Tourists enjoy viewing the snow walls, called Yuki no Otani, standing high on both sides of the stretch on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route in Tateyama Town, Toyama Prefecture on April 15, 2023. The route, a popular and scenic mountain pass that runs through the Northern Japanese Alps in Toyama and Nagano prefectures, opened its entire stretch on the sane day, ending the winter closure period.(Photo by Noboru Hosono/Yomiuri/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP Photo)
