Davis & his daughter, Amanda fresh from the Japanese hot baths!
As I have told you before, my father-in-law always wants to bring me somewhere special when I visit Japan. This year he showed me the “Japan Alps” a series of three mountain ranges that bisect the main island of Honshu. These mountains are a popular tourist destination. Check out the picture below taken from the west coast city of Toyama:
The small lines above each peak are showing elevation. The highest point is 3,015 meters (9,892 ft.) We actually rode in a bus through a tunnel dug below that mountain’s peak, as well as another that is 2,678 meters (8,786 ft.). Notice the jet in the left side of the picture.
There is a main road through the mountains that is literally buried in snow during the winter. It is closed during winter, but re opened during the spring after a snow plow digs through an average of 17 meters (56 ft.) of snow to uncover it.
That’s quite a sight for the tourists in the bus!
Compare that to what it looked like when we were there:
Anyway, sayonara for now! I will have another post soon about a mirage of a west coast city seen out at sea from a different city.
