Kitagawa Dam (Japanese: 北川ダム) is a dam in the Saiki Ōita Japan completed in 1962. It spans the Kita River a class A river in the Gokase River drainage system. It is managed by Ōita Prefecture and it is an 82.0 meter tall concrete arch dam. It is the largest dam in the Gokase River drainage system and it was built with government subsidies with the goal of flood control and hydroelectric power generation for the Kita River basin.
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