About Daimaru Canal

The Daimaru irrigation water, which is used for agricultural purposes, draws water from the Tama River from the intake of Daimaru and supplies water to orchards and paddy fields as far as Tama Ward, Kawasaki City. The total length including the tributaries is 70 km.
It is believed that the Daimaru irrigation canal was excavated at the beginning of the Edo period, and as part of the Edo Shogunate's large-scale flood control and water utilization policy, it was excavated along with other irrigation canals in the Tama River basin as agricultural water. The finely branched waterways have been devised to this day, such as grade-separated crossings, to bring water to the farmlands.
Even now, in addition to supplying water mainly to farmland, it has also been developed as a water park, making it a valuable waterfront space for citizens to relax.

The Daimaru Irrigation Land Improvement District is an agricultural group that uses the Daimaru Irrigation Canal, and consists of farmers in the Daimaru, Oshidate, Higashi Naganuma, and Yanoguchi districts of Inagi City, and the Suga Castle, Suga, Suga Toro, Suga Inada Tsutsumi, and Suga Baba districts of Kawasaki City. increase.
In the Daimaru irrigation land improvement district, we mainly maintain and manage the Daimaru irrigation head weir, which is the entrance to the Daimaru irrigation canal. doing. In addition, union members take the lead of local people and carry out dredging of waterways several times a year.
In recent years, the number of union members has been declining due to the rapid increase in residential land and the aging of farmers. We are striving to