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| name                 = Teragaike
| name_official        = 寺ヶ池
| image                = Teragaike 04.jpg
| image_size           = 250px
| image_caption        = View from sorth bank
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| location_map         = Japan
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| coordinates          = {{coord|34|27|48.4|N|135|33|31.3|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| country              = [[Japan]]
| location             = [[Kawachinagano]], [[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]]
| status               = O
| construction_began   = 
| opening              = 1649
| owner                = 
| dam_type             = [[Embankment dam|Earth-fill dam]]
| dam_height           = 15 m
| dam_length           = 147.2 m
| dam_volume           = 71,000 m<sup>3</sup>
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| dam_crosses          = [[Ishi River]]
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| res_capacity_total   = 600,000 m<sup>3</sup>
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| res_catchment        = 0.5 km<sup>2</sup>
| res_surface          = 18 ha
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{{Nihongo|'''Teragaike'''|寺ヶ池}} is a [[reservoir]] in [[Kawachinagano]], [[Osaka Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. It is for [[irrigation]] to [[paddy field]]s near this [[lake]]. It was made in the [[Edo period]]. Fishing is prohibited in the lake.

== Summaries ==
*Teragaike lies to the north of [[Kawachinagano]], [[Osaka Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. About 15 minutes walk from [[Chiyoda Station]] on [[Nankai Kōya Line]].
*Surrounding the lake is maintained [[esplanade]], and people of the neighborhood utilize it for a [[strolling|stroll]].
;North bank
*There are [[stele]]s{{clarify|date=March 2013}}, a [[sluice]] of [[aqueduct (water supply)|aqueduct]]s for irrigation, a plaza, and playground equipment for training.
*There are [[residential area]]s around the lake.
*People can watch [[PL Art of Fireworks]] every year on August 1.
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File:Teragaike 03.jpg|Esplanade
File:Teragaike Stele 01.jpg|Steles
File:Teragaike 02.jpg|Aqueducts
</gallery>

;South bank
*There are houses and fields around this area.
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File:Teragaike 05.jpg|Esplanade
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;Teragaike Park
*There are [[fountain]]s and {{nihongo|'''Plaza Of The Four Seasons'''|四季の広場|Shiki-no-hiroba}} as the main area on the south side of the lake.
*There are [[tennis]] courts, a small [[baseball park]], a [[gateball]] court, and a civic [[swimming pool]] on the east side.
*There is {{nihongo|'''Fukujin [[Benzaiten]] Teragaike [[Tu Di Gong|Chinju]]'''|福神弁財天寺ヶ池鎮守}} in Bentensan Plaza on the west side.
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File:Teragaike Park1.jpg|Plaza Of The Four Seasons
File:Taragaike Bentensan 01.jpg|Bentensan Plaza
</gallery>

== History ==
* 1649:{{nihongo|'''Yojibe Nakamura'''|中村與次兵衛|Nakamura Yojibei}} played a key role, and originally they expanded the small pond which there was, and, for newly reclaiming a rice field, it was made. A total of about 40,000 was mobilized.
* 1969:Finished renovation

== See also ==
*[[List of dams and reservoirs]]

{{Dams in Osaka Prefecture}}
{{Commons category|Teragaike}}

[[Category:Ponds of Japan]]
[[Category:Kawachinagano]]
[[Category:Dams in Osaka Prefecture]]
[[Category:Reservoirs in Japan]]

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