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Announcement!!! Dear readers!  Japan Travel post will be continued next week. Recently, I have fun taking up 14 days challenge on this awesome skim regime with  Avène.Read on... I always have a combination skin and recently it is full blown oily on the nose part. You imagine , I have to keep touching up just a nose area most of the time. Ah! Very annoying! My skin keep changing its types according to season.  Is it because I keep changing my skin care. Well...I love mixing up my skin care range and nothing wrong with that. Even my beautician encourage and taught me how to mix it up for optimal result. For example day time use the whitening series and night time for anti aging. Recently I was up for 14 days challenge by  Avène  to try out their skin regime. 5 steps for better skin result. 1. CLEANSE -  Avène  Gentle Cleansing Foam 2. SOOTHE -  Avène  Thermal Spring Water 3. TONE -  Avène  Gentle Tone...

My leg still tired and body still aching from Kamikochi jungle marathon the day before. I woke with positive mood expecting new adventure to my Alpine Routes plan. The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route is know as the "Roof of Japan". The route passes through the dynamic scenery of Mt Tateyama in the Japan Alps. It is traversed using variety vehicles with an elevation change of 2,400 meters from Toyama Prefecture of Nagano Prefecture. Remember, Japan is four seasons country. So view change according to season. I was here on 29th September 2015. My target for the day : * Matsumoto to Tateyama (9 hours Alpines routes) - Check out from Matsumoto * Tateyama - Toyama ( 1 hours) - I need to reach at Toyama before 6pm to collect my backpack. * Toyama - Kanazawa (35 minutes) - overnight at Kanazawa Alpines Routes (A 90km routes that connect Shinano-Omachi with Toyama divided into 9 sections with different type of transport and walking. See picture below. It look so...

The main reason I end up at Matsumoto due this is the best place to start my journey to Kamikochi and Alpine Routes trip. After spending half afternoon exploring Matsumoto, the next morning I woke up at 5am to take the first train out to Kamikochi. How to get there? - Take the Matsumoto Electric Railway from Matsumoto Station to Shin-Shimashima Station (30 minutes rides) - Followed by a bus ride to Kamikochi (60 minutes rides) Paid 4,550 yen for round trip and please make sure to book your return boarding number once you reach Kamikochi bus terminal or you end up overnight in the jungle. WTH! For your note the JR Pass is not valid on these trains and buses.  What is Kamikochi? Kamikochi is a unique place of scenic beauty and important natural treasures which boast a spectacular Chubu Sangaku National Park. I was a great pleasure for me to be able to walk through the Kamikochi area which is a roughly 15 kilometer long plateau in the Azusa River Valle...