By KENGO MAEDA/ Staff Writer
April 16, 2024 at 15:27 JST
Tourists arrive at the famed snow walls in Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, as the popular Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route opens on April 15. (Tatsuro Kanai)
TATEYAMA, Toyama Prefecture--Tourists marveled at breathtaking mountain views and towering walls of snow as the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route fully opened here on April 15.
Visitors can travel by bus and cable car along the tourist route running through the snowcapped Northern Japan Alps. The route spans 37.2 kilometers across Toyama and Nagano prefectures.
The famed snow walls, rising as high as 14 meters, were especially dazzling against the backdrop of the clear, blue sky.
Linda Lai, a visitor from Taiwan, said it was a magnificent and powerful landscape, similar to photos she has seen of the Alps in Europe.
The route remains open until the end of November while the walking path between the snow walls is available until June 25.
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