Miharu Dam

Miharu Dam is a concrete gravity dam at the Otakine River, a department of the Abukuma River in the city of Miharu, Fukushima in the Tohoku location of Japan. The dam become completed in 1997. The Miharu Dam is a multipurpose dam immediately controlled via the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. It is aimed toward flood manage at the middle reaches of the Abukuma River and to provide a content source of water for significant Fukushima Prefecture, along with the metropolis of Koriyama.

It was first of all known as Otakine Dam, but changed into renamed Miharu Dam at the request of the neighborhood population. Also, in attention of the panorama, the dam frame become embellished like a stone wall, reflecting Miharu's status as a castle metropolis. The reservoir created via the dam is known as Lake Sakura, and has grow to be a local tourist vacation spot. There is a museum Miharu Dam Museum positioned next to the dam.