Asakura Triple Water Wheel
Asakura is the only area in Japan to use water wheels for irrigation.
The irrigation system used the Triple Water Wheel was completed in 1760.
The water is supplied from Yamada weir in Chikugo through the canal to the Triple
Water Wheel. And then the water distributed to each rice field by Triple Water Wheel.
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The water wheel currently operates between mid June and mid October, irrigating
an area of 35 hectares along with two other pumping water wheels (Mijima Double
Water Wheel and Hisashige Double Water Wheel).
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Bank of Chikugo River |
Chikugo River |
Yamada Weir |
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Canal |
Rice field |
Rice field |
The Triple Water Wheel is a Municipally-Designated Tangible Folk Cultural Asset
and became a Government-Designated Historical Site in 1990.
Location of Asakura
General information
| Address | Hishino, Asakura-city, Fukuoka-prefecture |
| Access |
50 minutes by a vehicle from Fukuoka-city 45 minutes by a vehicle from Dazaifu-city 60 minutes by a vehicle from Yanagawa-city 90 minutes by a vehicle from Kitakyushu-city |
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