Oguraike Pond

Japanese: 巨椋池 - おぐらいけ

This was once a lake located in the lowest part of the Kyoto Basin in the southern part of Kyoto Prefecture. At that time, it had an area of about ⁷ km2, a depth of 1.7 m, and an elevation of about 11 m. The Uji River once flowed directly into Oguraike Pond, but when Toyotomi Hideyoshi built Fushimi Castle in 1594, he changed the course of the Uji River, and the pond has since served as a flood control reservoir and been known for its freshwater fish fishing, such as carp and crucian carp. From 1933 to 1939, national reclamation work was carried out, and the lake bottom became a rice field. Even now, the water is constantly drained by pumps, but in the flood of 1953, the reclaimed land was submerged, revealing the former lake. In recent years, the pond has been significantly developed into residential areas, especially around Kokura Station on the Kintetsu Railway Kyoto Line.

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Japanese:

京都府南部，京都盆地の最も低い部分にあったかつての湖沼。当時の面積約 7km²，水深 1.7m，湖面標高約 11m。かつては宇治川が直接巨椋池に流入していたが，文禄3 (1594) 年豊臣秀吉が伏見城を築いたとき，宇治川の流路を変更し，以後は遊水池としての役割を果し，コイ，フナなどの淡水魚漁でも知られていた。 1933年から 39年にかけて国営干拓工事が行われ，湖底は水田となった。現在でもポンプによって常に排水されているが，53年の水害の際には干拓地が水没してかつての湖を現出させた。近畿日本鉄道京都線の小倉駅を中心に近年は宅地化が著しい。

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