Other Vehicle Spots in Nagano Area

  • Ogizawa Station
    Travel / Tourism
    Nagano Pref. Omachishi Taira 2117
    A station on the Kanden Tunnel Trolleybus line run by Kansai Electric Power Company, it serves as the entrance to the Nagano Prefecture-side of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route. Inside the three-story station building, there is a ticket office on the first floor, a restaurant on the second, and the platform and observation deck on the third. In 2019, it will cease being a station with the pending elimination of the trolleybus.
  • Ontake Ropeway
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    Travel / Tourism
    Nagano Pref. Kisogunkisomachi Mitake 1
    This ropeway travels 2,330 meters between Kanose and Iimori Kogen Stations with a difference in height above sea level of 580 meters, taking 15 minutes each way. Located at around 2,000 meters above sea level in a mountainous area, the service may be suspended depending on circumstances due to changing weather conditions. In the Kozan Botanical Gardens at the summit, you will find lovely flowers including Potentilla fruticose var. mandshurica, Phyllodoce nipponica, clubmoss mountain heather and Rhododendrum dauricum. There is also an observatory restaurant from which you can look at the superb view while enjoying pasta or sweets created by the chef.

    国道19号からはなかなか長い道のりで、ロープウェイの駅は山の中腹にあるので、結構登ります。 ロープウェイはなかなかの料金ですが、個室で安心かつ気兼ねなく乗れるし、展望台は20度前後の涼しい気温。避暑にはぴったりです。 みちすがらもロープウェイの駅にも飲食店はないので、お昼どきは開田高原かどこかで食べてから登りましょう。山上の駅には喫茶店があります。

  • Fujimidai Kogen Ropeway Heavens Sonohara
    Travel / Tourism
    Nagano Pref. Shimoinagunachimura Chisato 3731-4
    The ropeway connects Fujimidai Kogen at an elevation of 800 meters to a point 1,400 meters high. From there change to the lift to reach the observation deck at an elevation of 1,600 meters. You can see the view as it changes from season to season from the gondola and lift as it passes through the magnificent natural scenery. Take joy in the different seasons with skunk cabbage in spring, carpets of flowers in summer, and the changing colors of the leaves in autumn. In autumn too it’s possible to witness a sea of cloud from the observation deck. And also this place was selected by the Ministry of the Environment as the best place to see the brightest stars. Visitors can enjoy the beautiful starry sky on the night tour.
  • Yokoteyama Skylator
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamanouchi cho, Shimokitai gun, Nagano Prefecture
    A moving walkway located in Yamanouchi Town, Shimotakai County, Nagano Prefecture which can be used to reach the top of Mt. Yokote in about five minutes. Extending up the mountain near National Route 292, the walkway is 200 meters long and has a difference in elevation of 35 meters. Wild grasses and flowers grow along the walkway and riders can enjoy the picturesque view on their way to the top. Thanks to how easy it makes reaching the top, the walkway is a popular sightseeing destination.

Nagano Areas

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Nagano prefecture is an exciting mix of mountains, hot spring monkeys, and preserved Edo history. At the heart of the Japanese Alps, Nagano is one of the country’s most popular destinations, whether in winter for its snow sports and the much-loved Jigokudani Monkey Park or in the warmer months for discovering the undulating hills on foot. For fantastic Edo architecture, head to the Kiso Valley for a 60-kilometer stretch of quaint wooden buildings that marked the Nakasendo route 200 years ago.

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