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Sounkyo Gorge

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層雲峡 · Autumn Foliage · Hokkaido
Autumn leaves at Sounkyo Gorge, Sounkyo, Kamikawa, Hokkaido
Sounkyo Gorge, photo 2

Photos pakku (CC BY 3.0) — via Wikimedia Commons

About this spot

A gorge of sheer basalt cliffs and waterfalls in the Daisetsuzan mountains, among the first places in Japan to colour. The ropeway up Mount Kurodake shows the colour moving down the mountain from late September.

Getting there

Nearest station
Bus from Kamikawa Station or Asahikawa Station
Address
Sounkyo, Kamikawa, Hokkaido
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