Value Village ／ Yamanashi ／ Art & Crafts

Flood Control of Kai and the Shingen Levee（甲斐の水防と信玄堤）

しんげんづつみ Shingen Levee

Photo: さかおり (talk) / CC BY-SA 3.0 ／ Source

Rather than sealing the river, the levee is deliberately gapped to let water escape - engineering doctrine as landscape.

Type	Architecture
Genre	Architecture / Outdoor art / Land art
Area in the prefecture	Kuninaka

FAQ

Where is Shingen Levee?: It is in Kai, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. It is an architecture.
What can I see at Shingen Levee?: Rather than sealing the river, the levee is deliberately gapped to let water escape - engineering doctrine as landscape. The focus is architecture, land art.
When was Shingen Levee established?: It dates from the 1560s.