I have not updated my blog in a long while since I have been planning, preparing, and finally going on our fourth trip to Japan in June 2017. Like last year’s summer vacation in Hokkaido, we wanted somewhere in Japan relatively cooler as it can get hot and humid in the summers of Japan. This time we decided to focus our trip on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route and decided to do a loop, which consists of:
Kanazawa -> Toyama-> Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route -> Matsumoto-> Kamikochi -> Takayama -> Shirakawgo -> Kanazawa
In fact, we did a bigger loop the whole trip as we started in Tokyo, travelled to Karuizawa, then did our loop mentioned above, and then wrapped up the trip with visits to Kaga Onsen, Nagayo, and back to Tokyo.