| Essence of Japan 3 | |
| Japan Alps - Matsumoto | |
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日本アルプス - 松本 |
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| Early Sunday morning in April, 2013 as the cloud begins to clear over the mountains forming the backdrop to Matsumoto - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The rainy, almost deserted early Sunday morning streets - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Just after 7 a.m. and early morning trains are beginning to arrive in Matsumoto where, like in the rest of Japan, on-street parking is not allowed - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Office blocks and apartment blocks in Matsumoto - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Matsumoto Castle, because of its black exterior, is also known in Japanese as the "Crow Castle" - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Matsumoto's original wooden interiors and external stonework date from the 16th Century - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Passing through Moriguchi en route to Takayama - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The road through the Japan Alps hugs the narrow valley sides - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Road tunnels at either end of the Nagawado dam of the Tokyo Electric Company - one of many hydro electric schemes in the Japan Alps - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Crossing the dam featured above and driving along the lakeside road in the Japan Alps en route to Takayama - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| April snow in the Japan Alps - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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