Dam, that's beautiful: Infrastructure tourism gains steam in Japan

Tokyo-based Club Tourism offers backstage access to public facilities

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Iida Dam in central Ibaraki Prefecture. Tour participants will have the chance to take a rare look at the inner workings of public infrastructure. (Photo courtesy of Ibaraki Prefecture)

YUKIHIRO TAKEFUTA, Nikkei Mito bureau chief

MITO, Japan -- As Japan's tourism sector plots a comeback from a coronavirus-induced chill, one Tokyo-based company aims to give the curious public an inside look at dams, power stations and other infrastructure that make daily life possible.

Club Tourism International recently opened up applications for one-day bus tours to neighboring Ibaraki Prefecture, where officials will give a handful of guests access to facilities normally closed to the general public.

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