Teragaike

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°ECoordinates: 34°27′48.4″N 135°33′31.3″E / 34.463444°N 135.558694°E
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^3
Reservoir
Total capacity	600,000 m^3
Catchment area	0.5 km^2
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 for 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.

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  Esplanade

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  Steles

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  Aqueducts

South bank

• It is nothing special there compared with the north bank. There are houses and fields around the lake.

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  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.

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  Plaza Of The Four Seasons

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  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