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THE LATEST NEWS, SOME COOL REVIEWS AND A FEW USEFUL TIPS FOR NAVIGATING THE NETWORK
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TAKE THE
SCENIC ROUTE
JR East, the railway company
operating in eastern Japan,
has launched the Tateyama
Kurobe Option Ticket. For
¥9,000, visitors can take a
one-way ride from the JR
Nagano/Shinano-Omachi
station to Dentetsu-Toyama
station on the Toyama Chiho
Railway, or vice versa.
From Dentetsu-Toyama
station, visitors can take the
Toyama Chiho Railway plying
the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine
Route — a scenic 37km ride
through the Northern Japan
Alps. Seeing the autumn
foliage, which starts in late
September, and visiting the
Kurobe Dam — Japan’s tallest
dam — are just two of the
reasons to make a trip. From
Tokyo station, travelers need to
take the Hokuriku Shinkansen
to get to Nagano.
The ticket will be on sale
from September 1 to November
11, 2015. Visit the JR East
website at
bit.ly/1Je9Ibr
for
details.
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