{"id":33346,"date":"2022-12-22T18:47:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T10:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=33346"},"modified":"2026-03-12T21:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:43:07","slug":"day-12-takayama-northern-alps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2022\/12\/22\/day-12-takayama-northern-alps\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 12 @ Takayama – Northern Alps"},"content":{"rendered":"

To cut a long story short, our visit to see the Northern Alps turned out to be a major disappointment: our first so far this trip, and hopefully the only one! Basically, the Shinhotaka Ropeway, which is used by visitors to get up to the summit for that glorious view of Mt. Hotaka, operates in two sections: Ropeway 1 that brings visitors up to around 1,451 meters altitude, and Ropeway 2 with its iconic double-decker gondola, which brings visitors the rest of the way. We purchased combo tickets – bus and ropeway, roundtrip – at the Nohi Takayama Bus Terminal, took off on the 7AM bus, made it to the base station at 8:37AM – only to receive the bad news upon arrival that Ropeway 2 was closed because of strong winds. Ropeway 1 was still operating though, but there isn\u2019t much to see at the midpoint.<\/p>\n

Still, since we\u2019d arrived and we didn\u2019t want to waste the effort it took to get here, we decided to just chill at the cafe at the midpoint, had some really yummy pastries – including Hida beef curry pies – to, well, soak in the atmosphere before making our way down the ropeway again to catch the 10:55AM return bus to Takayama. There was a partial refund though on account that we never got to use the ticket segment for Ropeway 2.<\/p>\n

A couple of not very spectacular photos – there really isn’t much of a view at Ropeway Station 1 – and of the process.<\/p>\n

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We were issued tickets for the ropeway at Nohi Bus Terminal at Takayama.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The bad news when we reached the base station. It boggles the mind why the Nohi Bus Terminal information center staff didn’t say anything but happily let us purchase the tickets.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Thick layer of fog and mist at the mountain tops.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Visitors from around the world: there are more Singaporeans who have visited this place than any other nationality?!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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There’s a foot bath area at Ropeway 1 Station. We didn’t bring along a towel, so didn’t get to try this.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Curry bun with Hida beef pie. Yummy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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View of the area from the cafe at Ropeway 1 Station.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Writing this blog entry while at Ropeway 1 Station.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Kids were happy to play in the snow – and rain – though.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The wife took this picture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We got back to Takayama, had lunch, then headed to our next stop – Hida Folk Village. Continued in the next post!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To cut a long story short, our visit to see the Northern Alps turned out to be a major disappointment: our first so far this trip, and hopefully the only one! Basically, the Shinhotaka Ropeway, which is used by visitors<\/p>\n

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