The remnants of Helen then tracked across southern Hokkaido before dissipating just east of the island on September 21.
The dam is longest dam in Japan and the biggest in southern Hokkaidō at 80 meters in length.
The town is linked with Route 40 linking Wakkanai and southern Hokkaidō.
The extratropical renmant continued to the northeast, crossing Honshū and southern Hokkaidō before going out to sea.
Matsuki's lineal ancestors had moved to southern Hokkaidō in the late 19th century.
The line is a part of the trunk route between Sapporo and southern Hokkaidō.
On 8-9 August, the carrier launched her planes at northern Honshū and southern Hokkaido.
The case arose because of a 1978 government plan to build two dams in the Saru River watershed in southern Hokkaido.
The plan threatened wetlands in southern Hokkaido.
The Great Hakodate fire kills at least 2,166 people in southern Hokkaido, Japan.