Bones of a Gunma Ski Lift
December 8, 2009 · Gunma, Haikyo, Ropeways · 9 Comments 

The Gunma ski lift was the glace cherry on a sumptuous cake of weekend haikyo. We’d headed up into the northernmost quadrant of Gunma seeking a mine/factory, one of the last few within a reasonable drive of Tokyo.

Japan’s ropeway that died
February 7, 2009 · Haikyo, Ropeways, Saitama · 9 Comments 

Scrunched up behind thickets of winter-boned brush off the banks of a man-made lake, the last remaining carriage of the Okutama Ropeway hangs slack in its berthing perch. Once a completely false folly, a gaudy ride of a few minutes…

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