Kurobe Gorge

There is a reason why it is officially a top 3 gorge of Japan

Having been in Japan on and off since 2000, it has been a while since I was last so overwhelmingly impressed by scenery - that mostly happened in my early years here. But Kurobe Gorge blew me away, like I never expected. I will definitely go back, probably multiple times, as we only saw a small portion of it so far and it was stunning. It is one of Japan’s three great gorges along with Kiyotsu Gorge and Osugidani Gorge. It was also selected as one of the top 100 unexplored areas of Japan. (You can find a post I wrote on City-cost about how much of the area is still unmapped on Google). Easily my biggest surprise find in years.