Tateyama Snow Corridor - 65 Feet High Snow Walls ☃️❄️

imhotep

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    Very beautiful parts of Japan. You should visit at the correct season and it's a part of Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route. This is the stunning Northern Japanese Alps. Between Tateyama Station and Ogizawa you can't drive - closed to private vehicles. The snow corridors are around Murodo.
    There are several places of interest including the Kurobe Dam. I believe it's the tallest in Japan. It was raining a bit when we reached the dam but we all had raincoats and managed.
    Mt Tateyama is considered a sacred mountain (along with Mt Fuji & Mt Hakusan) and is a sort of a heaven. But the unique volcanic landscape has also prompted comparisons with hell - there's hot sulphur smelling steam emanating from the ground in nearby areas.

    PS: For those considering visits to Japan, if you can visit Rural Japan there's a lot to see other than concrete structures. Japan isn't limited to Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima etc.
    Kamikochi, Mt Norikura are really scenic areas close to Takayama. Just a couple of hours drive. We covered the most in a bit more than 3 weeks, long distances on the Shinkansen and then rented a mini-bus at the destination. There are always friends joining with us and it usually becomes the three of plus at least another four.
    We have visited Japan a few times and will be in Japan again in the second week of October - This time starting from Sapporo (Hokkaido)- will be sight-seeing away from the city and fly back to Tokyo where we stay for about five days. I have to meet some friends at the University of Tokyo.
     

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    Very beautiful parts of Japan. You should visit at the correct season and it's a part of Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route. This is the stunning Northern Japanese Alps. Between Tateyama Station and Ogizawa you can't drive - closed to private vehicles. The snow corridors are around Murodo.
    There are several places of interest including the Kurobe Dam. I believe it's the tallest in Japan. It was raining a bit when we reached the dam but we all had raincoats and managed.
    Mt Tateyama is considered a sacred mountain (along with Mt Fuji & Mt Hakusan) and is a sort of a heaven. But the unique volcanic landscape has also prompted comparisons with hell - there's hot sulphur smelling steam emanating from the ground in nearby areas.

    PS: For those considering visits to Japan, if you can visit Rural Japan there's a lot to see other than concrete structures. Japan isn't limited to Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima etc.
    Kamikochi, Mt Norikura are really scenic areas close to Takayama. Just a couple of hours drive. We covered the most in a bit more than 3 weeks, long distances on the Shinkansen and then rented a mini-bus at the destination. There are always friends joining with us and it usually becomes the three of plus at least another four.
    We have visited Japan a few times and will be in Japan again in the second week of October - This time starting from Sapporo (Hokkaido)- will be sight-seeing away from the city and fly back to Tokyo where we stay for about five days. I have to meet some friends at the University of Tokyo.
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    Honda.putha

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    Very beautiful parts of Japan. You should visit at the correct season and it's a part of Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route. This is the stunning Northern Japanese Alps. Between Tateyama Station and Ogizawa you can't drive - closed to private vehicles. The snow corridors are around Murodo.
    There are several places of interest including the Kurobe Dam. I believe it's the tallest in Japan. It was raining a bit when we reached the dam but we all had raincoats and managed.
    Mt Tateyama is considered a sacred mountain (along with Mt Fuji & Mt Hakusan) and is a sort of a heaven. But the unique volcanic landscape has also prompted comparisons with hell - there's hot sulphur smelling steam emanating from the ground in nearby areas.

    PS: For those considering visits to Japan, if you can visit Rural Japan there's a lot to see other than concrete structures. Japan isn't limited to Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima etc.
    Kamikochi, Mt Norikura are really scenic areas close to Takayama. Just a couple of hours drive. We covered the most in a bit more than 3 weeks, long distances on the Shinkansen and then rented a mini-bus at the destination. There are always friends joining with us and it usually becomes the three of plus at least another four.
    We have visited Japan a few times and will be in Japan again in the second week of October - This time starting from Sapporo (Hokkaido)- will be sight-seeing away from the city and fly back to Tokyo where we stay for about five days. I have to meet some friends at the University of Tokyo.
    Is there anything to see in this snow corridor apart from snow?
     

    imhotep

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    Is there anything to see in this snow corridor apart from snow?
    There's the road in between.... :ROFLMAO: It's not only the snow. These alpine areas are quite scenic. That's only if you like and appreciate the beauty of nature. My wife always travel to remote places in every country which are beautiful.
    Similar snow corridors are there in northern Norway, if you get in at the right time. Sometimes you drive large distances through snow walls. Of course these are machine cut every morning and the road is monitored and kept free of ice.
    It's much more than poking your head in an undefrosted freezer :P
     

    Honda.putha

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    There's the road in between.... :ROFLMAO: It's not only the snow. These alpine areas are quite scenic. That's only if you like and appreciate the beauty of nature. My wife always travel to remote places in every country which are beautiful.
    Similar snow corridors are there in northern Norway, if you get in at the right time. Sometimes you drive large distances through snow walls. Of course these are machine cut every morning and the road is monitored and kept free of ice.
    It's much more than poking your head in an undefrosted freezer :P
    Thanks for the response. I like to be in the nature but prefer green.
    In winter, it is disappointing to see everything in white. I hate it.