Tokuyama Dam

**A village is under the water.** Tokuyama was dissolved and its people moved so the reservoir could be filled. Knowing that changes what the view is. **Largest capacity in Japan.** 660 million cubic metres, about twice Lake Hamana. The number only means something from the crest, which is 427 metres long and open to walk. **Eighty minutes from Ogaki.** Through progressively emptier country on Route 417. Fuel and food before the last stretch rather than after. **Rockfill, not concrete.** The face is banked stone rather than a poured wall, which is why it reads as a mountainside rather than a structure until you are on it. **Winter closes things.** This is deep-snow country in the Ibi headwaters and the approach is affected. Check conditions between December and March.