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Fuji Subaru Line

4.0

80 Reviews

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Yamanashi Prefecture Fujiyoshida-shi, Minamitsuru-gun Fujikawaguchiko-machi, Minamitsuru-gun Narusawa village

This 30-kilometer-long scenic road connects Lake Kawaguchi to Mt. Fuji fifth station. After driving for about forty minutes through the forest, which is home to Japanese red pine, and southern Japanese hemlock, and other species, you will arrive at the fifth station. There, you can enjoy views of the Mt. Yatsugatake and Southern Japan Alps, as well as a grand panoramic view of the Fuji Five Lakes below that can only be described as astounding. This mountain road stays open all year long and can be traveled in during winter depending on the road conditions and weather (except during periods when personal vehicles are banned).

Trekking up the stations of Fuji Subaru Line will always depend on the current weather restrictions. During our date of visit, the highest level our van could go to was the 4th station (2020m high...
Roadside Station Narusawa

4.0

127 Reviews

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Yamanashi Pref. Minamitsurugunnarusawamura 8532-63

With World Heritage Mr. Fuji impressively standing right in front of your eyes, Roadside Station Narusawa is a fully-outfitted roadside station located in the middle of the Fuji Five Lakes. It has tons to see, from the product shop with a rich array of local products, to Narusawa Mt. Fuji Museum where you can learn about Mt. Fuji, as well as the Fujin no Meisui corner where you can drink delicious Narusawa water. It even has an observation deck.

A Michi-no-Eki with good selections of local fruits & vegetables, blueberries, plums, corn-on-the-cob, kohlrabi, local souvenirs. Clean restaurants. Wished for better lunch choices. Has a free Mt...
Lake Kawaguchiko Excursion Boat

4.0

92 Reviews

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Yamanashi Pref. Minamitsurugunfujikawaguchikomachi Funatsu 4034

Modeled on southern European lake resorts, the Ensoleille is your cruise boat for the popular Lake Kawaguchiko Excursion Boat, which operates from late August to mid November. It is now barrier-free, and you can bring pets aboard too. On days with good weather, not only can you see upside-down Fuji, but you can also enjoy Mt. Fuji and Lake Kawaguchi with Unoshima Island in the background-the only island on the Fuji five lakes.

We just returned from our Mt Fuji day trip. We decided to concentrate only at Lake Kawaguchi. So we did the Ropeway and the Lake cruise. Cost is ¥1600 for adult and ¥800 for child. You can purchase...
Fujisan World Heritage Center

4.0

94 Reviews

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Yamanashi Pref. Minamitsurugunfujikawaguchikomachi Funatsu 6663-1

This is a visitor’s center located near the entrance to the Fuji Subaru Line. The South Hall which was newly established in 2016 to mark Mt. Fuji’s registration as a cultural site of world heritage, the history of Mt. Fuji and the natural environment as well as Mt. Fuji themed works of art are showcased at the center. A comprehensive information center has been established which covers information on the vicinity, including such places as Mt. Fuji and the Five Lakes of Mt. Fuji; the center can also be used as a base for sightseeing.

Before leaving the national park, we went to the Fujisan World Heritage Center, which is an information center for travelers to Mt.Fuji and the Five Lakes of Fuji, and consists of two halls, north...
Herb Garden Tabinikki Katsunuma Teien

3.5

145 Reviews

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Koshu-shi Yamanashi Prefecture etc. Equal force 1736

Admission at this herb garden in Koshu City, Yamanashi Prefecture is free of charge. The herbs that grow in the more than 30,000 square-meter garden can be enjoyed all year long. In addition to herbs, the garden also grows a variety of seasonal flowers. Besides the viewing area, the garden also features a souvenir shop that offers original merchandise, as well as a cafe where you can enjoy herb tea or a light meal.

It is a nice place to visit as the area is big with a lot of Herb around the garden. Inside this Herd garden, there are a souvenir, beauty product and an ice-cream counter sell lavender ice-cream.
Kawaguchiko Herbkan

3.5

107 Reviews

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Yamanashi Pref. Minamitsurugunfujikawaguchikomachi Funatsu 6713-18

A building specializing in herbs located on the banks of Lake Kawaguchi. The interior features a specialty shop with a variety of herbal products, like herb tea, bathing herbs, and dried flowers, a cafe with a menu that uses herbs, and a craft shop where you can experience herbs in a number of different ways-flower arranging, pressed flowers, and a herbarium. The central lawn is a herb garden, so you can enjoy a stroll wrapped in the wafting aroma of fresh herbs.

It was a very good stopover, especially if you are on a trip to relax and to put your minds at ease. It has a nice souvenir store with natural flowers home-grown (e.g., essential oils). If you are...
Minobusan Ropeway

4.0

91 Reviews

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Yamanashi Pref. Minamikomagunminobuchou Minobu 4226-2

This aerial cable car now in service for 55 years has an altitude difference of 763 meters, the largest in the Kanto region. It also has three observation decks near Okunoin Station at the peak. The eastern observation deck near the station offers a grand panoramic view spanning from the Tenshi Mountains to Suruga Bay and the Izu Peninsula. It also features a view of Mt. Fuji selected as one of the 100 best in Kanto. In September, October, and November, the park hosts an event called Minobu Night Walk Sorawatashi for two days each month.

This goes from the nearby temple to the summit of Mt Minobu and saves the arduous 4+ hour round trip. It costs about 1400 yen per person return but the views from the top alone are worth it. You have...
Roadside Station Fujiyoshida

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Yamanashi Pref. Fujiyoshidashi Araya 1936-6

This roadside station in Fujiyoshida City, the largest in Yamanashi prefecture, is notable for its up-close views of Mt. Fuji. The facilities include a farmer's market which offers locally-grown fruits and vegetables at reasonable prices, a restaurant offering Yoshida udon noodles, the area's specialty, and a tourist information center. The station combines shopping, eating, and playing all in one facility.
Koshu City Katsunuma Budo no Oka

4.0

82 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamanashi Pref. Koushushi Katsunumachouhishiyama 5093

This tourist facility in Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture is focused on grapes and wine. The underground wine cave offers brands of wines that have passed the wine quality screening organized by the city. In addition to wine tastings, the facility also offers an area where guests can enjoy wine as part of a meal or a barbeque. The hot springs spa featuring views of Southern Japan Alps, the Kofu Basin, and the Misaka Mountains is also popular.

I dont know if we were unlucky because we went on a week day, but the place seemed to be half abandoned. You pass by a first building literally abandoned, and then go to the main building were you...
Oishi Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamanashi Pref. Minamitsurugunfujikawaguchikomachi Oishi 2585

This scenic park in Fujikawaguchiko Town, Minamitsuru County, Yamanashi Prefecture on the bank of Lake Kawaguchi features views of both the lake and of Mt. Fuji. On clear days, the park bustles with people enjoying walking or photographing the seasonal flowers. The park is also a children's playground equipped with swings, a sandbox, slides, and more.
Roadside Station Fujikawa

4.0

48 Reviews

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Yamanashi Pref. Minamikomagunfujikawachou Aoyagimachi 1655-3

This roadside station located in Fujikawa Town, Minamikoma County, Yamanashi Prefecture features a tourist information area offering information on roads and tourist sites, a farmer's market, a restaurant, and more. The farmer's market offers a variety of locally-harvest fruits and vegetables including tomatoes and yuzu citrus. The station's restaurant, Fujikawa Kitchen, is notable for its large menu featuring dishes that leverage seasonal ingredients and traditional flavors.

昨日は、雪で、山梨県内は、高速道路及び一般道は、通行止めで大混乱。本日、天気は良道の駅の横にある、大型店舗，オギノとDSM（旧名：くろがねや）で買い物、山梨でしか売っていない物があり立ち寄りました。道の駅も、農産物も土産物も、値上げしており、女房殿、野菜や同じような食べ物は、スーパーなどののほうが、安いくらいであるといっていました。新しいパン屋などができて、営業努力？は感じられるが、道の駅としては...
Roadside Station Minami-Kiyosato

3.5

86 Reviews

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Yamanashi Pref. Hokutoshi Takanechounagasawa 760

This roadside station is located in Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture. It features a farmer's market stocked with fresh vegetables and local specialties, a restaurant where visitors can enjoy a meal, and a barbequing space where visitors can cook and eat vegetables purchased at the farmer's market. This leisure-focused roadside station is a place where families, couples, and friends can enjoy a day together. The station also features a dog park where you can enjoy a refreshing run or walk with your favorite pup.

地域券で野菜やお酒類を買うかもと、下見にきました。野菜の品揃えはかなりありました。お酒も地酒のワイン(local wine)が結構あり、ドブロク(unrefined sake)も二種類ありました。道の駅には山の急斜面を登るリフトカーもあり、山頂の展望台にも行けます。
Yamanashi Gem Museum

4.0

75 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamanashi Pref. Minamitsurugunfujikawaguchikomachi Funatsu 6713

Amply demonstrating the beauty of jewels, and built to spread proper information on jewels, Yamanashi Gem Museum displays an array of items, from raw minerals to jewelry gathered from jewelry sites around the world. Yamanashi makes roughly one-fourth of the jewelry manufactured in Japan, so the exhibits here, showing the process from raw mineral to jewel, is certainly worth a look.

Amazing place,close from Absolutely Fantastic lake Kawaguchico,very Nice exposition, very interesting Museum,I am very glad to be there,Wonderful Gem,THANK YOU VERY MATCH AND GREATEST GRATITUDE FOR...
Roadside Station Tsuru

3.0

41 Reviews

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Yamanashi Prefecture Tsurui City Ohara 88

This roadside station is popular for the many fresh vegetables, processed foods, and handmade items that line its store shelves. Each of these items is personally delivered by the 120 producers from the city and elsewhere who created them. The station's popular restaurant, Okatteba, which has a focus on local production and local consumption, serves food made with the locally-produced ingredients sold at the station's farmer's market. Guests at the cafeteria-style restaurant can eat outside on its terrace when the weather cooperates.

リニア見学施設のすぐそばです。前項旅行支援のクーポン券が使えますので、寄って、お土産たっぷり買いました。
Roadside Station Katsuyama

3.5

49 Reviews

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Yamanashi Pref. Minamitsurugunfujikawaguchikomachi Katsuyama 3758-1

This roadside station is located in Fujikawaguchiko Town, Minamitsuru County, Yamanashi Prefecture. The first floor of the station is shop that offers local specialties and produce, while the second floor is a restaurant. It also features a round observatory deck offering views of Lake Kawaguchi and grassy Koumi Park, which spread out in front of the station. The station is beloved by drivers as a rest stop.

河口湖畔にある道の駅。ここは残念ながら、地元の野菜、果物などの種類が少なく、駐車場も広くない。但し、河口湖のほとりで遊ぶことができるので、z自然を満喫するにはおすすめのお店
Koshu Yume Koji

3.5

92 Reviews

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Yamanashi Pref. Koufushi Marunouchi 1-1-25

This historic district recreates the castle town around Kofu Castle as it appeared in the Meiji, Taisho, and early Showa periods. Visitors can enjoy shopping, dining, visiting art museums, and more in the retro atmosphere created by cobbled roads, stores located inside transplanted old folk homes, a reproduction of the hour bell that informed residents of the time for over two centuries, and other attractions. The area is conveniently located adjacent to Kofu Station's north gate.

平日5時過ぎに行きました。ほとんどのお店は閉店の時間なのか、平日営業していないか分かりませんが、電気はついておらず、寂しい感じ。
Mt. FUJI PANORAMIC ROPEWAY

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Yamanashi Pref. Minamitsurugunfujikawaguchikomachi Asagawa 1163-1

This ropeway can be ridden from the shores of Lake Kawaguchi. Mt. Tenjo is said to be where the Japanese folktale, “Kachi-kachi Yama,” took place, hence the name of the ropeway. The ropeway takes three minutes to reach the top, 1,075 meters above sea level. From there, visitors can get a panoramic view of Lake Kawaguchi and Mt. Fuji and, on clear days, even the Japanese Southern Alps. You can descend via a hiking trail, passing by sights such as Tenjoyama Gokoku-jinja Shrine and a stone monument commemorating famed author Osamu Dazai.
Suntory Tomi no Oka Winery

4.0

76 Reviews

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Yamanashi Pref. Kaishi Onuta 2786

Suntory Tominooka Winery is located in KaiCity, Yamanashi Prefecture, and it handles all phases of wine production, from preparing the soil to cultivating the grapes to vinifying and bottling. Panels and videos have been set up to provide simple explanations of the processes that occur throughout the year. A tour of the plant and the vineyards is available for a fee, and afterwards, participants can enjoy a wine-tasting session.

Very boring especially if you are visiting on weekend. No factory tour nor free wine tasting are available. Besides only beverage they have for people who do not/ cannot drink is ordinal grape juice...
Roadside Station Tabayama

4.0

40 Reviews

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Yamanashi Pref. Kitatsuruguntabayamamura 2901

This roadside station in Tabayama Village, Kitatsuru County, Yamanashi Prefecture features a farmer's market offering locally harvested produce and an eatery offering light fare such as donburi (rice bowls) and noodles. The Nomekoi-yu hot springs spa is located within the station. There, bathers can refresh their bodies in its waters, which have a faint sulfur smell.

山梨から奥多摩方面をドライブしました。猿やリスが道を横切ってました。ドライブの際に、こちらの道の駅に寄ったら、かなり前に来たことがあった道の駅でした。道の駅敷地の下の方の桜はまだ三分咲き位で、しだれ桜は満開でした。桜ソフトクリームを買った方たちが、濃いピンクのしだれ桜とともにソフトクリームの写真を撮ってました。道の駅はそんなに大きくなく、ジビエ料理の鹿肉の商品などがユニークでした。カフェでは...
Roadside Station Shimobe

3.5

43 Reviews

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Yamanashi Pref. Minamikomagunminobuchou Furuseki 4321

This roadside station, part of Shimobe Noson Culture Park, is nestled in a quiet spot in the mountains. Its attractions include a barbequing square, a relocated folk home, a grassy square, a soba noodle restaurant, and a shop offering local specialties. It also has a firefly dome where visitors can learn about fireflies. From December to February, visitors can try their hand at making Shimobe miso paste with soy beans grown in Minobu Town, a very popular activity.

下部温泉から本栖湖に行く途中、休憩でよく利用します。農産物や加工品を販売してます。小生は、”豆餅”があれば購入します。少しリニューアルして、ゆるキャラのファンの聖地みたいな感じで、オートバイで、若者が訪れています。イタリヤのスクーターが展示されており、これは買うことができるのかと、売り子に問うと、売れないですと言っていました。当然ですが。施設の近くでは、この寒さの中、テントが５-６張位、設営して...

The Base of Mt. Fuji Around Lake Kawaguchi Around Lake Yamanaka Kofu / Shosenkyo Katsunuma / Isawa Onsen Kiyosato / Kobuchisawa Minobu / Shimobe Onsen

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Yamanashi Areas

Yamanashi prefecture is the proud home of one of Japan’s most celebrated icons: Mount Fuji. Although the mountain straddles both Yamanashi and Shizuoka, the most breathtaking views of Fuji-san can be seen from the Fuji Five Lakes north of the mountain in Yamanashi prefecture. The plethora of outdoor activities in and around the lakes all have the benefit of the country’s highest mountain as their backdrop, and we can assure you that it is an unforgettable sight.