Tatayama Kurobe Alpine Route – Return Trip After another night at the mountain lodge Raichoso (雷鳥荘), we made an early depart just after 7 am, as we would have a fair bit of travelling to do to reach our last […]
It’s a full day for a leisurely hike to Mount Tateyama. For a mountain over 3000 metres, it is incredibly accessible – the Alpine Route brought us up to 2450m in Murodo, with some good quality accommodation; and then it […]
After the indoor onsen last night, today we would be trying out an outdoor onsen for the first time, and then proceed to the Alpine Route! Norikura-kogen Onsen (乗鞍高原温泉) Matsumoto (松本) For our next destination, the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, […]
Kamikochi (上高地) Kamikochi is a popular sight-seeing destination for its good views of the nearby Northern Alps, and its walking trails along the crystal clear Azusa River (梓川). For the hard-core mountain climbers it is also the starting point to […]
A lot of people visit the Tatayama Kurobe Alpine Route (立山黒部アルペンルート) in early spring. In the middle of the route and also the highest point (2450m) of the route, the Murodo (室堂) station, is the famous “snow corridor”, a road […]