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.

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