TOYAMA -- The autumn foliage of the Tateyama mountain range in Japan's Northern Alps is at its peak, and Erman's birch, butterfly maple and other trees have carpeted the mountainside in glorious ...

A giant snow corridor has been plowed through the Northern Alps in central Japan. The route has reopened to traffic after being closed all winter.

TATEYAMA, Toyama Prefecture--The popular Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, running through the Northern Japan Alps and spanning 37.2 kilometers across Toyama and Nagano prefectures, fully opened on ...

Video. A snow-packed section that stretches about 37 kilometres was previously closed but traffic resumed on Tuesday for the first time in about four-and-half months.

Modern electric buses will replace the beloved trolleybuses that have carried millions of tourists on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route since 1996, Tateyama Kurobe Kanko Co. announced on Dec. 11.

Services on the Kurobe Gorge Railway are limited to certain sections as a bridge was damaged in the Noto Peninsula earthquake in January 2024. Operations are suspended every winter because of ...

A snow-packed section that stretches about 37 kilometres was previously closed but traffic resumed on Tuesday for the first ...

A giant snow corridor has been ploughed through the northern Alps in central Japan, finally enabling the route to reopen to traffic after being closed all winter. The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route ...