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Norikura Skyline in central Japan

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

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

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

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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