Lake Ontake

Japanese: 御嶽湖 - おんたけこ
Lake Ontake

...The vast foothills were used as pastures and ranches for the surrounding villages, but now they are being developed into ski resorts, campgrounds, and villa complexes, and are rapidly becoming a tourist destination. At the southeastern foot of the mountain is the Aichi Waterway Makio Dam, affectionately known as Lake Ontake. Built by the Water Resources Development Public Corporation in 1961, it is a multipurpose rockfill dam with an effective storage capacity of 68 million m3.

*Some of the terms mentioned in relation to "Lake Ontake" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…広大なすそ野は周辺の村の採草地や牧場として利用されていたが,現在はスキー場,キャンプ場,別荘団地の開発が進められて観光地化が急速に進展している。南東麓には,御嶽湖の名で親しまれている愛知用水牧尾ダムがある。これは1961年に水資源開発公団が建設したもので,有効貯水量6800万m3のロックフィル式の多目的ダムである。…

※「御嶽湖」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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