Matanoagawa Dam

The Matanogawa Dam is a concrete gravity dam on a tributary of the Hino River located 2.3 km south of Kōfu in Tottori Prefecture, Japan. Construction on the dam began in 1978 and it was complete in 1984. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric generation and it creates the lower reservoir for the Matanogawa Pumped Storage Power Station. It is 69.3 metres tall and creates a reservoir with a 7,940,000-cubic-metre storage capacity.