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Day 10 of 28 · Kamikochi · Japan Island Immersion: Metropolis to Alpine Peaks

Day 10 — Myojin Pond

AT BASEAT BASEalpine hike

An easy day at your base in Kamikochi, with no driving and plenty of free time.

The stage: Kamikochi Valley & Azusa River
The stage: Kamikochi Valley & Azusa River© photographed on 22 May 1999 by alpsdake — Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Stage 5 · Kamikochi · Japan

We sleep at 上高地西糸屋山荘, 200 m away

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days 8 and 10 3 nights 1 h 36 on the road103 kmclimate favourable

Interest of the place — nature 15. Based on: remarkable site in a valley setting; viewpoint reached from the stage (Kappa Bridge).

programme
5 h 30
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12 h

To add if time allows: Relaxing with coffee at the historic Kamikochi Imperial Hotel (1 h 30) · Strolling from Taisho Pond to Kappa Bridge (3 h)

Bad-weather option — something else that day — Observing wild Japanese macaques along the Azusa River

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