The dam crosses the Kitayama River, a tributary of the Kumano River near the border of Mie Prefecture with Wakayama Prefecture.

It is currently owned maintained by the Electric Power Development Company.

The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation, with the dam supplying the nearby Ikehara Power Plant, with an installed turbine capacity of 350 megawatts (470,000 hp).

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