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Water drips through the hole at the top onto a small pool of water inside of the pot, creating a pleasant splashing sound that rings inside of the pot similar to a bell or Japanese zither. It is usually built next to a traditional Japanese stone basin called chōzubachi , part of a tsukubai for washing hands before the Japanese tea ceremony .
Tsubo-niwa typically contain a functional tōrō lantern and a chōzu-bachi (water basin), such as a tsukubai. They may also contain sculptures. They may also contain sculptures. Much of the area may be filled with gravel, set with larger stones, and carefully raked and kept free of weeds.
In 1961, a Water Resources Development Promotion Law was passed. On its basis over the next decade seven river basins with high growth in water needs were designated for water resources development and investments in dams, weirs and inter-basin transfers was undertaken on the basis of comprehensive development plans for each basin. [20]
Japanese Main stream length (km) Basin area (km 2) Basin management Basin area population Tributaries Average annual flow rate (m 3 /s) BOD (ppm) Dams Hydroelectric plants Kuji: 久慈川 124 1,490 Fukushima, Ibaraki: 201,981 53 23.58 0.8 1 (0) 7 Naka: 那珂川 150 3,270 Tochigi, Ibaraki 912,217 197 74.43 0.9 22 (2) 12 Tone: 利根川 322 16,840
The Taisetsu Dam (大雪ダム) or Taisen Dam is a dam in Hokkaido, Japan. It was planned as a multipurpose rockfill dam by the Hokkaido Ministry of Land, Transportation, Infrastructure Development. [1] [2] It was built upon the Ishikari River for the purpose of flood control and water basin for Asahikawa, Hokkaido, irrigation, and hydropower. [3]
A shishi-odoshi breaks the quietness of a Japanese garden with the sound of a bamboo rocker arm hitting a rock.. Shishi-odoshi (literally, "deer-frightening" or "boar-frightening"), in a wide sense, refers to Japanese devices made to frighten away animals that pose a threat to agriculture, including kakashi (), naruko (clappers) and sōzu.
Among the river systems in Hyōgo Prefecture, it has the largest basin area, which encompasses 21% of Hyōgo Prefecture's land area. [1] The Kako River system contains 129 tributary rivers. [2] Within the basin, 59% of the land is considered mountainous, 26% is agricultural land, 11% is residential land, and 4% is used for other purposes. [2]
Jikka-segi weir. The Azumi Basin was created by numerous streams and rivers that take their water from melting snow on the Northern Alps. The Azusa, Kurosawa, Karasu, and Nakabusa rivers, among others, run through this region and have formed a composite fan (compare alluvial fan) [clarification needed] characterized by the low water-holding capacity of the soil.