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Water release at central Japan dam

Annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam, a popular tourist spot surrounded by the Northern Alps, in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on June 26, 2025.

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Water release at central Japan dam

Annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam, a popular tourist spot surrounded by the Northern Alps, in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on June 26, 2025.

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Water release at central Japan dam

Annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam, a popular tourist spot surrounded by the Northern Alps, in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on June 26, 2025.

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[Breaking News]Water release at central Japan dam

TATEYAMA, Japan, June 26 Kyodo - Tourists take photos as the annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam, a popular tourist spot surrounded by the Northern Alps, in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on June 26, 2024. (Kyodo)

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Water release at central Japan dam

A rainbow is seen over a cloud of spray as the annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam, a popular tourist spot surrounded by the Northern Alps, in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on June 26, 2024.

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Water release at central Japan dam

Tourists take photos as the annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam, a popular tourist spot surrounded by the Northern Alps, in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on June 26, 2024.

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Water release at central Japan dam

Annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam, a popular tourist spot surrounded by the Northern Alps, in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on June 26, 2024.

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Water release at central Japan dam

Annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam, a popular tourist spot surrounded by the mountains of the Northern Alps, in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on June 26, 2023.

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Water release at central Japan dam

Annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam, a popular tourist spot surrounded by the mountains of the Northern Alps, in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on June 26, 2023.

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Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam

TOYAMA, Japan, June 26 Kyodo - Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam in the town of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, on June 26, 2016. Japan's tallest arch-style dam at 186 meters in height, a popular tourist site, discharges 10 to 15 tons of water per second during daylight until Oct. 15.

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Kansai Electric shows Kurobe Dam to press

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. shows its Kurobe Dam in Tateyama Town, Toyama Prefecture, on Sept. 29, 2014. Kurobe, one of the biggest dams in Japan, holds some 200 million cubic meters of water.

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Kurobe Dam in Toyama Pref. begins water release

TOYAMA, Japan - Kurobe Dam in the town of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, boasting the highest dam wall in Japan at 186 meters, begins its summer water discharge on June 26, 2014. A rainbow is seen over a cloud of spray. The water release is conducted every day through Oct. 15 to maintain the view around the Kurobe River where the amount of water flow decreases during summer.

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Late actor Yujiro Ishihara's message plate unveiled

NAGANO, Japan - Actor Satoshi Tokushige holds a helmet said to have been used by late actor Yujiro Ishihara in a popular movie "Kurobe no Taiyo" beside a framed handwritten message by Ishihara on June 5, 2014 at the Kurobe Dam Station, a trolleybus station in Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture.

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Kurobe Dam marks 50th anniv.

TOYAMA, Japan - Yoichi Yoshizu (R bottom), Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Hokuriku branch head, delivers a speech during a memorial service at Kurobe Dam on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture on June 5, 2013 -- the 50th anniversary of the arch dam's completion -- for the 171 workers who lost their lives during its construction.

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Kurobe Dam marks 50th anniv.

TOYAMA, Japan - Tourists view Kurobe Dam on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture on June 5, 2013, the 50th anniversary of the dam's completion.

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Kurobe Dam marks 50th anniv.

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo shows Kurobe Dam on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture on June 5, 2013, the 50th anniversary of the arch dam's completion.

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Kurobe Dam turns on the tap: 15 tons of water gush out per sec.

TOYAMA, Japan - Fifteen tons of water gush out each second from Kurobe Dam in the upper reaches of Kurobe River on June 26 as Kansai Electric Power Co., operators of Japan's largest arched dam, started releasing water from the dam to replenish the lower reaches of the river during the dry summer season. Since 1961, Kansai Electric has turned the artificial water fall in scenic Mt. Tateyama into a sightseeing spectacle. The daily water release program will run through Oct. 15.

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Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam

Annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on June 26, 2022. Japan's tallest dam at 186 meters in height and a popular tourist site, it discharges up to 15 tons of water per second during designated hours until Oct. 15.

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Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam

Annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on June 26, 2022. Japan's tallest dam at 186 meters in height and a popular tourist site, it discharges up to 15 tons of water per second during designated hours until Oct. 15.

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Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam

Annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on June 26, 2022. Japan's tallest dam at 186 meters in height and a popular tourist site, it discharges up to 15 tons of water per second during designated hours until Oct. 15.

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Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam

Annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on June 26, 2022. Japan's tallest dam at 186 meters in height and a popular tourist site, it discharges up to 15 tons of water per second during designated hours until Oct. 15.

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Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam

Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam in the town of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, on June 26, 2016. Japan's tallest arch-style dam at 186 meters in height, a popular tourist site, discharges 10 to 15 tons of water per second during daylight until Oct. 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam

Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam in Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast on June 26, 2015. Japan's tallest dam at 186 meters in height, a popular tourist site, discharges 10 to 15 tons of water per second during daylight until mid-October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hydropower generator up and running deep underground in central Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 18, 2015, shows a generator at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Kurobe No.4 hydropower plant located 200 meters underground in Kurobe, Toyama Prefecture, central Japan. Water from the country's tallest Kurobe Dam powers the plant, whose construction began 59 years ago in a project known for many hardships encountered during its seven-year process. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hydropower generator up and running deep underground in central Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 18, 2015, shows a generator at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Kurobe No.4 hydropower plant located 200 meters underground in Kurobe, Toyama Prefecture, central Japan. Water from the country's tallest Kurobe Dam powers the plant, whose construction began 59 years ago in a project known for many hardships encountered during its seven-year process. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's tallest Kurobe Dam has tunnel built to construct power plant

A bus runs through a tunnel at the Kurobe Dam in Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 18, 2015. The tunnel, which is closed to the public, was built to help construct Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Kurobe No.4 hydropower plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's tallest Kurobe Dam releases 10-15 kl of water every second

Photo taken on Aug. 18, 2015, shows the Kurobe Dam in Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, completed in 1963. The nation's tallest dam, with its wall 186 meters high, releases about 10 to 15 kiloliters of water every second during the day from late June through mid-October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam

Annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on July 1, 2021. Japan's tallest dam at 186 meters in height and a popular tourist site, it discharges up to 15 tons of water per second during designated hours until Oct. 15.

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Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam

Annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on July 1, 2021. Japan's tallest dam at 186 meters in height and a popular tourist site, it discharges up to 15 tons of water per second during designated hours until Oct. 15.

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Kurobe Dam turns on the tap: 15 tons of water gush out per sec.

TOYAMA, Japan - Fifteen tons of water gush out each second from Kurobe Dam in the upper reaches of Kurobe River on June 26 as Kansai Electric Power Co., operators of Japan's largest arched dam, started releasing water from the dam to replenish the lower reaches of the river during the dry summer season. Since 1961, Kansai Electric has turned the artificial water fall in scenic Mt. Tateyama into a sightseeing spectacle. The daily water release program will run through Oct. 15. (Kyodo)

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Kurobe Dam in Toyama Pref. begins water release

TOYAMA, Japan - Kurobe Dam in the town of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, boasting the highest dam wall in Japan at 186 meters, begins its summer water discharge on June 26, 2014. A rainbow is seen over a cloud of spray. The water release is conducted every day through Oct. 15 to maintain the view around the Kurobe River where the amount of water flow decreases during summer. (Kyodo)

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Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam

Annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam in the town of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, on June 26, 2020. Japan's tallest dam at 186 meters in height and a popular tourist site, it discharges up to 15 tons of water per second in designated hours until Oct. 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam

Annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam in the town of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, on June 26, 2020. Japan's tallest dam at 186 meters in height and a popular tourist site, it discharges up to 15 tons of water per second in designated hours until Oct. 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam

Annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam in the town of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, on June 26, 2020. Japan's tallest dam at 186 meters in height and a popular tourist site, it discharges up to 15 tons of water per second in designated hours until Oct. 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam

Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam in the town of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, on June 26, 2017. Japan's tallest arch-style dam at 186 meters in height and a popular tourist site, it discharges 15 tons of water per second until Oct. 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam

Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam in the town of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, on June 26, 2017. Japan's tallest arch-style dam at 186 meters in height and a popular tourist site, it discharges 15 tons of water per second until Oct. 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo