{"id":150,"date":"2010-08-14T16:08:05","date_gmt":"2010-08-14T07:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=150"},"modified":"2010-08-14T16:08:05","modified_gmt":"2010-08-14T07:08:05","slug":"visiting-kamikochi-and-norikura-hot-spring-by-the-new-2-day-bustrain-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/visiting-kamikochi-and-norikura-hot-spring-by-the-new-2-day-bustrain-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Kamikochi and Norikura Hot Spring by the New 2-day Bus\/train Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"One week ago, I visited Kamikochi<\/a> and Norikura Hot Spring<\/a> using the new 2-day bus\/train pass<\/a> with my family.
\nWe have had an incredibly hot summer this year in Japan and it was 35 degree C (95 deg F) downtown, but in Kamikochi and Norikura, (altitude is 1500 meters), it was 25 deg C (77 deg F).
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\n\"\"We enjoyed hiking in the cool wind, seeing the beautiful flow of a river, and soaking in a white water hot spring.
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\n\"\"A one-way ticket from Matsumoto – Kamikochi is 2,400 yen, Kamikochi – Norikura is 1,700 yen, Norikura – Matsumoto is around 2,000 yen, so 5,000 yen for the 2-day pass including free bus ride also in downtown is cheap. By another pass, “4 Day Alps Wide Shinshu\/Hida Free Passport<\/a>“, Y10,000, you can visit Takayama<\/a> and Hida area. “3 Day Free Pass Shinshu” Y6,000 enables you to travel in Matsumoto downtown, Utsukushigahara, Nagano city, Hakuba, and Suwa area.
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\"\"On the way back to downtown, we got a watermelon in the Hata area, which is famous for “the sweetest watermelons in Japan” and ate it at home. It was really delicious!<\/p>\n