At 186 meters high and 492 meters long, the Kurobe Dam is Japan's largest arched dome overflow dam and one of the tallest in the world. The sightseeing water discharge, which sprays out more than 10 tons of water per second, is very powerful, and is held from late June to mid-October. Construction began in 1956 and took seven years to complete, overcoming numerous difficulties in the face of Mot...»
Tateyama Murodo-hira, at an elevation of 2,450 meters, is one of the world's heaviest snowfall areas, with an average snow depth of about 7 meters. In particular, "Yuki-no-Otani" (Snow Valley), a 5-minute walk from Murodou Station, has a heavy snowfall due to a blowdown, and its depth exceeds 20 meters at the most. Snow plowing along the road creates a 500-meter wall of snow, and when the Alpine...»
Mikurigaike Pond is a pond of the Tateyama Volcano located at an elevation of 2405 meters above sea level on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route. This pond is located about a 10-minute walk along a well-maintained walking trail from the Murodo Terminal, and is the largest and deepest pond representing Murodo. Mikuriga-ike is a volcanic lake formed about 10,000 years ago. The pond has a circumference...»