Lake Sagami

Japanese: 相模湖 - さがみこ

This is a former town area in the northwest of Sagamihara City, in the northwest of Kanagawa Prefecture. The northern half of the area is bounded by the Kanto Mountains, and the southern half by the Tanzawa Mountains, with the Sagami River running east through the center of the area. In 1955, the towns of Yose and Obara were combined with the villages of Chigira and Uchigo to form Sagamiko Town. In 2006, it was incorporated into Sagamihara City. There is little flat land, and most settlements are located on the river terraces of the Sagami River and its tributary, the Doshi River. Tourism is the main industry. The central area of Yose, along with Obara to the east, was a post town on the Koshu Kaido road in the early modern period. Sagamiko Lake attracts many day-trippers from Tokyo and Yokohama, and since it was used as the canoeing venue for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, a boathouse and other facilities have been developed. It is a famous fishing spot for Japanese crucian carp and smelt. The Bijodani hot spring is located in Sokozawa in the north, and the Suwara-arashi Stone Age Ruins, a nationally designated historic site, is located in the southeast. The Obara-juku Honjin remains today. Most of the area is part of the Jinba Sagami-ko Prefectural Natural Park.

Lake Sagami

This artificial lake was created by the completion of Sagami Dam, located upstream of the Sagami River in northern Kanagawa Prefecture. The dam is a gravity dam (gravity dam) with a height of 58.4m and a length of 196m. Construction began in 1940 and was completed in 1947. The lake has a circumference of about 12km, a maximum depth of 45m, and a usable water storage capacity of 48.2 million ^m3 . It is Japan's first multipurpose artificial lake, and is used for power generation (maximum output 31,000kW), irrigation, and water supply for the cities of Yokohama and Kawasaki. It is a great place for fishing, boating, and hiking, and is also a famous tourist destination near Tokyo.

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Japanese:

神奈川県北西部，相模原市北西部の旧町域。中央を東流する相模川を挟んで，北半は関東山地，南半は丹沢山地が連なる。 1955年与瀬町，小原町と千木良村，内郷村が合体し相模湖町が成立。 2006年相模原市に編入。平地は少なく，相模川と支流の道志川の河岸段丘上におもな集落がある。観光が主産業。中心地区の与瀬は東方の小原とともに近世には甲州街道の宿場町であった。相模湖は東京，横浜方面からの日帰り行楽客が多く，1964年の東京オリンピック競技大会でカヌー競技場となったために艇庫，ボートハウスなどが整備されている。ヘラブナやワカサギなど，釣りの名所。北部の底沢に美女谷温泉があり，南東部には国指定史跡の寸沢嵐石器時代遺跡 (すわらしせっきじだいいせき) がある。小原宿本陣が現存。大部分は陣馬相模湖県立自然公園に属する。

相模湖
さがみこ

神奈川県の北部相模川上流にある相模ダムの完成によってできた人造湖。ダムは高さ 58.4m，延長 196mの重力式ダム (重力ダム ) で，1940年着工，47年完成。湖の周囲約 12km，最大水深 45m，有効貯水量 4820万m³。日本最初の多目的人造湖で，発電 (最大出力3万 1000kW) ，灌漑のほか，横浜市，川崎市の水道用水に利用される。釣りや舟遊び，ハイキングの好適地で，東京近郊の行楽地としても有名。

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