Arrival at Ōgizawa trolley bus station |
Even the 7am queues are crazy |
Return ticket for Murodō |
Boarding the trolley buses |
Misty mountains around Kurobe |
Reservoir beyond the dam |
Stream running down the mountains |
Unmelted drift at Daikanbō |
How do I appear out there? |
Posing next to the ice |
Tourists streaming out of Murodō bus center |
Dew-tinged flowers at Murodō |
Fog enshrouded Mikuri-ga-ike |
Ice covering the path to Jigokudani Onsen |
Enma-dai Observation Site |
Thinning clouds over Jigokudani Onsen |
The mountain peaks appear |
Receding clouds on the horizon |
View down on Kajiya-jigoku |
Pathway to Raichō-zawa |
Clear view towards Oyama |
Climbing back up the sunny path |
Taking in the view |
SIgn marker and looming Oyama |
Kitted-out Japanese hikers |
Sulfur-tainted ice on Mikuri-ga-ike |
Greenery and ice around the pond |
The clouds return over the path |
Snow patterns on the mountainside |
Line of daytrippers on the path |
Mikuri-ga-ike and sign marker |
Walking out amongst the snow |
Makeshift stupa at Murodō |
A glimpse of the local wildlife |
A rare unobstructed view of the Tateyama marker |
Remnants of the Yuki-no-Ōtani (snow corridor) |
Tramcar ascending the ropeway |
Antennas at the top of Daikanbō station |
Passing cable car |
Packing back in at Kurobe-daira |
View down on the dam from Kurobe-daira |
Cable car leaving Kurobe-daira |
View across the mountains from Kurobe-daira |
Mountain layers under cloud |
Aerovane over Kurobe-daira |
Rows of hills in the distance |
Nikkō-kizuge lily at Kurobe-daira |
Kurobe-daira station |
Waiting on the arriving funicular car |
Back at Kurobe-ko |
Pine trees jutting over the reservoir |
Mountain scenery along the reservoir |
Massive discharge on the dam's outer wall |
View up to Kurobe Dam station |
Walking atop Kurobe-ko |
Stairway along a support wall |
View down the interior wall |
Memorial to the dam builders |
Neglected boats in the reservoir |
Above the vast discharge |
Outer wall and reservoir beyond |
Kurobe Dam |
Trolleybus at Ōgizawa |
Scenery around Ōgizawa |