They also built Hiyoshi-cho Kyodoshiryokan (Hiyoshi-cho Town Folk Museum) and Kyoto Fumin no Mori (Kyoto Prefectural Citizen's Forest) in the area, and the dam lake, Lake Amawakako, became popular as the best spot for fishing in the north of the Kansai region, with a reciprocal effect of creating an extensive outdoor pleasure spot including Ono Dam and Wachi Dam which had long been famous in the country for bass fishing, and the Yura-gawa River which provided a course for the canoe competition at Kyoto Kokutai (National Sports Festival) in 1963.
日吉町郷土資料館や京都府民の森等もダム近辺に整備、また天若湖は関西北部屈指の釣りスポットとして有名となり、古くから全国的にバスフィッシングで有名な大野ダム、和知ダム、63年京都国体のカヌー会場にもなった由良川との相乗効果で一大アウトドアスポットとした。