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Alpine Route to Famous Japanese Snow Wall Opens

The famous Japanese Snow Corridor on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route opened on April 15, 2024. The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route is a breathtakingly beautiful scenic route in Japan that spans from Toyama Prefecture to Nagano Prefecture. It’s a popular tourist destination, especially during spring and early summer, when the height of the Snow Wall along the route is at […]

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Julia Schneemann | April 28, 2024
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65-Foot Snow Walls in Japan | Tateyama Route Opened Today

One of the snowiest places on Earth opened up her alpine route to tourists today with walls of snow up to 65-feet tall. The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route in Japan is about 5 hours from Tokyo and this uniquely beautiful alpine zone attracts up to 1 million visitors per year. Tourists crowded the route yesterday to see the impressive 65-foot snow walls and revel in the alpine of Tateyama. The snowiest part of the route is 1000-feet long and the park allows visitors to walk this section to take photos and be blown away by all the snow. The entire […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | April 16, 2015
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Where in the World is This Photo From? Snowbanks 40-Feet Tall – Can’t Be Real…

Over the past few years, the internet has bounced around photos of this spot claiming it’s the Alps, Russia, California, British Columiba, or Alaska.  None of these are accurate.  Even when people got the country correct it was the wrong island or wrong location.  So, we thought we’d clear it up.  This is an impressive amount of snow and this […]

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Miles Clark | April 18, 2013
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