Kami Shiiba Dam, Miyazaki: Japan’s First Major Arch Dam

Kami Shiiba Dam and its reservoir, Hyūga Shiiba Lake.

When floodwaters must be released, they spill from the ski-jump-shaped ramps at either end of the dam and collide, reducing the force of their flow.

The names of those who died building the dam are engraved beside the Statue of the Three Goddesses.