Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of the massive Kurobe Dam. The tunnel crosses an ...

Next year, a work route called the Kurobe-Unazuki Canyon Route that connects the Kurobe Dam and Keyakidaira Station will open to the public. The project was implemented by Kansai Electric Power ...

KUROBE, Toyama Prefecture—Visitors to Kurobe Gorge, a popular tourist destination renowned for its stunning autumn foliage, can access a previously inaccessible area this year—an unexpected ...

Services on the Kurobe Gorge Railway are limited to certain sections as a bridge was damaged in the Noto Peninsula earthquake in January 2024. Operations are suspended every winter because of ...