Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route

This is something interesting. Can't wait to experience it..



The Alpine Route is a spectacular scenic passage over the Japanese Alps connecting Nagano Prefecture’s Omachi with Toyama Prefecture and the Sea of Japan. This is an area of immense snowfall, and when the road opens in mid May, it is surrounded on both sides by walls of snow 10 meters tall. 

Special hybrid busses carry amazed passengers from the Toyama side to Murodo, which is the starting point to climb the peak of Mount Tateyama, one of Japan’s Three Sacred Mountains. 

From Murodo, the route conveys people on an exciting variety of transportation including cable car and ropeway to massive Kurobe Dam then through a 6.1 km tunnel (an amazing engineering feat) to the Omachi side.
http://www.go-nagano.net/

Comments

  1. UnknownFebruary 29, 2012 at 12:24 AM

    What a great experience!!..I'm sure you are going to experience it..good luck..

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  2. [SK]February 29, 2012 at 7:50 AM

    interesting!! you must go there!!

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  3. EnsuraiFebruary 29, 2012 at 8:51 AM

    Japan - lovely!! Enjoy!!

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  4. Small KucingFebruary 29, 2012 at 10:31 AM

    rather scary looking from above

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  5. MerrynFebruary 29, 2012 at 10:32 AM

    This place is beautiful. I hope you'll get good weather when you are there :)

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  6. Twilight ManFebruary 29, 2012 at 1:37 PM

    What a good timing! I will be visiting Japan soon. I must check out where Toyama is. The Alpine photo is amazing.

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  7. FiShFebruary 29, 2012 at 2:22 PM

    a ropeway sounds interesting there! must visit this place if i have a chance :)

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  8. ReanaclaireFebruary 29, 2012 at 3:03 PM

    Never been there la, Wenn..something new to me.. :)

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  9. Joe ToddFebruary 29, 2012 at 10:19 PM

    All I can say is WOW

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  10. LifeRamblingsMarch 1, 2012 at 7:02 AM

    such a gorgeous landscape.

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