My Alpen Adventure

Along with Mt.Fuji and Mt.Hakusan, Tateyama is one of Japan's Three Sacred Mountains and has been worshiped since ancient times. Tateyama Range is a spectacular and solemn display of peaks, soaring to an altitude of 3,000 meters.It is also one of the National Parks in Japan. The variety of its topography creates a beauty of nature which has long been the love of many alpinists. With the completion of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, linking Toyama and Nagano Prefectures, Tateyama's heights have become more accessible to us.

The other interesting point other than the picturesque state of the mountains are the varieties of vehicles.To complete the route i went on many types of mode of transportation, firstly a cable car called the Tateyama Cable Car,then rode on the Tateyama Highland Bus which i think is the only transportation allowed (no personal vehicles were seen).This Highland Bus took us from the altitude of 1000m to a highland altitude of 2500m.After spending some time Ootani walking and sliding my way through the ice, i went onto the Tateyama Tunnel Trolley Bus. It is said that the tunnel goes through the mountains and also the through the highest mountain the Alpen Route range which is called Oyama.the interesting thing about the trolley bus is that it operates on electricity but it has tyres ok...

Next, i went on the Ropeway. It is "one span ropeway" which does not have any supports in the middle of 1710m of extension, and fluctuates in 500m of height differences. It is called "the observatory to move" and the panorama of 360 degrees is the highlight. Great isn`t it? Aftet that, i rode on the Kurobe Cable Car.In Japan, it is the only cable car which passes underground from beginning to the end. The reason being is to avoid influenced of heavy snow in winter, and in order to keep the natural scene of Tateyama.

After all that, i again rode a trolley bus called the Kanden Tunnel Trolley Bus, which also operates on electricity. How superbly clean and fresh. As private cars are prohibited up to a certain limit, the place is highly efficient with the connectivity of the transportation and their willingness to invest in green technology is highly respected.