Kiyotsu Gorge
Kiyotsu Gorge | |
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![]() Kiyotsu Gorge | |
Location | Yuzawa and Tōkamachi, Japan |
Coordinates | 36°57′14″N 138°45′19″E / 36.95389°N 138.75528°E |
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Kiyotsu Gorge (清津峡, Kiyotsu-kyō) is a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monument on the border Yuzawa and Tōkamachi, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.[1]
Kiyotsu-kyō is a canyon located on the Kiyotsu River with a total length is 12.5 kilometers within the Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park. The canyon is regarded as one of the three major canyons in Japan, along with the Kurobe Gorge and the Osugidani Gorge. A hot spring resort, the Kiyotsukyō Onsen, is located at the entry to the gorge and attracts a large number of visitors especially during autumn foliage season. There is a pedestrian tunnel with a total length of 750 meters along the wall of the gorge for sightseers. Formerly, there was a climbing path along the side of the river, but it was closed after a rockfall in 1988
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[edit]- ^ "清津峡". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
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