Otagiri Dam

Otagiri Dam () (also sometimes read as Odagiri Dam) is a dam in the Nagano Prefecture, Japan, completed in 1954.

Name origin The name of the dam originates from the old village "Otagiri" (小田切):ja:小田切 (not "Odagiri"). Etymologically "Otagiri" consists of "O" and "tagiri". "O" is a prefix of Japanese. "Tagiri" is the gerund of the verb "tagiru" (it means the motion of water like "boil").松崎岩夫『長野県の地名 その由来』，信濃古代文化研究所，1991年松崎岩夫『上伊那の地名 その由来』，ほおずき書籍，1999年． In Nagano Prefecture there are many such place names like "Tagiri", "Ô-tagiri",:ja:太田切川 (長野県) "Naka-tagiri",:ja:中田切川 "Inu-tagiri", "Fut-tagiri", and "Ka-tagiri".:ja:片桐村:ja:片桐氏:ja:田切

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