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Kamikochi Without a Car: Choose Your Route, Bus and Base

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Choose the Matsumoto, Sawando or Hirayu approach, reserve the right buses and plan your return, overnight base and November closures.

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Experience castles, folk villages, ropeways and gentle mountain paths without turning a family holiday into an expedition.

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