Tanigawadake & Minakami — Gunma Highlands toEchigo-Yuzawa.
Distance
70 km
Duration
1 day
Climb
1,100 m
Tanigawadake & Minakami — Gunma Highlands to Echigo-Yuzawa.
From the onsen and rafting town of Minakami up the upper Tone valley to Mt Tanigawa, then over the old Mikuni road into Niigata's snow country. Passes Doai, Japan's deepest railway station, and ends in Echigo-Yuzawa, the setting of Kawabata's novel Snow Country.
Quick facts
SurfacePaved
Distance70 km
Days1
Total climb1,100 m
DifficultyModerate
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The route.
Minakami OnsenStart · Start in Minakami, a hot-spring and white-water town on the upper Tone River in northern Gunma.
Doai StationScenic Point · Doai Station — Japan's deepest 'mole station', its northbound platform 70m underground at the foot of 486 steps. Eerie and unforgettable.
Tanigawadake RopewayMountain Pass · Base of the Tanigawadake Ropeway. Mt Tanigawa (1,977m) is notorious as one of the world's deadliest climbing peaks; ride the cable car to Tenjindaira for alpine views.
Echigo-YuzawaEnd · Cross into Niigata via the Mikuni road and the Shimizu tunnel, ending in Echigo-Yuzawa, the onsen town of Kawabata's Snow Country.
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