HeatherLocklearRocks 1 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 No Mario though? It really should be green shouldn't it. Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Wonder how they get down there. Or indeed if they 'come up'. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Saw this when I was there recently. Didn't see Mario though. I prefer Yoshi anyway. Must get those photos sorted. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 ahh....thats cos you didn't eat the magic mushrooms that appear from the tunnel Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 would love to have seen them making that Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 Mario's pipe today. Didn't see Mario. Link to post Share on other sites
Gunma Boarder 14 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I took this photo yesterday from Tenjindaira. See the Super Mario Brothers like chute near the bottom left of the image? Right in the middle of nowhere we seemingly no access to it. Wonder what it is? I think my guess might be a shaft from the Kanetsu Expressway shimizu tunnel.... I'm pretty sure your right. I walked out there when I first came to Japan. There is no trail and I was pretty much climbing boulders in the stream bed for most of the way up. They must have used helicopters when building it. That thing is maybe 15 to 20 meters tall and you could hear the air rushing out of it. At the time I had no idea what it was. It kind of made me nervous Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 Presumably when there's no snow? Which was did you go to get there. Must feel pretty wild being down there! Link to post Share on other sites
Gunma Boarder 14 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I think it was summer so no snow. It is really wild down there I keep hallucinating bears ever time I heard a rustling in the bushes. Really cool area Tanigawa. Have you been to Ichinokurasawa? It's the valley you can walk to from the Tenjin parking lot. Really spectacular valley, lots of photo opportunities Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 Yes I have been but never been able to take pics I'm happy with. Light always not good. I think I remember thinking I need to go very early morning to get the best light. Back to Mario tube, how did you get there again? Link to post Share on other sites
Gunma Boarder 14 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I just realized I didn't answer your question. You get there from Tanigawa Onsen. There is also a skijo in the valley "White Valley" I just looked on google maps and it is the 252. There is a trail for a while that just dead ends at a nice natural pool in the creek. From there it's a rock scramble. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 I have never been on that road to Tanigawa Onsen. Must drive up there sometime. So many places! Link to post Share on other sites
graupelette 0 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Can't load up your photo but we saw a big a steel pipe and wondered about the tunnels underneath...pretty mean infrastructure in these parts. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 GB, sorry one more q. That walk from Tanigawa Onsen to Super Mario Pipe....about how long and quite easy? Presumably some damn fine views from there? Link to post Share on other sites
Gunma Boarder 14 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Nice views. Took me maybe 1.5 hours to the pipe. I went a little farther so I am not 100% sure. I don't know if you can call it a hike, more of a rock scramble. It was fairly difficult. Better to go with someone. It wouldn't be the best place to twist an ankle. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 Hmm ok. Understood. Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 wild be interesting for sure. Take a bell, bears don't like them! Link to post Share on other sites
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