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Norikura Skyline in central Japan

A cyclist goes through Norikura Skyline, a 15-kilometer mountainous sightseeing road, in the Gifu Prefecture city of Takayama, central Japan, as it opens after a wintertime hiatus on May 15, 2025.

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Norikura Skyline in central Japan

A bus runs along the 15-kilometer Norikura Skyline in the Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, offering extraordinary views of Mt. Norikura at the southern edge of the Northern Japan Alps, as the road opens on May 15, 2025, after a wintertime hiatus.

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Bear assaults 9 people at bus terminal at Gifu Pref. mountain

GIFU, Japan - Photo shows a bus terminal building at the end of the Norikura Skyline road in a mountainous area in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, where nine people, most of them tourists, were assaulted by a bear on Sept. 19.

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Gifu assembly approves environmental tax in natational park

GIFU, Japan - File photo shows the Norikura Skyline toll road in the Chubu Mountains National Park. The Gifu prefectural assembly voted to levy a new environmental tax on Oct. 9 on buses and taxis using the road, the first such tax in the Japan's 28 national parks.

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Norikura Skyline in central Japan

Norikura Skyline, a 15-kilomter mountainous sightseeing road that offers extraordinary views of Mt. Norikura at the southern edge of the Northern Japan Alps, opens in the Gifu Prefecture city of Takayama, central Japan, on May 15, 2022, after a wintertime hiatus.

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Norikura Skyline in central Japan

Norikura Skyline, a 15-kilomter mountainous sightseeing road that offers extraordinary views of Mt. Norikura at the southern edge of the Northern Japan Alps, opens in the Gifu Prefecture city of Takayama, central Japan, on May 15, 2022, after a wintertime hiatus.

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Norikura Skyline in central Japan

Norikura Skyline, a 15-kilomter mountainous sightseeing road that offers extraordinary views of Mt. Norikura at the southern edge of the Northern Japan Alps, opens in the Gifu Prefecture city of Takayama, central Japan, on May 15, 2022, after a wintertime hiatus.

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Gifu assembly approves environmental tax in natational park

GIFU, Japan - File photo shows the Norikura Skyline toll road in the Chubu Mountains National Park. The Gifu prefectural assembly voted to levy a new environmental tax on Oct. 9 on buses and taxis using the road, the first such tax in the Japan's 28 national parks. (Kyodo)

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Avalanche on Mt. Norikura in central Japan

Video taken from a Kyodo News plane shows the area where an avalanche caught five people on Mt. Norikura in Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on March 14, 2021.

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Male ptarmigan on Mt. Norikura

A male ptarmigan stands on a rock on Mt. Norikura, central Japan, on June 5, 2015. Ptarmigan have been designated an endangered species and special national treasure in Japan. (Pool photo by Shinano Mainichi Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ptarmigan eggs collected for artificial incubation

Hiroshi Nakamura (R), a professor emeritus at Shinshu University, collects eggs to artificially incubate and rear ptarmigan, a designated endangered species and special national treasure in Japan, in Mt. Norikura, central Japan, on June 5, 2015. (Pool photo by Shinano Mainichi Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ptarmigan eggs in nest on Mt. Norikura

Photo taken June 5, 2015, shows ptarmigan eggs in a nest on Mt. Norikura, central Japan. Five eggs have been collected for artificial incubation and rearing. Ptarmigan have been designated an endangered species and special national treasure in Japan. (Pool photo by Shinano Mainichi Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ski guide enjoys backcountry skiing at central Japan highland resort

Ski guide Kuniyoshi Komine enjoys backcountry skiing at a Norikura Kogen highland resort in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 2, 2015. The sport is gaining popularity in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ski guide checks snow to protect skiers from avalanches

Ski guide Kuniyoshi Komine checks layers of snow at a Norikura Kogen highland resort in Matsumoto, Nagao Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 20, 2015, to protect backcountry skiers from avalanches. Backcountry skiers hit by snow slides have been increasing in Japan along with the growing popularity of the sport. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Avalanche on Mt. Norikura in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows the area where an avalanche caught five people on Mt. Norikura in Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on March 14, 2021.

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Avalanche on Mt. Norikura in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows the area where an avalanche caught five people on Mt. Norikura in Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on March 14, 2021.

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Bear assaults 9 people at bus terminal at Gifu Pref. mountain

GIFU, Japan - Photo shows a bus terminal building at the end of the Norikura Skyline road in a mountainous area in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, where nine people, most of them tourists, were assaulted by a bear on Sept. 19. (Kyodo)

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Japan seizes 2 Chinese trawlers

NIIGATA, Japan - Supplied photo shows the Norikura (R), a patrol boat belonging to the Japan Coast Guard's 9th regional headquarters, stopping a Chinese trawler in waters off Ishikawa Prefecture on Aug. 5, 2011. The Japan Coast Guard seized it and another Chinese trawler and their captains for alleged illegal fishing in the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo)