Driving along the Hakkoda Snow Corridor / 八甲田山雪の回廊のドライブ

The day before we went to Kuroishi, my wife and I went for a drive along the Hakkoda-san Snow Corridor. The road had just opened on the 1st of April. My wife wanted to show me the large snow banks while they are still clean and white. She told me if you go later in the season, the snow banks become very dirty and not as picturesque. I had never been there so I didn't know what to expect.

黒石市観光の前の日妻と二人で八甲田山雪の回廊までドライブに出かけた。道路が４月１日に開通。妻がどうしても僕に見せたかった。今行く理由は雪の壁がまだ高くて、白い。綺麗な景色を見せたかった。もっとあとに行けば、雪の壁が結構汚れて魅力がなくなりそう。自分は行ったことないのでちょっとどういうものか想像も出来なかった。

On our way to the Hakkoda-san Snow Corridor. You can see Mount Hakkoda today.

八甲田山雪の回廊を目指してます。本日八甲田山も綺麗に見える。

And here we are driving through the Snow Corridor right after passing a well-known hot spring called Sukayu.

有名な温泉すか有温泉酸ヶ湯を過ぎたら雪の回廊に入ります。

There was a couple of area where you could stop the car and climb to the top of the snow banks.

二箇所くらい車が止めるところがあて、雪の壁の上に登ることが可能。

So how high is the snow wall compared to me?

雪の壁の高さはどのくらい？

I would say more about three times as tall as me!

自分より３倍くらい高いですね！

Yes, that's a road sign peaking out from the snow.

はい、道の表示が雪から出てる感じ。

A few pictures I took from the top of the snow wall.

下記の写真は雪の壁の上から撮ったものです。

The bus gives you another perspective on how high the wall is.

雪の壁がバスより高いも不思議。

We also went to the Jogakura Bridge but as the snow hasn't completed melted we could not walk along it.

酸ヶ湯の近くにじょがくら橋もありまして、行ってみましたが、まだ雪が完全に溶けてないため、橋の上に歩くのはま無理でした。

I don't think we will be going in that building anytime soon.

そのビルに入るのはまだ無理ですね。

Nope, not open for business yet!

いや、まだ営業するのはちょっと早いかな。

I tried to upload the short video clip of driving through the Snow Corridor, unfortunately the blog could not handle the size of the video.

雪の回廊ドライブの動画もアップしようとしましたが、このブログには重すぎたため残念なことにアップが出来ませんでした。

Time to head back to the city from the mountains.

これから青森の街に戻ります。