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The Roof of Japan – Traversing the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route

April 19, 2016April 16, 2017Leave a comment

This article describes travelling to and through the famous snow corridor between Toyama and Nagano Prefectures, which opens in mid to late April every year, once the mountains roads can be cleared of snow. (Archived article - originally published by Japan Today)

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