenike Dam
- Mannoike Dam
- Maeyama Dam
- Naiba Dam
Kagoshima Prefecture[]
- Kawanabe Dam
- Kougawa Dam
- Sendaigawa Dam
- Shinsumiyogawa Dam
- Takaono Dam
- Tsuruda Dam
Kanagawa Prefecture[]
- Honzawa Dam
- Miho Dam
- Miyagase Dam
- Sagami Dam
- Shiroyama Dam
Kōchi Prefecture[]
- Ananaigawa Dam
- Bunsui Dam
- Hiranabe Dam
- Iejigawa Dam
- Ikadatsu Dam
- Ikanazu Dam
- Inamura Dam
- Kuki Dam
- Nagasawa Dam
- Nagase Dam
- Nakasujigawa Dam
- Ohashi Dam
- Odo Dam
- Ohmorigawa Dam
- Sameura Dam
- Shigeto Dam
- Tsuga Dam
- Yanase Dam
- Yasuba Dam
Kyoto Prefecture[]
- Amagase Dam
- Hiyoshi Dam
Mie Prefecture[]
- Erihara Dam
- Hachisu Dam
- Hinachi Dam
- Isaka Dam
- Kamiji Dam
- Komori Dam
- Kuchisubo Dam
- Misedani Dam
- Nakazato Dam
- Nanairodam Dam
- Shorenji Dam
Miyagi Prefecture[]
- Aratozawa Dam
- Hanayama Dam
- Kamafusa Dam
- Kejyonuma Dam
- Koda Dam
- Kurikoma Dam
- Minamikawa Dam
- Miyatoko Dam
- Naganuma Dam
- Nanakita Dam
- Naruko Dam
- Shichikashuku Dam
- Urushizawa Dam
Miyazaki Prefecture[]
- Hitotsuse Dam
- Ishikawauchi Dam
- Iwase Dam
- Kamishiiba Dam
- Miyanomoto Dam
- Morozuka Dam
- Ouchibaro Dam
- Oyodogawa Dam
- Saigo Dam
- Shimoaka Dam
- Sugiyasu Dam
- Takaoka Dam
- Tsukabaru Dam
- Yamasubaru Dam
Nagano Prefecture[]
- Achibake Dam
- Akiyama Dam
- Amekawa Dam
- Dorogawa Dam
- Haino Dam
- Hiraoka Dam
- Horikirizawa Dam
- Higashijo Dam
- Himekawa Dam
- Ikusaka Dam
- Ikuta Dam
- Inagawa Dam
- Inekoki Dam
- Iwakura Dam
- Koya Dam
- Kanabara Dam
- Katagiri Dam
- Kiso Dam
- Kitayama Dam
- Kōsaka Dam
- Koshibu Dam
- Lake Kutsuzawa Dam
- Makio Dam
- Matsukawa Dam
- Midono Dam
- Minakata Dam
- Miure Dam
- Minamiaiki Dam
- Minochi Dam
- Minowa Dam
- Misogawa Dam
- Lake Misuzu Dam
- Miwa Dam
- Mizukami Dam
- Nagawado Dam
- Nanakura Dam
- Narai Dam
- Nishiotaki Dam
- Nishiura Dam
- Odagiri Dam
- Okususobana Dam
- Ōmachi Dam
- Onikuma Dam
- Otakigawa Dam
- Saigawa Dam
- Sasadaira Dam
- Sawando Dam
- Sebadani Dam
- Sugadaira Dam
- Susobana Dam
- Taira Dam
- Takase Dam
- Takato Dam
- Tatsugasawa Dam
- Tokiwa Dam
- Toyooka Dam
- Uchimura Dam
- Wachino Dam
- Yamaguchi Dam
- Yasuoka Dam
- Yatategi Sabo Dam
- Yoji Dam
- Yokokawa Dam
- Yukawa Dam
- Yunose Dam
Nara Prefecture[]
- Asahi Dam
- Futatsuno Dam
- Hase Dam
- Hongo Tameike Dam
- Tsuzurao Dam
- Hiroshiba-ike Dam
- Ichinoki Dam
- Iwaigawa Dam
- Kose Dam (Japan)
- Kurahashi Tameike Dam
- Kamitsu Dam
- Kazeya Dam
- Miyaoku Dam
- Muro Dam (Japan)
- Nunome Dam
- Ohsako Dam
- Ohtaki Dam
- Sakamoto Dam (Nara, Japan)
- Ikehara Dam
- Sarutani Dam
- Seto Dam
- Shirakawa Dam(Nara, Japan)
- Shirakawa Tameike
- Sugawa Dam
- Takayama Tameike Dam
- Tenri Dam
- Tsuburo Dam
Niigata Prefecture[]
- Aburumagawa Dam
- Agekawa Dam
- Asagawara Dam
- Futai Dam
- Iwafune Dam
- Kajigawa Dam
- Kakizakigawa Dam
- Kanose Dam
- Kasabori Dam
- Ketto Dam
- Kassa Dam
- Kassagawa Dam
- Konoyama Dam
- Kuromata Dam
- Kuromatagawa Dam
- Miomote Dam
- Miyanaka Dam
- Oishi Dam
- Okumiomote Dam
- Okutadami Dam
- Otani Dam
- Sagurigawa Dam
- Saruta Dam
- Sasagamine Dam
- Shozenji Dam
- Tainai Dam
- Tainaigawa Dam
- Takanosu Dam
- Toyomi Dam
- Uchinokura Dam
- Yamamoto Dam
Ōita Prefecture[]
- Hakusui Dam
- Hiju Dam
- Hisashi Dam
- Inaba Dam
- Kitagawa Dam
- Matsubara Dam
- Ōitagawa Dam
- Onagohata Dam
- Serikawa Dam
- Shimouke Dam
- Yabakei Dam
Okayama Prefecture[]
- Asahigawa Dam
- Chiya Dam
- Doyo Dam
- Hokubo Dam
- Komoto Dam
- Kurodani Dam
- Kurodori Dam
- Meiji Dam
- Mimurogawa Dam
- Onbara Dam
- Osa Dam
- Osakabegawa Dam
- Shin-Nariwagawa Dam
- Tabara Dam
- Takasegawa Dam
- Tomata Dam
- Yubara Dam
Okinawa Prefecture[]
- Aha Dam
- Arakawa Dam
- Benoki Dam
- Fukuji Dam
- Haneji Dam
- Kanna Dam
- Kinjo Dam
- Kurashiki Dam
- Okukubi Dam
- Taiho Dam
Osaka Prefecture[]
- Aigawa Dam
- Sayamaike Dam
- Teragaike
Saga Prefecture[]
- Agekura Dam
- Akasaka Dam
- Amagase Dam (Saga, Japan)
- Arita Dam
- Banzai Tameike Dam
- Fuchinoo Dam (Saga, Japan)
- Fujinohira Dam
- Fukaura Dam
- Furukoba Dam
- Haccho Dam
- Hansho Dam
- Hirakoba Dam
- Hokuzan Dam
- Hinomine Dam
- Hanatori Tameike Dam
- Ikisa Dam
- Iwayagawauchi Dam
- Kasegawa Dam
- Kawachi Bosai Dam
- Karitate Dam
- Kishikawa Bosai Dam
- Kitaura Tameike Dam
- Kogo-ike Dam
- Kyuragigawa Choseichi Dam
- Kyuragi Dam
- Motobe Dam
- Nanamagari Tameike Dam
- Nakakoba Dam
- Niwaki Dam
- Ohura Dam
- Ryumon Dam
- Sasahara Tameike Dam
- Tenzan Dam
- Uchiage Dam
- Ushirogawachi Dam
- Yokotake Dam
- Yahazu Dam
Saitama Prefecture[]
- Futase Dam
- Kakkaku Dam
- Shimokubo Dam
- Shinsui Dam
- Takizawa Dam
- Tamayodo Dam
- Urayama Dam
- (ja:山口貯水池)
- Murayamashimo Dam
Shiga Prefecture[]
- Anegawa Dam
- Daidogawa Dam
- Eiganji Dam
- Hinogawa Dam
- Hinowakigawa Dam
- Imago-ike Dam
- Inukamigawa Dam
- Ishidagawa Dam
- Kaigake-ike Dam
- Nikkei Tameike Dam
- Ohhara Dam (Shiga, Japan)
- Ohkuma-ike Dam
- Okuyama Dam
- Serikawa Dam (Shiga, Japan)
- Tankai-ike Dam
- Tongu-ike Dam
- Usogawa Dam
- Yasugawa Dam (Shiga, Japan)
- Zao Dam(Shiga, Japan)
Shimane Prefecture[]
- Aigawa Dam
- Akada Shin Tameike Dam
- Fube Dam
- Fukahori Tameike Dam
- Hamada Dam (Shimane, Japan)
- Hamahara Dam
- Hatsumi Dam
- Hiebara Dam
- Kakihara Tameike Dam
- Kijima Dam
- Kitsuka Dam
- Kiyotaki Dam
- Masudagawa Dam
- Minari Dam
- Mita Dam (Shimane, Japan)
- Miyama Tameike Dam
- Nagami Dam
- No.2 Hamada Dam
- Obara Dam
- Ohnagami Dam
- Ohtani Dam
- Ohto Dam
- Onbe Dam
- Sagadani Dam
- Sakane Dam
- Sanbe Dam
- Sasakura Dam (Shimane, Japan)
- Senbon Dam
- Shinmamushidani-ike Dam
- Shiota Dam
- Sufugawa Dam
- Tonokawauchi Tameike Dam
- Tsudagawa Dam
- Ueno Tameike Dam
- Yabaragawa Dam
- Yamasa Dam
- Yodohara Ohtutumi Dam
- Yuyanooku Tameike Dam
Shizuoka Prefecture[]
- Akiba Dam
- Funagira Dam
- Hatanagi No.1 Dam
- Hatanagi No.2 Dam
- Ikawa Dam
- Misakubo Dam
- Nagashima Dam
- Oigawa Dam
- Okuno Dam
- Sakuma Dam
- Sasamagawa Dam
- Senzu Dam
- Shiogō Dam
- Tashiro Dam
Tochigi Prefecture[]
- Akagawa Dam
- Imaichi Dam
- Kuriyama Dam
- Kurobe Dam
- Kuriyama Dam
- Sabigawa Dam
Tokushima Prefecture[]
- Fukui Dam
- Iwakura-ike Dam
- Kawaguchi Dam
- Kominono Dam
- Kozai Dam
- Matsuogawa Dam
- Minawa Dam
- Misaka-ike Dam
- Miyakochi Dam
- Nagayasuguchi Dam (Tokushima, Japan)
- Nagoro Dam
- Natsuko Dam
- Ohmidani Dam
- Wakamiyatani Dam
Tokyo[]
- Ara-zutsumi Dam
- Chibusa Dam
- Murayama-kami Dam
- Ogochi Dam also called Lake Okutama
- Shigure Dam
- Shiromaru Tyouseiti Dam
Tottori Prefecture[]
Toyama Prefecture[]
- Akao Dam
- Arimine Dam
- Komaki Dam
- Kurobe Dam
- Narude Dam
- Ohara Dam
- Senzoku Dam
- Shogawa Goguchi Dam
- Soyama Dam
- Toga Dam
- Togagawa Dam
- Wadagawa Dam
Yamagata Prefecture[]
- Arasawa Dam
- Atsumigawa Dam
- Gassan Dam
- Kamigo Dam
- Mizugatoro Dam
- Mizukubo Dam
- Nagai Dam
- Sagae Dam
- Shirakawa Dam
- Shintsuruko Dam
- Tsunakigawa Dam
- Yakuwa Dam
- Yokokawa Dam
Yamaguchi Prefecture[]
- Abugawa Dam
- Ikimigawa Dam
- Kawakami Dam
- Mishogawa Dam
- Mizukoshi Dam
- Ozegawa Dam
- Shimajigawa Dam
- Sugano Dam
- Yasaka Dam
- Yunohara Dam
Yamanashi Prefecture[]
- Fukashiro Dam
- Kazunogawa Dam
- Kamihikawa Dam
See also[]
Categories:
- Dams in Japan
- Lists of dams and reservoirs by country
- Lists of buildings and structures in Japan
- Reservoirs in Japan