{"id":868433,"date":"2026-01-17T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/868433\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T07:00:00","slug":"japan-highway-drive-4k-takasaki-to-niigata-via-kan-etsu-expwy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/868433\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Highway Drive 4K | Takasaki to Niigata via Kan-Etsu EXPWY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Japan Highway Drive 4K | Takasaki to Niigata via Kan-Etsu EXPWY\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/13CMb3fPC9Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nJapan Highway Drive 4K | Takasaki to Niigata via Kan-Etsu EXPWY<\/p>\n<p>Kan-Etsu Expressway is a major Japanese expressway connecting Tokyo and Niigata, a coastal city along the Sea of Japan.<br \/>\nThis winter drive takes you from Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture to Central Niigata via Kan-Etsu Expressway.<br \/>\nYuzawa town, which is located after passing 11 km long Kan-Etsu Tunnel, is a famous ski resort in Niigata.<br \/>\nDuring winter, northwest monsoons from Eurasia gather moisture over the Sea of Japan and collide with the Echigo Mountains, creating the massive snowfall that makes this region a stunning &#8220;Snow Country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f Route Highlights &#038; Timestamps:<br \/>\n00:00 Intro<br \/>\n01:01 Takasaki IC to Numata IC<br \/>\n28:22 Numata IC to Minakami IC<br \/>\n38:46 Minakami IC to Kan-Etsu Tunnnel<br \/>\n42:50 Etsu Tunnnel<br \/>\n50:41 Etsu Tunnnel to Yuzawa IC<br \/>\n59:23 Yuzawa IC to Shiozawa-Ichiuchi SA<br \/>\n1:06:42 Shiozawa-Ichiuchi SA to Uonuma IC<br \/>\n1:27:27 Uonuma IC to Nagaoka IC<br \/>\n1:55:20 Nagaoka IC to Sakae PA<br \/>\n2:11:02 Sakae PA to Sanjo-Tsubame IC<br \/>\n2:15:27 Sanjo-Tsubame IC to Niigata-Nishi IC<br \/>\n2:31:49 Niigata-Nishi IC to Sakuragi IC<br \/>\n2:38:25 Sakuragi IC to Niigata Station<\/p>\n<p>Date: Jan 9, 2026<br \/>\nGoogle Maps route: https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/7QBnhASJs1J3ExkL8<br \/>\nMusic: Swans In Flight &#8211; Asher Fulero from YouTube Audio Library<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan Highway Drive 4K | Takasaki to Niigata via Kan-Etsu EXPWY Kan-Etsu Expressway is a major Japanese expres<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":868434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[557,13860,121250,5136,20384,2135,63,319,2084,4830,80450,7089,144486,31923,48111,2781,16660,14840,8184],"class_list":{"0":"post-868433","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tohoku-region","8":"tag-k","9":"tag-60fps","10":"tag-dashcam-roadshow","11":"tag-driving","12":"tag-road-trip","13":"tag-tour","14":"tag-travel","15":"tag-319","16":"tag-2084","17":"tag-4830","18":"tag-80450","19":"tag-7089","20":"tag-144486","21":"tag-31923","22":"tag-48111","23":"tag-2781","24":"tag-16660","25":"tag-14840","26":"tag-8184"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}