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Happo ridge
 
 
八方尾根
白馬
白馬
 
alternative words: Hoppoone ridge, Happoone, Happo-one, Happo, Shirouma, Hakuba, Hakuba mura, Hakuba village 
keywords: 
mountain
, 
nagano
, 
olympic games
, 
ski resort
 
related topics: 
Nagano prefecture
, 
Azumino
 
related web sites: 
http://www.vill.hakuba.nagano.jp
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http://www.nagano-happo.org
, 
http://www.hikyaku.com/nagano/happog.htm
 
explanation: Happo is the mountain ridge which goes toward the east from Mt. Karamatsu (2696m) of Ushiro-tateyama mountain chain and belongs to the village of Hakuba, in Nagano Prefecture. It is well known as a big ski resort and you can climb there by using rope way and ski lift from the foot up to Kurobish-daira (1680m) through Usagi-daira. During Nagano Olympic games of 1998, the racing of downhill and super giant slalom as well as ski jumping were organized there. 
 
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