{"id":1856,"date":"2014-08-07T09:30:30","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T00:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=1856"},"modified":"2014-08-07T09:30:30","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T00:30:30","slug":"stay-at-kamikochi-twilight-foggy-pond-natural-spring-river-wild-monkeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/stay-at-kamikochi-twilight-foggy-pond-natural-spring-river-wild-monkeys\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay at Kamikochi &#8211; Twilight foggy pond, natural spring river, wild monkeys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had a chance to stay in Kamikochi, at the foot of the Japan Alps. Kamikochi is popular for a carless resort and for the hiking courses you can enjoy in a national park, but many tourists visit only in the daytime.<\/p>\n<p>But, its natural beauty in the evening and morning is awesome.<\/p>\n<p>Kamikochi is located between Takayama and Matsumoto, two spots popular among foreign travelers and you can visit by bus from both towns.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1858\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1858\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo82771.jpg?resize=460%2C371&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"photo82771\" width=\"460\" height=\"371\" class=\"size-full\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taisho Pond and Mt. Yakedake, an active volcano. The pond was created by an eruption of Yakedake in the Taisho era.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1859\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1859\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo82772-600x375.jpg?w=590&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"photo82772\" class=\"size-large\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taisho Pond with the backdrop of the Japan Alps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1862\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo82773-600x388.jpg?w=570&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"photo82773\" class=\"size-large\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mysterious foggy pond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1863\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1863\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo82774-600x389.jpg?w=570&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"photo82774\" class=\"size-large\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nobody was on the Kappa Bridge, the major and busy spot in Kamikochi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1864\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1864\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo82776-600x432.jpg?w=570&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"photo82776\" class=\"size-large\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shimizu River. Its water is 100% from a natural spring, so the river is never muddy even after a heavy rain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1865\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1865\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo82777-600x377.jpg?w=570&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"photo82777\" class=\"size-large\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I met wild monkeys. Kamikochi is also a place you can meet them closely.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1867\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1867\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo82775-600x447.jpg?w=570&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"photo82775\" class=\"size-large\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kappa Bridge in the morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1868\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1868\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo82778-600x418.jpg?w=570&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"photo82778\" class=\"size-large\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walking trail in the woods<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/stay-at-kamikochi-twilight-foggy-pond-natural-spring-river-wild-monkeys\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/stay-at-kamikochi-twilight-foggy-pond-natural-spring-river-wild-monkeys\/\" data-text=\"Stay at Kamikochi - Twilight foggy pond, natural spring river, wild monkeys\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a chance to stay in Kamikochi, at the foot of the Japan Alps. 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Kamikochi is located between Takayama and Matsumoto, two spots popular among foreign travelers and you can visit by bus from both towns.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/stay-at-kamikochi-twilight-foggy-pond-natural-spring-river-wild-monkeys\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/stay-at-kamikochi-twilight-foggy-pond-natural-spring-river-wild-monkeys\/\" data-text=\"Stay at Kamikochi - Twilight foggy pond, natural spring river, wild monkeys\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[2368,2364,2354],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo82771-1.jpg?fit=460%2C371","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stay at Kamikochi - Twilight foggy pond, natural spring river, wild monkeys | Visit Matsumoto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I had a chance to stay in Kamikochi, at the foot of the Japan Alps. 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