Popular Post muikabochi 208 Posted October 14, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2012 Plans to go to Zao for a few days fell through, so we decided to make today an excite Gunma day. As Tanigawa is very popular with climbers and autumn colour seekers, we decided to get up really early and get there before the mad crowds arrived. Even getting there at 7:00am, we had to queue for about 15 minutes to get on the Gondola (which actually seemed to be going a bit faster than in winter, thankfully!) We did ok with weather though it wasn't quite as "sunny all day" as the forecast told us. But the sun came out and there were some nice blue skies on and off up there - though some cloudy looking conditions to the south. (It actually turned out that by 2pm, it was completely grey cloud cover over the mountains). Beautiful it was. As can be seen here: It wasn't even 10am by the time we came down and we were sure glad that we went early. When we arrived back at base station, the queue for the Gondola was over an hour long and cars were queueing for well over 1km on the way to the Gondola car park. Yikes! If you go, I highly recommend getting there very early. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 So after Tanigawa we went back towards Minakami and then turned past the Okutone ski resort and Houdaigi, and then over on the road that goes to Oze. The autumn colours on this road were full on, it was amazing... explosions of colour, almost unrealistic colours. It was so beautiful. Over we went through Tokura, past Katashina and White World Oze and then back to Numata. By the time we got on the expressway at Numata to come back mid afternoon, the Tanigawa area was completely covered in grey cloud and we couldn't even see the mountain. A big contrast to the conditions this morning. I really like Gunma. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 as always great pics! Link to post Share on other sites
GoodEgg 0 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Beautiful! Link to post Share on other sites
TheOrange 0 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 I almost feel like I was there. Almost. Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Excellent Link to post Share on other sites
Saitaman 1 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Looks like great timing for sure. Very nice indeed. Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 I don't like the sound of the one hour wait and 1km queue to get to the gondola! Getting up early a good move! Lovely photos dude. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Tanigawa is a great mountain. Thanks for sharing. Wonder how long it took the guys at the end of the queue to get up on the mountain. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 We were probably having lunch before returning by the time they got up there...... and the weather had become poor. Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Looks nice! Thanks for sharing. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Great photos. I bet they look fantastic full size. I took a look and like the Hakuba hills, at Tenjin its 2700 yen per adult for the lifts and 1000 yen to park! I took my son up Tsugaike last week. I had a free ticket, but had I paid, that would have been 3300 yen just for me. Plus the 500 I did pay to park. If you go as two adults and two over sixes, you're looking at 10,000 yen! It isn't as if Tsugaike is the best autumn colour spot in Otari anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Cheers once again Love the rock pool photo Seemore Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 Thanks. The car park was 500 yen I think, Mr Wiggles, but yes it is not cheap. We took the top pair lift one way and walked back down from there. So it cost us 4000 yen for the ropeway, 800 yen for two one way pair lift tickets and 500 yen for the car park - 5300 yen. Having said that, the cost did not seem to put many people off yesterday, bonkers mad busy as it was. Though I must admit that it has put us off going up the gondola in the past when we were asking ourselves should we go up there? Really, that much? Think we'll give it a miss this time. Link to post Share on other sites
charlotte 0 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Beautiful. That road trip looks good too. Wonder is it that busy weekdays, or is a big part of that weekend crowds? Link to post Share on other sites
tokabochi 9 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Cool muika. Definitely more expensive than your morning at Mt Granview for sure. There's a slight change in color here on Uonuma Skyline but we're not there yet. Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Lovely work, Muika! :thumbsup: Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted October 15, 2012 Author Share Posted October 15, 2012 If only it were 'work'! Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 eenie meenie miney mo... which one will be my desktop photo? Tough choice as ever Cheers dude. Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Awesome. Looks like you had a better day than me, I just lazed about with a bit of a sore throat and didn't do much at all. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Beautiful. I want to go there. Link to post Share on other sites
Wizz 11 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Presumably the gondola was set to "maximum speed" with the crowds of people around. It does seem too much though. Perhaps not on a day and time like now peak autumn colours, but you would think the cost will put off a fair few people. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Cracking pics as always mr muikabochi. Not sure I would like to have been in that queue though! Sounds like a mare for those arriving later on. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I reckon that lot is probably better than Zao. And much closer to you too! Link to post Share on other sites
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