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A giant snow corridor near the otherworldly Mount Tateyama, one of Japan’s three sacred mountains, is reopening to travelers on April 15.
Called Yuki no Otani (or Great Valley of Snow), this 500-meter-long (1,620-foot-long) pathway cuts through towering snow walls that rise up to 20 meters (66 feet) at the highest point of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
Stretching across the Toyama and Nagano prefectures north of Tokyo, the 90-kilometer (56-mile) sightseeing route – dubbed the “Roof of Japan” – offers incredible views of the 3,015-meter (9,892-foot) Mount Tateyama and 2,478-meter (8,130-foot) Mount Akazawa-dake peaks,…
2023-04-14 02:48:19
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