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.
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