As beautiful and efficient as Alpine Route is, to be honest, this just has to be mentioned, or rather shown here.
It's just like being at Tokyo Central Station on a Monday Morning!!
Updated Sep 11, 2004
the Toyama-Kurobe Alpine Route!
At least they try to make it as efficient as possible wit h taking paper stubs with a number ,etc.
Written Sep 11, 2004
I don't know if it was because of the season or if it is always like this, but a recommendation to avoid is to take the less travelled route in reverse, i.e. from Omachi toward Toyama.
Written Sep 11, 2004
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I don't know if it was because of the season or if it is always like this, but a recommendation to avoid is to take the less travelled route in reverse, i.e....
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Actually this Tateyama is located in Toyama-ken...

...but while that is being sorted out at the Technical Support at Virtual Tourist, I'll use this section temporarily and move the page later. This is the famous Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route passage...
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