Best viewed after seeing previous post about this Japanese alpine valley.
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A Valley of contradictions. It is “isolated, remote”. You cannot self-drive into it. For much of the year it is snowbound, closed. However, each summer Kamikochi has hundreds of thousands of visitors; most are highly “packaged” daytrippers.
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Its natural beauty, wildlife, cuisine, art and people make Japan a wonderful destination. English-speakers in search of opportunities for amusement and/or bewilderment will also be rewarded – many times, daily – by Japan’s signs, labels and menus.
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Photo copyright Doug Spencer, taken on May 20, 2017 at Otofuke Shrine.
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…and if it is Room 1316 at the Yumoto Ginsen-kaku, you just might see a view like this one.
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…and many other glorious things and places, including this beautiful lake. It is a “drowned” caldera.
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Cherry Blossom time is all over in Tokyo, but in cooler Hokkaido Spring is still unfolding, not all trees are yet in leaf, and it is prime time for Cherry Blossoms.
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Kamikochi is a very beautiful valley in the “northern Alps” of the Japanese Alps.
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A surprise/shock awaits any whale-protecting nation’s citizen who strolls through Tokyo’s Ueno Park and happens upon Japan’s National Museum of Nature and Science.
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My favourite wine “product description”, as spotted yesterday in Kamikochi in the northern Japanese Alps.
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