This Road In Japan Can Have Snow Walls Up To 65 Feet High

This Road In Japan Can Have Snow Walls Up To 65 Feet High

Opened on 1971, the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route is a 23-mile sightseeing route connecting Tateyama, Toyama and Ōmachi, Nagano, Japan. The road rises 6,500 feet as it cuts through the Northern Japan Alps known as The Roof of Japan. The Tateyama area is one of the snowiest places on earth and during the winter a 500 meter section of the road can be covered by as much as 65 feet of snow. From December to April the road is completely inaccessible b…