Driving course

Some parts of this itinerary lost a lot of time (or "this time"...?). (Or is it "this time"?) After the Nakasato Dam, we decided to have lunch. After the Nakasato Dam, we decided to have lunch, so we headed north on Route 365, looking for a suitable restaurant, but we could not find one that suited our taste, and we found ourselves in Sekigahara. It was a mistake to go north here.

This time, since the Kurobe Dam is the main attraction, we had to move around it, and it was quite a difficult plan. Also, we did not actually visit the TEPCO Museum. This itinerary is only a plan and may differ from the actual schedule. There are many places to see in Nagano, and there are many dams that we did not visit. We can plan many variations of the itinerary, depending on whether we mainly visit dams or other sightseeing spots.

This time we were going to tour a dam after seeing the first sunrise and then go for a ride on a snow-covered road! But before we knew it, we were on our way to a dam tour, so it was a completely unplanned visit. So, it was a very difficult trip because we did not have enough fuel and the route was not efficient. That being said, I myself really like this kind of unplanned trip.

There are so many dams in the Takayama area. In addition, you may discover dams that you did not know existed even though you researched them beforehand, such as the Nishimura Dam and the Kugano Dam. This area may be very nice to visit in autumn or winter. The area around Iwaya Dam in particular is a great place to enjoy the autumn leaves, and the dam in winter is also a great place to visit, as the area gets a lot of snow in winter. After playing at the ski resort, it might be a good idea to visit the dam.

This is a dam tour on the return trip from Kanazawa. This time, the itinerary completely ignores the time for breaks and interviews. I don't remember it taking me more than 2 hours and 40 minutes from Tedorigawa Dam to Butsubara Dam, so please use it only as a reference. But still, there were many dams we missed on this day...

The so-called "Shogawa Dam Group" is full of dams that are worth seeing, but many of them do not allow access to the tops of the dams, making the coverage extremely difficult. In addition, the roads to the dams off the national highway are narrow, making it difficult just to get to them. In particular, the prefectural road to the Ooshirakawa Dam is often blocked by falling rocks, and in the fall of 2003, there was an accident in which a person was left behind by a falling rock (no fatalities or injuries were reported), so please be careful when visiting.