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Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route tour

Takashi M.

by Takashi M.

(17 reviews)

Last updated : Feb 11, 2021・1 min read

Big Snow Wall Corridor

The Tateyama is a heavy snowfall region. Depending on the year, 20 m deep snow can be piled up. Snow corridor walking is opened from mid April to mid June. It's about 500 m long walk. The snow of the corridor is the height from 17 m to 14 m. We use 5 different transportations to get to Kurobe Dam from Tateyama station. They are Tateyama Cable Car, Tateyama Highland Bus, Tateyama Tunnel Trolley Bus, Tateyama Ropeway, Kurobe Cable Car. Kurobe Dam is the highest arch dam in Japan. The dam is 186 m tall.

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