Water discharge event starts at popular tourist spot Kurobe Dam

Kurobe Dam, a popular tourist destination in the central Japan prefecture of Toyama, began its annual discharge of water on Friday.The hydroelectric dam, located in Japan's Northern Alps, releases 10 to 15 tons of water a second through gates in the middle of its 186-meter dam wall, the tallest in Japan, creating a spectacular arc that can be viewed from a designated observatory area.Kansai Electric Power Co., the operator of the dam, said the water discharge began in 1961 to maintain the landscape of the nearby Kurobe River during summer when the water level typically drops."I would like v…READ FULL ARTICLE