乗鞍岳は長野と岐阜の県境にあり有名な上高地の近くにあります。
乗鞍の特徴として2700メートルにも達する日本一高いところを通るスカイラインがあり、車で簡単に雲の高みにとどくことができるということがあります。ここでは夏でも残雪を見ることさえできるのです。
実際には松本側からは有料道路の乗鞍スカイラインではなく県道を登ることになります。

Norikura Mountains are located around the center of Japan.
It takes a long way trip from Tokyo via the Central freeway.
There is a unique highway that climb up to almost top of the Norikura Mountains.
It reaches for 2700m(8900 feet!) high.
Snow may happen to be remaining in summer.
From the road, we will see clouds are lying beneath and
we can easily get a magnificent view that is only allowed to backpackers...

乗鞍は一ヶ月我々よりも先に動いています

We have red leaves in late Fall but Norikura have earlier.

Narai-syuku is a preserved historic town of hundreds years ago.
At that time, it was a way station between Tokyo(used to be called as Yedo) and the west cities of the era.
Such a town is located along Nakasendo road that is a historic road
similar to the Oregon Trail or R66 but much elder.

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