When you take a Kurobe Cable Car from Kurobe-Daira, you will arrive at "Kurobeko", which means Lake Kurobe and is located to the west side of Lake Kurobe.

Lake Kurobe is an artificial lake of Kurobe Dam. Kurobe Dam was built in 1963 at the deep and steep Kurobe Gorge between two mountain ranges, whose altitude is approximately 3,000 meters in height.

From "Kurobe-Ko" station of the Kurobe Cable Car, you can access the boarding point of the pleasure boat, "Garve-Go". "Garve-Go" travels on Lake Kurobe in 30 minutes.

From the boat, you can see Kurobe-Dam and will realize how huge Kurobe-Dam is.

As Lake Kurobe is sandwiched between two mountain ranges, it has an elongated shape in the north and south. From "Garve-Go", you will see Mt. Hakuba to the north, and the North Japan Alps to the south.

You can also enjoy seeing high mountains surrounding Lake Kurobe. Mt. Tatayama also can be seen from "Garve-GO". The white building in the middle of Mt. Tateyama is Daikanbo Station.

After enjoying riding "Garve-Go", you can walk on the Kurobe-Dam.

Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route connects between Tateyama Station to Ohgisawa Bus Stop by a couple types of transportations. However, to cross Kurobe Gorge from Kurobe-Ko Station on the west side of Lake Kurobe to the Kurobedam Bus Stop on the east side of the lake, a walking connection is required on Kurobe Dam.

The height of Kurobe Dam is 186 meters. You can see the bottom of Kurobe Gorge from the top of the dam. The view is so high it is dazzling. You can also enjoy seeing water-discharge from the dam as a sightseeing purpose. The view is also majestic.

At the east side of Kurobe Dam, you will see the statues shown in the below picture.

The construction of Kurobe Dam took seven years and was very difficult. The lives of 171 people were lost during the construction. The statues were built in memory of these people and to pray for them.

On the east side of Kurobe Dam, Kurobedam Bus Stop of Kanden Trolley- Bus is located in the basement of the east side cliff. A Kanden Trolley Bus accesses to Ohgisawa Bus Stop, where the east gateway of Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route is located. In order to take a Kanden Trolley bus, you need a preliminary reservation, the same as a Takeyama Cable Car.

How to get there
You can access Daikanbo both from Toyama Station through Tateyama and Bijyodaira and from Ohgisawa through Kurobe Dam.
For more details, please refer to the page of Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.

Official English Website:
http://www.tateyama-inc.jp/english/index.html

Other Historical Sites near by:
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route
Murodo
Daikanbo
Kurobe Daira