7 Sights in Kurobe, Japan (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Kurobe, Japan! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Kurobe. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
1. Mt. Karamatsu
Karamatsudake is a 2,695.9 m high mountain that straddles Hakuba Village, Kitaazumi District, Nagano Prefecture, and Kurobe City, Toyama Prefecture, located in the Hida Mountains (Northern Alps). Another name is Kami Inugatake. Along with Mt. Tateyama, Mt. Kashima, and Mt. Kashima-Yarigatake, it is one of the few mountains in Japan where glaciers still exist.
2. Mt. Echu-Komagatake
Ecchu Komagatake is a mountain at an altitude of 2,002m, located at the northern end of the Hida Mountains (Northern Alps) Tateyama Mountain Range, which spans Uozu City, Toyama Prefecture and Kurobe City. The southeastern part of the summit is a special area of Chubu Mountain National Park, and a part of the southern slope is designated as its ordinary area.
3. 生地鼻灯台
The Fabric Nose Lighthouse is a medium-sized lighthouse that stands on the Fabric Nose in Kurobe City, Toyama Prefecture. With a conspicuous appearance of two black lines on a white background, it is the second highest in the Hokuriku region after the Hekurajima Lighthouse, and can be seen with the naked eye even from as far away as Namerikawa City, and can be identified from the Noto Peninsula on the opposite shore of Toyama Bay. It also serves as the boundary between the Sea of Japan and Toyama Bay. It is commonly known as the "lighthouse of dough". Some people call it the "Lighthouse of Yue Lake".
4. Yagokorooichihiko Shrine
Yagokoro Oichi Hiko Shrine is a shrine located in Kurobe, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Until the Meiji era, it was called "Mishima Daimyojin", and although it became the current name of the shrine in the Meiji era, it is still called Mishima Shrine.
5. 奥鐘山
Mount Okukane is a mountain located between the towns of Tateyama and Kurobe in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. The mountain has an elevation of 1,543 m (5,062 ft). Mount Okukane rises dramatically between the Kurobe Gorge and the Haba Valley to form, at 600 metres (2,000 ft), one of the foremost sheer rock faces in Japan. The mountain is primarily composed of granite and is part of the Hida Mountains, also known as the Northern Japan Alps. Mount Okukane, together with the Kurobe and Sarutobi gorges, were designated a Special Natural Monument and Special Place of Scenic Beauty in 1964.A
6. Mt. Ikenodaira
Mt. Ikedaira is a mountain that straddles three municipalities: Tateyama Town, Kamiichi Town, and Kurobe City in Nakashinkawa District, Toyama Prefecture. The altitude is 2561m. It is sometimes called Ikenohira Mountain. One of the 100 mountains of Toyama of the Toyama Prefecture Mountaineering Federation.
7. Mt. Goryu
Mount Goryu is a mountain in the Ushirotateyama Mountains in the Hida Mountains. The mountain body straddles Kurobe, Toyama and Ōmachi, Nagano, and the summit is mostly located on the Toyama side. It is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains. It is sometimes written as Goryu-dake with only "dragon" in the old font.
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