Purpose Power Opening date 1961 Impounds Shō River Opened 1961 Impound Shō River | Status Operational Type of dam Embankment, rock-fill Height 131 m Construction began 1957 Spillway 3 | |
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Location Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Address Miboro, 白川村 Ono District, Gifu Prefecture 501-5506, Japan Similar Kuzuryu Dam, Hatogaya Dam, Hirase Hot Spring, Historic Villages of Shirakaw, Mount Bessan | ||
Miboro dam
Miboro Dam (御母衣ダム, Miboro damu) is a dam on the Shō River in Takayama, in the Gifu Prefecture of Japan. It supports a 256 MW hydroelectric power station. Of the nine dams on the Shō River, it is the furthest upstream.
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The dam flooded several villages and shrines, submerging them completely, two cherry trees were taken from one of the submerged shrines and placed in Shirakawa-go where it is said that each petal represents a memory from someone who lived in the villages before they were flooded.
Japan from tokyo to takayama
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