Travel / Tourism Spots in Yamanashi Area

  • Furoen
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    4.0
    18 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Pref. Koufushi Sakaori 3-4-3
    This historic plum garden, known for its flowers, was opened in 1897. The garden was built on a leveled hillside covering 50,000 square meters in the eastern Kofu Basin, it is planted with flowering plum, sacred bamboo, cheery trees, azaleas, maples and more plants to admire. It is filled with visitors during plum blossom season, from February through March.

    言わずと知れた梅の名所。 丘の斜面を利用した造成した梅園です。 上まで行くとちょっとした散歩になるかな。 展望もなかなかで、気持ちが良いですね。

  • Marufuji Winery
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    4.5
    29 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Koshu-shi Katsunumacho Fujii 780
    This winery is located in the Fujii area of Katsunuma-cho, Koshu City. In a shop with over 120 years of history, founded in the Meiji period, they make wine from grapes grown in the company's own farm. You can visit the museum containing historical resources, the storehouses and where the grapes are pressed for free, and twice a day (once in the morning and once in the afternoon) you can enter the rooms themselves. You can also pay for a wine tasting and to buy from their shop.

    Visited this winery last of 4 on a Sunday afternoon. The employees spoke excellent English and were very accommodating. The winery is a beautiful traditional Japanese building and on top of it the...

  • Oboshi Park
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    4.5
    11 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Pref. Minamikomagunfujikawachou Kajikazawa 2175
    This scenically beautiful park spreads across the side of Mt. Oboshi in the southwestern tip of Kofu Basin. It offers a view of Mt. Fuji and the Fuji River, the Kofu Basin, the Yatsugatake Mountains, and beyond. The park's more than 2,000 cherry blossom trees, including Sato-zakura cherry and weeping cherries, earned it a spot on the Japan Cherry Blossom Association's list of the country's 100 best cherry blossom viewing spots. The park holds the Oboshi Sakura Festival during the annual bloom season that is attended by large crowds of people.

    桜満開の時期に訪問しました。 お祭りが開催されていて、期間中は駐車場が500円となっていました。 県外から桜観光に来て、山梨県内の桜の名所をかなり回りましたが、ここが1番良かったです。山の斜面に桜の木々が植えてあるので、絵面がいい景色なります。 山上では、出店があり、たくさんの花見客が桜を満喫していました。

  • Lake Saiko
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    Yamanashi Prefecture Minamitsuru-gun Fuji Kawaguchiko Town
    Located at an elevation of 900 meters, Lake Saiko is one of the Fuji Five Lakes. At 2.12 square kilometers, it is not very large, but it is deep, about 72 meters, and its intensely blue surface has a mystic beauty. Whether it is azaleas in the spring, verdant greenery in the early summer, colored leaves in the fall, or soft rime in the winter, visitors can enjoy scenic beauty in every season, and the lake is a favorite spot for water activities. In 2010, kunimasu (local salmon), believed to live only Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture, were found in Lake Saiko for the first time in 70 years, a discovery that made news headlines.
  • The Yu-no-oku Museum of Gold Mining History
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    Yamanashi Pref. Minamikomagunminobuchou Uenotaira 1787 ahead
    Minobu Town is a place with many cultural heritage sites, but none have a bigger historical significance than the Yu-no-oku gold mine ruins. This museum exhibits a collection of unearthed articles, materials related to the gold mine, historical documents on gold mining, and more. Visitors can enjoy learning about the world of gold mining during Japan's middle ages and Warring States period through the museum's video theater, dioramas, exhibit halls, hands-on gold panning activity, and more.

    日帰り温泉目的で下部に行きました。以前から気になっていたのですが、中々機会がとれず、ようやく立ち寄ることができました。 博物館に入る前に駐車場があり、そこには足湯ができる場所があります。下部温泉の中の施設ということなのか、ポツポツ利用する人がいました。中はそれほど広くないのですが、お湯がちょうど良く、帰りに利用しました。無料です。 今回はなんといっても砂金取りが目的で、これが結構はまります。はじめ...

  • L'Orient Wine Shirayuri Winery
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    4.0
    29 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Koshu-shi Katsunumacho Todoroki 878-2
    Shirayuri Brewery, founded in 1938, is a winery that has its own vineyard in Katsunuma-cho, Yamanashi Prefecture, which is perfect for growing grapes in terms of climate and soil, and continually seeks wine with consistency. From bottling raw wine and original label making to wine touring and experiencing farm work, there are a variety of courses available.

    お盆で販売店のみ営業。試飲の後で、炎天下の中うちわを貸してくれ、畑を案内して頂きました。 なんでも少し前までフランスで修行してたとのこと。 彼からブドウの説明を受けたら、もっと応援したくなっちゃいました。 ワインは種類によってみんな違う味わいでした。 コロナでお客さんは半分くらいだそうですが、負けずに美味しいワインを作っていって欲しいです。

  • Yamanashi Fruits Nakajima Farm
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    4.5
    16 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Yamanashi-shi Minami Osa Kubo 2905
    This fruit farm is located inside of Yamanashi City Ichigo Land in Minami, Yamanashi City. The farm offers strawberry picking and sells strawberries from December to mid-May. It also offers all-you-can-eat peaches from late July to September. Guests can choose from three courses including one that includes souvenir peaches and one that includes a peach picking experience.

    今年初のいちご狩りに行きました!いちごのあまりの美味しさと大きさにビックリしました。今までいちご狩りは2月頃からっと思っていましたが、1月が一番成りで1番美味しいと農園の方が言っていました。まさにその通りです!1月いちご狩りに行って大正解でした!金額とともにいちごの大きさが比例して行くようですが…また、1月にお邪魔したいです!楽しいいちご狩りをありがとうございました!

  • Funatsu Lava Tree Molds
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    4.0
    15 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Minamitsuru-gun Fujikawaguchikomachi Funatsu

    About 1,000 years ago, when volcanic lava flowed from Mount Fuji, it burned everything in its path and created various shapes when it cooled. On the slopes of the mountain, there are many caves that...

  • Yamataka Jindai Cherry Blossom
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    Yamanashi Pref. Hokutoshi Mukawachouyamataka 2763 Actual temple
    This cherry blossom tree, one of Japan's three most famous, stands on the grounds of Jisso-ji Temple in Mukawa-cho, Hokuto City. Its estimated age of 2,000 years makes it one of Japan's oldest trees. At the same time, its 10-meter height combined with its massive 10-meter circumference of its trunk makes it one of the biggest. It was designated as Japan's first national natural monument in 1922. Around the time its cherry blossoms are in full bloom, some 80,000 daffodils that grow nearby come in full bloom as well. This creates an exquisite contrast between the blue ski, the light pink above, and the yellow underfoot.
  • Yamanashi Prefectural Archeological Museum
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    13 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Pref. Koufushi Shimozonechou 923
    This museum that opened in 1982 is a facility where people can learn the history of Yamanashi from archeological materials. The museum exhibits artifacts that paint a picture of the prefecture from the Paleolithic age to the Edo period, the time of Kofu Castle. Museum visitors can also participate in hands-on activities such as ancient fire-starting or making magatama beads.

    縄文時代から古墳時代に特化した博物館です。アプリをダウンロードして隣接した古墳を散策すると楽しいです。 展示品も充実しており、掲示されている解説も比較的丁寧です。 実物の出土品がたくさん見られるので、考古学が好きな方にはお勧めです。 最大の難点は、公共交通機関でのアクセスが悪いことかな。

  • Kawaguchi Asama-jinja Shrine
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    Yamanashi Pref. Minamitsurugunfujikawaguchikomachi Kawaguchi 1
    This old shrine was built on the command of Emperor Seiwa in 865 in the hopes of extinguishing the fires caused by the eruption of Mt. Fuji the previous year. It enshrines Asama no Okami (Konohananosakuya-hime), the deity of Mt. Fuji. The Magomi matsuri festival held in April and the Daidai Okagurasai festival held in July both see many visitors. The shrine was designated as part of the Mt. Fuji World Heritage Site in 2013.
  • Yamanakako Forest Park of Literature Mishima Yukio Literary Museum
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    21 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Pref. Minamitsurugunyamanakakomura Hirano 506-296
    This library and museum is dedicated to the writer Yukio Mishima. The collection holds a variety of items including the first prints of 99 of Yukio Mishima's books, autographed manuscripts donated by his family, literary notes, letters, and more. The exhibit hall looks at his life from the time of his birth to his suicide, as well as his posthumous influence. There's also an exhibit that replicates Yukio Mishima's study, as well as displays with commentary on his wide range of work in various genres. Yamanakako Forest Park of Literature where the museum is located has features like stone haiku monuments on the edge of Lake Yamanaka.

    I am studying Mishima, so coming here was a big deal for me. Im unsure why anyone would come here if they werent big Mishima fans. If you love him and his work, you will appreciate this.

  • Maruki Winery
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    4.0
    22 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Pref. Koushushi Katsunumachoushimoiwasaki 2488
    This winery in Koshu City, Yamanashi Prefecture is the oldest in Japan. It sells a variety of wine labels including Raison, La Feuille, Iro, and Nigori. Not only can you buy wine here, but you can also tour the wine-making area.

    まる喜が経営されている旅館「坐忘」に宿泊し、そこでまる喜のワインや日本酒を幾つか堪能しました。 まず大きなライブラリーには飲み放題のまる喜ワインが数種類置かれていました。タイプの異なる2種類のワインを頂きましたが美味しかったです。 また夕食時にはまる喜が山形で生産している出羽燦々を使った日本酒を頂きましたが、これもとても美味しかったです。 まる喜の旅館で、まる喜産の美味しい醸造酒、ワインと日本酒を...

  • Fujikawaguchiko Momiji Kairo
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    12 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Minamitsuru-gun Fujikawaguchikomachi Kawaguchi
    This spot famous for its fall foliage is located north shore of Lake Kawaguchi. It is about a ten-minute drive from Kawaguchiko Interchange and about a 15-minute drive from Fujiyoshida Interchange. The stunning tunnel of fall leaves stretches for 150 meters along the banks of the Nashigawa River. It is one of the highlights of the Fuji Kawaguchiko Autumn Leaves Festival held from early to mid-November. Musical and other performances are showcased on stages set up for the festival. The area bustles with rows of booths selling snacks, souvenirs, and other items. The corridor is illuminated from sunset until 10 p.m. during the festival.

    バスツアーで行きました。 駐車場から河口湖方面に歩いて行き、道路沿いから土手のようなところを入って行きます。回廊自体は長くなく、出口付近には工芸品の露店が並びます。 小さなライトが道を飾っていました。 一度行けば充分ですね。

  • Gurume Ichigokan Maeda
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    15 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Pref. Chuoushi Narushima 1437
    An orchard in Chuo City, Yamanashi Prefecture. You can pick strawberries grown without pesticides. Not only can you enjoy rare types of strawberries and sweets, you can do nighttime strawberry-picking-not found in other orchards. Also, the orchard is barrier-free and has good privacy, so visitors in wheelchairs or pushing strollers can visit and enjoy strawberry-picking.

    高さがちょうどよく食べやすい。最初に章姫を食べ放題してから、3種が食べられるゾーンへ案内される。どちらのゾーンも5mくらいのところで、ここからここまでの間で食べるようにと区切られる。大きいイチゴがあるゾーンがほかにもあるのにと思いつつも、その部分を食べつくす。味はデパ地下で買うイチゴよりは劣るが、4種を食べ比べられたのは楽しく、まあまあおいしかった。クーポンを使ってちょっと安く入場券をゲットしたが...

  • Ono Orchid & Orchard Garden
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    18 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Prefecture Minami Alps City Nishino 1202
    This orchard is located in Nishino area of Minami-Alps City. The Nishino area was the first in the prefecture to adopt fruit-growing, and there is even a record from late Meiji Period of Ono Orchid and Orchard Garden shipping out cherries. In addition to cherries, there is a all-you-can-eat grape course, a grape tour course in which you can eat 10 or more varieties of in-season grapes, as well as peach-picking and plum-picking.

    この時期、毎年山梨へさくらんぼ狩りへ行くようになって8年になります。 良かったところをリピートしたりもしますが、せっかく星の数ほど農園があるし、ホームページを見て、評判良さそうなところを決めて行きます。 大体毎年、なんの不満もなく満足です。 しかしこちらの農園、初めて「ここはもういいや」って思いました。 さくらんぼ自体は美味しかったです。 しかし、どの木がなんの種類かの記載が一切なし。 なので自...

  • Soryu Winery Co., Ltd.
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    19 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Koshu-shi Katsunumacho Shimoiwasaki 1841
    This winery, located in Shimoiwasaki Katsunuma-cho, Koshu City, was founded in 1899. The winery offers guided tours during which participants can learn about the winemaking process and view what goes on inside the facility, including the distillation room, bottling plant, and wine cellar. The winery also has a shop where you can sample around 40 different wines at any given time.

    Free tasting of a good variety of Koshu, Muscat Bailey A, and blended red wines. I went after being impressed with the Soryu wines at Buda No Oka. There are several labels with different price...

  • Araya Yama-jinja Shrine
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    Yamanashi Pref. Fujiyoshidashi Araya 1230
    This shrine stands on the Gan-no-ana lava flow plateau located between Araya and Mt. Fuji. Built in 1534, the shrine is beloved by locals by the nickname Yama-no-kami-sama. The shrine's deity is Oyamatsumi-no-Mikoto, the guardian of mountains. Also known as a deity of industry, praying to him is said to bring about prosperity in business, prosperity in forestry, luck with money, and other benefits.
  • Oshi, Former Togawa Family Residence
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    18 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Pref. Fujiyoshidashi Kamiyoshida 3-14-8
    This is a house where Mt. Fuji’s Oshi (low ranking Shinto priest) priests have worked for generations. Oshi were people who carried out missionary work and prayer for the Mt. Fuji religious faith, looking after the lodgings and meals of Fujiko believers who were making the pilgrimage up Mt. Fuji. This is a presently existing invaluable building which supported the Mt. Fuji faith. The main building which was constructed in 1768 has been designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan in 2011. It is also a constituent asset of the World Heritage Fuji, and you can see materials such goshinzen room and mountain climbing costumes at the Residence.

    Its small but the entrance fee is very cheap. When visited in conjunction with the nearby Kitaguchi-hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine, it gives you an idea of how one starts a pilgrimage to Mt Fuji.

  • Local Products Station Kaiteirasu
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    7 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Kofu-shi Toko Ji 3-13-25
    This shopping center carries all of the best products Yamanashi has to offer. Its four different corners provide information on and sell the region's specialties and handicrafts. Their amazing lineup includes beautiful jewelry from Yamanashi, Japan's biggest jewelry producer, 220 different wines from Yamanashi's best wineries, a selection of Yamanashi's famous sweets and traditional handicrafts, and more.

    甲斐善光寺を少し上がって ところにあります。 地元物産品の販売と レストランがあります。 善光寺や東光寺なども近くにあり 使いやすい施設と 思います。

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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.

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