This route is called the Tateyama to Kurobe Alpine Route but we traveled in the reverse direction from Kurobe to Tateyama. We started from Matsumoto traveling by rail to Shinano-Omachi, then in turn by bus to Ogizawa, trolley bus to the Kurobe Dam, walked across the mighty dam, underground funicular railway to Kurobedaira, cable car to Daikanbo, tunnel trolley bus to Murodo, bus to Bijodaira, cable car to Tateyama then a couple of trains to Toyama. We ended our long day in Kanazawa. Fickle mountain weather limited mountain views. The route was very crowded with tourists but that may have been because we travelled at the weekend and the route had only just opened up after its winter closure. Incidentally, Japanese call "Cable Cars" "Rope Ways" and "Funicular Railways" "Cable Cars" in their English language tourist information.