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Roof of Japan – The Snow Corridor on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine route

Posted by on May 14, 2015 in Nature, Photos | 3 Comments


Tateyama Station – the start of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
Tunnel for the cable car on Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
Stage two on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route – 50 minute bus ride up to Murodo Station.
Bus parking and a hotel passed during stage two of the Tateyam Kuronbe Alpine Route.
Mountains over Murodo Station – the highest station on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
Near Murodo Station, Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
The Scenic Walk at Murodo Station, on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
The Scenic Walk at Murodo Station, on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
Visitors writing messages in the Snow Corridor on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
Buses help to appreciate just how tall the walls of snow are in the snow corridor on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
The Snow Corridor, Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
The Snow Corridor, Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
The Snow Corridor is the most popular attraction on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route in when it opens in early spring.
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
The mountains of the Tateyama National Park.
The mountains of the Tateyama National Park.
The area around the Tateyama Alpine Route is a popular destination for late season back country skiing and snow boarding.
The mountains of the Tateyama National Park.
The mountains of the Tateyama National Park.
TThe mountains of the Tateyama National Park.
The area’s most famous resident – Japanese Ptarmigan (Raicho), Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
The area’s most famous resident – Japanese Ptarmigan (Raicho), Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
The mountains of the Tateyama National Park, along the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
The mountains of the Tateyama National Park, along the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
The mountains of the Tateyama National Park, along the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
The mountains of the Tateyama National Park, along the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
The mountains of the Tateyama National Park, along the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
The mountains of the Tateyama National Park, along the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
Patterns in the deep snow in Tateyama National Park, along the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
Strange icy yet feathery snow, Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
The mountains of the Tateyama National Park, along the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
Tateyama National Park, along the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route. The path below is closed due to dangerous volanic gases.
The mountains of the Tateyama National Park, along the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
The mountains of the Tateyama National Park, along the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.

For more information the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, visit their official website here.

 

 

 

 

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