Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route crossing
Choose from 6 available options
- ⏱ Duration: 6 hours
- 👥 Group size: 1–8 guests
- 📍 Stops: Dam terrace
- 🚌 Meeting point: Toyama — The exact meeting point and directions come with your confirmation email after booking.
- Location
- 📍 Toyama
- Duration
- ⏱ 6–24 hours
- Group size
- 👥 1–8 guests
- Guide language
- 🗣 English
- Tour type
- 👥 Small group
- Getting around
- 🚶 2–3 km walking, some steps
About this experience
Six kinds of transport climb from valley floor to Murodo at 2,450 m — cable car, highland bus, trolleybus, ropeway. From mid-April to June the road is cut through the Yuki-no-Otani snow corridor, walls of snow well above head height. Options run one way across, out-and-back, or Kurobe Dam only.
✓ What you get
- ✓Alpine Route transport passes
- ✓Round-trip coach to the trailhead
- ✓English-speaking guide
Start time: pick a slot when booking; your guide confirms the detailed schedule within 24 hours.
Kurobe Dam walk only (not full Alpine)
⏱ 6 hours · From ¥6,900 per person- Departure citiesToyama (6 hours)
- Dam terrace
- Ends back at your departure point.
Alpine Route return same side
⏱ 9 hours · From ¥12,800 per person- Departure citiesToyama (9 hours) · Nagano (9 hours) · Nagoya (9 hours)
- Murodo
- Ends back at your departure point.
Full Alpine Route one way Ogizawa–Tateyama
⏱ 10 hours · From ¥14,800 per person- Departure citiesToyama (10 hours) · Nagano (10 hours) · Nagoya (10 hours)
- Murodo
- Kurobe Dam
- One-way route: it ends at the far end of the route, not back at your departure city.
Alpine — Murodo day
⏱ 10 hours · From ¥14,800 per person- Departure citiesToyama (10 hours)
- Murodo
- Ends back at your departure point.
Alpine + Murodo snow wall (Apr–Jun)
⏱ 10 hours · From ¥15,800 per person- Departure citiesToyama (10 hours)
- Yuki-no-otani
- Ends back at your departure point.
Alpine — Murodo 1–2 day
⏱ 24 hours · From ¥28,000 per person- Departure citiesTokyo (24 hours)
- Murodo
- Ends back at your departure point.
🚌 Toyama
The exact meeting point and directions come with your confirmation email after booking.
- · Kurobe Dam walk only (not full Alpine) — 6 hours
- · Alpine Route return same side — 9 hours
- · Full Alpine Route one way Ogizawa–Tateyama — 10 hours
- · Alpine — Murodo day — 10 hours
- · Alpine + Murodo snow wall (Apr–Jun) — 10 hours
🚌 Nagano
The exact meeting point and directions come with your confirmation email after booking.
- · Alpine Route return same side — 9 hours
- · Full Alpine Route one way Ogizawa–Tateyama — 10 hours
🚌 Nagoya
The exact meeting point and directions come with your confirmation email after booking.
- · Alpine Route return same side — 9 hours
- · Full Alpine Route one way Ogizawa–Tateyama — 10 hours
🚌 Tokyo
The exact meeting point and directions come with your confirmation email after booking.
- · Alpine Route return same side — Price on request
- · Full Alpine Route one way Ogizawa–Tateyama — Price on request
- · Alpine — Murodo 1–2 day — 24 hours
🏁 Where it ends
Ends back at your departure point.
Full Alpine Route one way Ogizawa–Tateyama: One-way route: it ends at the far end of the route, not back at your departure city.
🕒 Cancellation policy
Free cancellation up to 168 hours before the start time. Later cancellations and no-shows are charged in full. If the tour has to be cancelled because of severe weather or road closures, you get a full refund.
✅ How confirmation works
Booking is NOT instantly confirmed. You pay online at checkout; we check availability for that date and confirm by email — usually within 24 hours. If we cannot confirm, you are refunded in full.
💳 Payment
Secure online payment via Stripe: card, Apple Pay, PayPay or Konbini, depending on what is available at checkout. This trip is paid online at checkout; on-site payment is not offered.
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