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Kamikochi - Nagano


2016/5/5

Kamikochi is one of the most scenic places in Japan. The best season to visit Kamikochi is the lte spring  or early summer. We went  during the mid spring in the Golden Week in Japan so it was still the winter for the highlands.

We can reach midway by our own car and then we have to use the shuttle buses. Refer to the [Access] tab for more information. 

We got out of the bus at the Taisho pond and started to walk.

  • Taisho Pond
It was cloudy that day but the water still had a beautiful emerald color. 





  • Tashiro Pond

 There was not much water in the pond but Mount Yadake towers over this pond too.

I could capture a beautiful texture photograph of the clear water flowing over the  stones.




  • Hotaka Bridge

We pass over several bridges on the trail and this is one of them. The water is flowing beneath with snowy mountains at the background.


  • Weston Memorial Palque

We rarely see foreigners getting credit for something in Japan. Here we came across, one Walter Weston, who gets the credit for  exploring Japanese Alps.


  • Kappa Bridge
This is the most scenic view in the trail The Japanese Alps in the background and the hanging bridge named Kappa with the Azusa river flowing beneath. It was just beautiful, that is all the words can say.

We decided to turn back as weather turned worse.




Thank you Amilendra, Dan, Patali, Pasanaga and Hasani for joining this trip.
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