Streeview of Tokyo suburb from the train.
View of the Yamanashi Prefecture.
Rhododendron welcomed visitors to Matsumoto castle. The keep of the castle was one of the few original keeps that were not destroyed and rebuilt.
The keep of the Matsumoto castle reflected on the moat.
View of the Matsumoto city from the top floor of the keep.
View of the garden from the keep.
The Kaichi school was the first junior high school of Japan, established in the early years of Meiji era. The building of the school was moved to the current location as a museum in the Showa era.
View of the Meiji era classroom.
View of the rice fields and the reflections of the Japan Alps on the train from Matsumoto to Shinano Omachi.
The Japan Alps was still covered in snow.
The buses waiting to pick up tour groups at Ogisawa.
The electric trolley bus took us from Ogisawa to Kurobe Dam along the tunnel cutting through the mountain.
The Korube resoveir.
Looking down the dam and the valley from the tallest point for the dam.
The funicular took us from Kurobe Dam to Kurobedaira through the mountain.
View of the Kurobe Resoveir from Kurobedaira.
View of the Kurobe Resoveir on the ropeway from Kurobedaira to Daikanbo.
Waiting for the electric buses from the opposite direction to pass in the tunnel from Daikanbo to Murodo.
The Alley of Snow near the observation deck of Murodo station.
The Tateyama Hotel in the snow.
The entrance to the Gorge of Snow at Murodo, the main attraction of the Tateyama Kurobe Japan Alpine Route in the early spring.
The tour group organized by the hotel took visitors to the deepest point of the gorge.
Glimpse of blue sky above the Gorge of Snow.
We left the Gorge of Snow in the sunset hours.
View of the dusk over Tateyama from the hotel room.
