The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, known also as the "Roof of Japan", is a famous mountain sightseeing route between the cities Tateyama and Ōmachi, in the center of the island of Honshu. The route, opened in 1971, is just 37km in length, but the vertical interval is as large as 1,975m. The route is carefully built so that the surrounding environment is not damaged. Consequently, three lines go entirely under tunnels. Among them, two are trolleybus lines, the only ones in use in Japan. The route goes through Tateyama in the Hida Mountains with a lot of scenic sites, including Kurobe dam. Currently, the route is purely a sightseeing one, only used by tourists, especially that the Tateyama Kurobe area is a national park with protected flora and fauna.
About the stamps
The first stamp, depicting even Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, is part of the Travel Scenes series No. 17 - Toyama, Tateyama Kurobe area, issued on April 16, 2013, and comprising 10 stamps with the same face value (80 JPY):
• Midagahara Plateau (2 stamps)
• Rock Ptarmigan
• Snow Valley - it's on the postcard
• Shomyo Fall
• Gentiana thunbergii
• Murodou-Daira
• Stoat
• Aleutian avens
• Daikanbō Station
The second stamp is part of a first series about the japanese castles, issued on december 10, 2013, designed by Maruyama Satoru, and comprising five stamps with the same face value (80 JPY):
• Wakamatsu Castle
• Odawara Castle - it's on the postcard
• Hikone Castle
• Nijo Castle
• Okayama Castle
References
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route - Wikipedia
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route - Official website
sender: Akiko Watanabe (direct swap)
sent from Kitakyūshū (Kyūshū / Japan), on 06.02.2014
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