The Venus Line is a 76km highland scenic road traversing the Yatsugatake foothills and the Utsukushigahara plateau in central Nagano. The road runs at 1,400–2,000m for nearly its entire length, crossing alpine meadows, birch forests, and grassland highlands with views of the Northern, Central, and Southern Japanese Alps. Best from late June (when the road fully opens) through mid-October. The Nikko-kisuge day-lily bloom in mid-July at Kirigamine is one of Japan's great floral spectacles.
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