Snow tunnel: 16 photos of what the snowiest road on the planet looks like (17 photos + 1 video)

There is so much snow here that 20-meter snow walls appear around the road.





Japan is associated with sushi, Mount Fuji, samurai, sakura. The Japanese know how to enjoy flowering trees to the fullest: they even have such a thing as hanami, which literally translates like admiring flowers

However, spring in Japan is not always associated with flowers on trees, April in some regions is also the most popular month for snow tourism. And if suddenly it seems to you that snow is not at all about Japan, we hasten to dissuade you: it is in Japan that there is a place where the most snow falls on the planet. And in the Japanese Alps (yes, yes, The Alps are also far from the first thing Japan can be associated with) a unique road that looks more like a snowy corridor with 20 meter walls.

The Snow Wall Walk passes through the Japanese Alps



It looks like a location from a fantasy movie: the track is surrounded by snow walls for tens of kilometers





The road passes through Mount Tateyama through the prefectures of Nagano and Toyama



This route is called the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine, also known as the "Roof of Japan"



It has been open to tourists since the 1970s and there has never been a shortage of them since.



Up to 5,000 people come to see the snow walls every day.



True, the route operates for a very limited time.



It usually breaks off in mid-April, it is in this month that the snow is the most.



Snow lies here until June, so tourists do not have much time to ride this track.



The height of the walls along the road is from 17 to 20 meters: approximately the same height for a three-story house



To clear the way, the Japanese even came up with a special transport



Conventional snowplows could not cope with such an abundance of snow.



The road among the snow stretches for 90 kilometers: stops are made for tourists in the corridor



So they can wander among the snowy walls



By the way, this is not the only snow attraction in Japan.



The country also has an amazing snow forest where snowdrifts turn into monsters.