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Dam in Kawachinagano, Osaka

Teragaike
View from sorth bank
Location of Teragaike in Japan
Official name	寺ヶ池
Country	Japan
Location	Kawachinagano, Osaka
Coordinates	34°27′48.4″N 135°33′31.3″E / 34.463444°N 135.558694°E / 34.463444; 135.558694
Status	Operational
Opening date	1649
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Earth-fill dam
Impounds	Ishi River
Height	15 m
Length	147.2 m
Dam volume	71,000 m
Reservoir
Total capacity	600,000 m
Catchment area	0.5 km
Surface area	18 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

Teragaike lies to the north of Kawachinagano, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. About 15 minutes walk from Chiyoda Station on Nankai Kōya Line.
Surrounding the lake is maintained esplanade, and people of the neighborhood utilize it for a stroll.

North bank

There are steles, a sluice of aqueducts for irrigation, a plaza, and playground equipment for training.
There are residential areas around the lake.
People can watch PL Art of Fireworks every year on August 1.

Esplanade
Steles
Aqueducts

South bank

There are houses and fields around this area.

Esplanade

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.

Plaza Of The Four Seasons
Bentensan Plaza

History

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

List of dams and reservoirs

v t e Dams in Osaka Prefecture
Minoh Dam Sayamaike Dam Takihata Dam Teragaike

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