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Teragaike

Coordinates: 34°27′48.4″N 135°33′31.3″E / 34.463444°N 135.558694°E / 34.463444; 135.558694
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Teragaike
View from sorth bank
Teragaike is located in Japan
Teragaike
Location of Teragaike in Japan
Official name寺ヶ池
CountryJapan
LocationKawachinagano, Osaka
Coordinates34°27′48.4″N 135°33′31.3″E / 34.463444°N 135.558694°E / 34.463444; 135.558694
StatusOperational
Opening date1649
Dam and spillways
Type of damEarth-fill dam
ImpoundsIshi River
Height15 m
Length147.2 m
Dam volume71,000 m3
Reservoir
Total capacity600,000 m3
Catchment area0.5 km2
Surface area18 ha

Teragaike (寺ヶ池) is a reservoir in Kawachinagano, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is for irrigation to paddy fields near this lake. It was made in the Edo period. Fishing is prohibited in the lake.

Summaries

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North bank
South bank
  • There are houses and fields around this area.
Teragaike Park
  • There are fountains and Plaza Of The Four Seasons (四季の広場, Shiki-no-hiroba) as the main area on the south side of the lake.
  • There are tennis courts, a small baseball park, a gateball court, and a civic swimming pool on the east side.
  • There is Fukujin Benzaiten Teragaike Chinju (福神弁財天寺ヶ池鎮守) in Bentensan Plaza on the west side.

History

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  • 1649:Yojibe Nakamura (中村與次兵衛, Nakamura Yojibei) played a key role, and originally they expanded the small pond which there was, and, for newly reclaiming a rice field, it was made. A total of about 40,000 was mobilized.
  • 1969:Finished renovation

See also

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