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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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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. ALPS. HAUTE SAVOIE (74) SALLANCHES AND SURROUNDING AREA. ON THE NORTHERN SLOPES OF THE ARVE VALLEY, THE AYERES PATH STARTS AT PLANE JOUX AND TAKES 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES TO REACH THE ALPINE VILLAGE OF LES AYERES. THE VIEW OF THE MONT BLANC MASSIF IS REPUTED TO BE THE BEST ON THE SLOPES. THIS IS THE MOUNTAIN PASTURE VILLAGE OF LES AYERES. PASSED DOWN FROM FATHER TO SON IN THE FAMILIES OF THE REGION, THE SITE HAS NEITHER RUNNING WATER (THE LADY ON THE PATH IN THE CENTRE FETCHES WATER FROM THE FOUNTAIN) NOR ELECTRICITY. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE MONT BLANC MASSIF. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Norikura Skyline in central Japan

A bus runs along the 15-kilometer Norikura Skyline in the Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, offering extraordinary views of Mt. Norikura at the southern edge of the Northern Japan Alps, as the road opens on May 15, 2025, after a wintertime hiatus.

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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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Scenic spot in Toyama, central Japan

Photo taken on April 3, 2023, in the Toyama prefectural town of Asahi in central Japan, shows a landscape dubbed "Spring trio," in which cherry blossoms and tulips can be seen together in front of the snow-covered Hida Mountains, or Northern Alps, stretching through Nagano, Toyama and Gifu prefectures.

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Scenic spot in Toyama, central Japan

Photo taken on April 3, 2023, in the Toyama prefectural town of Asahi in central Japan, shows a landscape dubbed "Spring trio," in which cherry blossoms and tulips can be seen together in front of the snow-covered Hida Mountains, or Northern Alps, stretching through Nagano, Toyama and Gifu prefectures.

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Mountain climbing accident

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a climber being rescued by a police helicopter from the Nagano Prefecture side of Mt. Okuhotakadake on May 6, 2014. Two climbers died of exposure on the Gifu Prefecture side of the same mountain in the Northern Japan Alps in central Japan that day.

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Mountain climbing accident

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a climber being rescued by a police helicopter from the Nagano Prefecture side of Mt. Okuhotakadake on May 6, 2014. Two climbers died of exposure on the Gifu Prefecture side of the same mountain in the Northern Japan Alps in central Japan that day.

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Sherpas from Nepal working to repair mountain trails in Japan

TOYAMA, Japan - Sherpas Da Tshiri (L) and Pasang pose for photos on Aug. 7, 2013 in Japan's Northern Alps, where they work on the construction of trekking trails on the Tateyama mountain range, among other projects.

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Sherpas from Nepal working to repair mountain trails in Japan

TOYAMA, Japan - Sherpas Pasang (R) and Da Tshiri at work behind a lodge on the Tateyama mountain range in Japan's Northern Alps on Aug. 6, 2013.

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Climbers die in Japan's Northern Alps

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 5, 2012, shows mountain lodges in the village of Otari, Nagano Prefecture. A group of six men, from Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, were found collapsed near 2,932-meter Mt. Shiroumadake in the prefecture by another climber the same day and later confirmed dead due to hypothermia. They had gone missing after leaving Tsugaike Huette (L) in the morning the previous day.

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Climbers die in Japan's Northern Alps

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 5, 2012, shows Mt. Shiroumadake in Nagano Prefecture. A group of six men, from Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern Japan, were found collapsed near the 2,932-meter mountain by another climber the same day and later confirmed dead due to hypothermia.

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Weston Festival heralds arrival of summer mountaineering season

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Primary school students sing against the backdrop of Japan's Northern Alps during the Weston Festival held in memory of Walter Weston, who introduced the Japan Alps to the world, in Kamikochi in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on June 7, before the start of the summer mountaineering season.

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Weston Festival heralds arrival of summer mountaineering season

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Primary school students sing against the backdrop of Japan's Northern Alps during the Weston Festival held in memory of Walter Weston, who introduced the Japan Alps to the world, in Kamikochi in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on June 7, before the start of the summer mountaineering season.

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Snow removed along Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine route in Toyama

TATEYAMA, Japan - Snow is removed on March 16 along the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine route in the Northern Alps in central Japan ahead of the opening of the road in April.

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Snow removed along Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine route in Toyama

TATEYAMA, Japan - Snow is removed on March 16 along the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine route in the Northern Alps in central Japan ahead of the opening of the road in April.

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Alpinists enjoy mountain snow in northern Alps

KARASAWA, Japan - Alpinists enjoy spring mountain snow at Karasawa glacier valley in the northern Alps in Nagano Prefecture on May 4. Carp streamers are raised at a nearby lodge to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Alpinists enjoy mountain snow in northern Alps

KARASAWA, Japan - Alpinists flock to Karasawa glacier valley in the northern Alps in Nagano Prefecture on May 4 to enjoy spring mountain snow.

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2 dead after helicopter crashes in central Japan mountains

NAGANO, Japan - A helicopter lies on the snow-covered Mt. Suishodake in the Northern Japan Alps in the city of Toyama on April 10 after a crash the previous day. Ten people who had been on board the helicopter were lifted out from a mountain hut by rescuers but two of them were pronounced dead in hospital.

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Snow being removed on highland bus route in Northern Alps

TOYAMA, Japan - A long line is seen in the Northern Alps in central Japan on March 24 as heavy snow on a highland bus route through the mountain area is being removed to make a bus route. The 23-kilometer route, connecting Toyama in Toyama Prefecture and Omachi in Nagano Prefecture, will be completed in the middle of April.

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Northern Alps opens for climbing

AZUMI, Japan - A ceremony marking the start of the climbing season in Japan's Northern Alps is held in the village of Azumi in Nagano Prefecture on April 27.

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Tulips in full bloom

The photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter April 22 shows some four million tulips in full bloom in Kosurido, Nyuzen, in Toyama Prefecture, with Japan's Northern Alps in the background.

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Norikura Skyline in central Japan

Norikura Skyline, a 15-kilomter mountainous sightseeing road that offers extraordinary views of Mt. Norikura at the southern edge of the Northern Japan Alps, opens in the Gifu Prefecture city of Takayama, central Japan, on May 15, 2022, after a wintertime hiatus.

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Norikura Skyline in central Japan

Norikura Skyline, a 15-kilomter mountainous sightseeing road that offers extraordinary views of Mt. Norikura at the southern edge of the Northern Japan Alps, opens in the Gifu Prefecture city of Takayama, central Japan, on May 15, 2022, after a wintertime hiatus.

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Norikura Skyline in central Japan

Norikura Skyline, a 15-kilomter mountainous sightseeing road that offers extraordinary views of Mt. Norikura at the southern edge of the Northern Japan Alps, opens in the Gifu Prefecture city of Takayama, central Japan, on May 15, 2022, after a wintertime hiatus.

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Mountain guide given suspended 3-yr sentence for 4 climbers' deaths

File photo taken in January 2015 shows the 2,932-meter Mt. Shirouma straddling the border between Toyama and Nagano prefectures in Japan. The Nagano District Court on April 20, 2015 found a mountain guide, Kazuhiro Tagami, guilty of professional negligence resulting in death and sentenced him to three years in prison, suspended for five years, after four mountaineers in his care died on the mountain in Japan's Northern Alps in October 2006. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 aboard found dead from wreckage of plane in Northern Japan Alps

Photo taken June 4, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a small propeller plane, which went down in the Northern Japan Alps in central Japan the previous day. All four people aboard were found dead in the wreckage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mt. Kuro rated as physically most tough for climbers

Mt. Kuro, a 2,986-meter peak in the Northern Alps mountain range in central Japan, seen in this undated file photo, is designated as physically tough for climbers by an exercise physiologist among Japan's 100 famous mountains selected by a Japanese writer and mountaineer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Visitors get glimpse of undisclosed area in Kurobe Gorge tour

Participants of the "Kurobe Gorge panoramic view tour" see the Northern Japan Alps on May 29, 2015, from Kurobe, Toyama Prefecture. The tour allows participants to see an area which was off-limits to the public. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Weston Festival heralds arrival of summer mountaineering season

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Primary school students sing against the backdrop of Japan's Northern Alps during the Weston Festival held in memory of Walter Weston, who introduced the Japan Alps to the world, in Kamikochi in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on June 7, before the start of the summer mountaineering season. (Kyodo)

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Weston Festival heralds arrival of summer mountaineering season

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Primary school students sing against the backdrop of Japan's Northern Alps during the Weston Festival held in memory of Walter Weston, who introduced the Japan Alps to the world, in Kamikochi in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on June 7, before the start of the summer mountaineering season. (Kyodo)

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Alpinists enjoy mountain snow in northern Alps

KARASAWA, Japan - Alpinists enjoy spring mountain snow at Karasawa glacier valley in the northern Alps in Nagano Prefecture on May 4. Carp streamers are raised at a nearby lodge to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo)

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Alpinists enjoy mountain snow in northern Alps

KARASAWA, Japan - Alpinists flock to Karasawa glacier valley in the northern Alps in Nagano Prefecture on May 4 to enjoy spring mountain snow. (Kyodo)

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2 dead after helicopter crashes in central Japan mountains

NAGANO, Japan - A helicopter lies on the snow-covered Mt. Suishodake in the Northern Japan Alps in the city of Toyama on April 10 after a crash the previous day. Ten people who had been on board the helicopter were lifted out from a mountain hut by rescuers but two of them were pronounced dead in hospital. (Kyodo)

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Snow being removed on highland bus route in Northern Alps

TOYAMA, Japan - A long line is seen in the Northern Alps in central Japan on March 24 as heavy snow on a highland bus route through the mountain area is being removed to make a bus route. The 23-kilometer route, connecting Toyama in Toyama Prefecture and Omachi in Nagano Prefecture, will be completed in the middle of April. (Kyodo)

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Snow removed along Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine route in Toyama

TATEYAMA, Japan - Snow is removed on March 16 along the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine route in the Northern Alps in central Japan ahead of the opening of the road in April. (Kyodo)

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Snow removed along Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine route in Toyama

TATEYAMA, Japan - Snow is removed on March 16 along the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine route in the Northern Alps in central Japan ahead of the opening of the road in April. (Kyodo)

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Climbers die in Japan's Northern Alps

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 5, 2012, shows Mt. Shiroumadake in Nagano Prefecture. A group of six men, from Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern Japan, were found collapsed near the 2,932-meter mountain by another climber the same day and later confirmed dead due to hypothermia. (Kyodo)

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Climbers die in Japan's Northern Alps

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 5, 2012, shows mountain lodges in the village of Otari, Nagano Prefecture. A group of six men, from Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, were found collapsed near 2,932-meter Mt. Shiroumadake in the prefecture by another climber the same day and later confirmed dead due to hypothermia. They had gone missing after leaving Tsugaike Huette (L) in the morning the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Eastern Alps, Tennen Mountains, Tennengebirge, landscape, winter, snow, sunny

Austria, Eastern Alps, Tennen Mountains, Tennengebirge, landscape, winter, snow, sunny, February 13, 2020. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Raucheck peak, winter, snow, Eastern Alps, Tennen Mountains, Tennengebirge, landscape, winter, snow, cross country skiing trails, langl

Austria, Raucheck peak, winter, snow, Eastern Alps, Tennen Mountains, Tennengebirge, landscape, winter, snow, cross country skiing trails, langlaufen, February 9, 2020. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Eastern Alps, Tennen Mountains, Tennengebirge, landscape, winter, snow, fog, foggy

Austria, Eastern Alps, Tennen Mountains, Tennengebirge, landscape, winter, snow, fog, foggy evening, February 10, 2020. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Eastern Alps, Tennen Mountains, Tennengebirge, landscape, winter, snow, fog, foggy

Austria, Eastern Alps, Tennen Mountains, Tennengebirge, landscape, winter, snow, fog, foggy morning, February 15, 2020. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)