[1][2] Hatori Dam is managed directly by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and is intended to provide irrigation for the Shirakawa area of the Abukuma River Basin.

The reservoir created by the dam is called Lake Hatori, and has been developed as a resort area.

In the Meiji period, the Azumi Canal was completed in 1882 bring water to the area from Lake Inawashiro, and momentum began to promote use of the Agano River to open up new agricultural land.

Water stored at the dam crosses the watershed of the Ōu Mountains via tunnel and is led to the Abukuma River.

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