Tateyama and Kurobe
This is 2 day course. The fee is 350 USD from Tokyo.
In the early morning guests take super express train from Tokyo to Toyama.
Ｔｈｅｎ by local train to Tateyama. By using cable car, local bus, trolley
bus and rope way they arrive Kuroba Lake. Walking along the late they
go to Kurobe Dam.
In the Alpine Route from Tateyama there is famous Snow Wall which is 20
m high and 500 m long. Tourists get surprised the by splendid form created
by the nature.The bus can pass through the snow wall from mid April to
mid June.
The Kurobe Dam is Japan's tallest dam at 186 meters. It was constructed
over a seven year period and was completed in 1963. Many difficulties
were encountered in the process, and over 170 people lost their lives
to the project.
The dam has since been supporting a hydropower plant in its supply of
electricity to the Kansai Region. It is also a major attraction along
the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, especially when water gets discharged
spectacularly through its gates daily from late June to mid October. In
the evening they return to Tateyama to stay at hotel. The next day they
return to Tokyo in the same route as the outward journey.