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  • May 14, 2020

    Tateyama Station

    Tateyama Station is a small but busy station and terminus of the Toyama Chiho Railway Tateyama Line. As such, Tateyama Station is one of two starting points for ascending the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpi...
  • May 14, 2020

    Unazuki Station

    Unazuki Station is a small station and terminus of the Kurobe Gorge Railway. Located in Unazuki Onsen, the station is a brief walk from Unazuki Onsen Station – the terminus of the Toyama Chiho Ra...
  • September 21, 2019

    [Spring Only] 1-Day Tour from Nagano: Snow Walls of Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route

    Head high into Japan's tallest mountain range via the legendary Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route and onto the 'Roof of Japan'. With two pickup points in Nagano City , this engaging tour to the immense Sn...
  • September 21, 2019

    [Summer/Autumn only] Tateyama-Kurobe Tour: Walking on the ‘Roof of Japan’

    This tour takes you high into Japan's tallest mountain range and into the shadow of one of Japan’s three sacred mountains, Mount Tate. Using the mountain transports of the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Rout...
  • July 29, 2019

    Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route

    The Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route can rightly lay claim to being one of Japan’s most iconic and spectacular landscapes. Inaccessible during winter, the Alpine Route emerges (and is carved) from the sno...
  • July 27, 2019

    Ride the Kurobe Gorge Railway

    Running 20km from Unazuki Station to Keyakidaira Station, the Kurobe Gorge Railway is one of Japan’s most scenic train-rides. Taking approximately 80 minutes to complete the journey between Unazuki an...
  • June 3, 2019

    Activities

    NAGANO’S BEST SPRING/SUMMER TOURS! COMBINE TOURS & CREATE YOUR OWN MULTIDAY PACKAGE!

    As Nagano’s No.1 tour operator, Snow Monkey Resorts continues to welcome new and old friends into the region, as more and more people discover the seasonal beauty of Central Japan. There’s never a...
  • April 25, 2019

    Kurobe Gorge

    As a mountainous country, Japan has its share of beautiful gorges and ravines and among them, Kurobe Gorge is one of the most beautiful. Cut deep into the mountains by the Kurobe River, this is also ...
  • April 25, 2019

    Shomyo Falls

    At 350 metres in height, Shomyo Falls is the tallest waterfall in Japan. Known as ‘Shomyo-daki’ in Japanese, the waterfall has four stages – dropping 70, 58, 96 and 126 metres respectively. The falls...