Chubu Hokuriku Nature Trail
Description
- Name Chubu Hokuriku Nature Trail
- Length of trail 4,029 km, 2,504 miles
- Length in days 200 days
- Traildino grading EW, Easy walk, nature trail
4029 km
中部北陸自然歩道
Prefectures of Gunma, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Nagano, Gifu and Shiga.
The Chubu Region is right in the centre of the country. The pretty coastal region is called Hokuriku. The Japanese Alps are located in this region.
This Nature Trail offers a variety of hiking pleasures, both high mountain scenes and sea views as much of the trail runs along the coast of the Japanese Sea. Between 1995 and 2001 the trail was entirely renovated.
Map
Links
Facts
- Chubu Nature Trail on GPSWalking (Japanese)
Very good website with seperate entries for the different sections of the trails, with lots of pictures
- Nature Lovers Club's page for the Chubu Hokuriku Nature Trail. (Japanese)
This government website describes the trail section by section.
- Chubu Nature Trail (Japanese)
Map of the complete trail and a short impression per prefecture
- Chubu Nature Trail in Niigata Prefecture (Japanese)
Maps of the trail in the Niigata prefecture.