Hello Kitty will be yourtour guide for Yamanashi,Home of Mt. Fuji!

YAMANASHIJAPANYAMANASHI-JAPANFood
Guide forfoods and shopping

Fruits, local cuisine, wine and sake,and more. This guidebook introduces

you to the rich variety of wonderful foodand shopping found in Yamanashi.
So, let's take a look!

Takeda Hishimaru
Captain of the Tourist Caravan
Yamanashi, Home of Mt. Fuji

Yamanashi Fruits

Taste Premium Wine and Sake

Concierge

Yamanashi is known for growing juicy fruits year-round.
Enjoy these fresh, delicious gifts from nature with a

Fruitssweetness that melts in your mouth.

Christine Haruka
A Japanese-Swiss TV personality who loves Yamanashi.

Yamanashi is not only the birthplace of Japan's wine industry
but oﬀers many unique wineries.
In addition, Yamanashi is a popular Japanese sake brewery

Wine & Sakeregion thanks to clean water springs.

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Cuisine Rich with Variety

Traditional Products Crafted by Artisans

Concierge

Makita Sports
A musician and actor born in Yamanashi.

Yamanashi's local cuisine is very creative, oﬀering both a

Yamanashi s traditional products feature beautiful designs and excellent"homemade" and "specialty" taste that is unique to the region.

craftsmanship. They are carefully crafted with Yamanashi pride.

Local Cuisine
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Shopping
4Fruits

Enjoy Yamanashi's fruits
that are in season.
Yamanashi oﬀers fruits year-roundfor everyone to enjoy. Yamanashi
is the number 1 producer ofpeaches and grapes in Japan!

BlueberryBlueberries can be enjoyedfrom the beginning of thesummer. This sweet, bite-size
fruit is very cute.

Strawberry

Strawberries are usually only
available from the winter throughthe spring, but now a new type ofstrawberry is also available toenjoy during the summer.

GrapesPink Spring

Peach blossoms start blooming
everywhere in the beginning ofApril all at once, covering theland in a beautiful pink carpet.

Landscape emblematicof Yamanashi

Grapes are in seasonfrom the summer until
the fall. Many varieties
are grown.

Vast grape vineyards are the ﬁrst
thing that stands out when entering
the Kofu Basin.

Choose from manyvarieties, including
easy-to-eat seedlessgrapes and grapeswith edible skin!

CherryPersimmon

Cherries are ready for harvestingfrom around the middle of May.
They are considered a delicacy
in Japan.

This fruit is reminiscent of an autumn
visit. Dried persimmons(Korogaki and
Anpogaki) are also available.

Yamanashi
Fruits Calendar

The "Kiyo" holds
the Guinness
World Record
as the world's
heaviest plum!

Fruit name

Apr

Persimmons being driedout in the open inspires
poems about autumn.

May June July

Aug Sept Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Strawberry
Cherry
Peach

Plum

Plum

Peach

Yamanashi grows various
types of plums, including
very large ones like the“Kiyo”.
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GrapesFreshly picked peaches
can be enjoyed in the
beginning of the summer.

Blueberry

dried persimmon

Persimmon
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FruitsFruit Map

Visitors can go to Yamanashi
farms and pick fruits with theirown hands and eat. Come out
and experience picking all
kinds of fruits.

Mt. Yatsugatake andNirasaki Area

Fuefuki, Koshu andYamanashi Area

Check!
Grape picking

Kofu and Shosenkyo
Gorge Area

Tobu Area
Minami Alps andFuji River Basin Area

Strawberry Picking Cherry Picking
Pick bright red strawberries.
Eating them with condensed
milk is also good!
Feeabout 1,500 yen

Fuefuki, Koshu and Yamanashi Area

Kofu and Shosenkyo Gorge Area
Mt. Fuji and Lake Fujigoko Area

These red gems are ripened on
the branch. Come out and pickthese fruit delicacies!
Fee

about 2,000 yen

Fuefuki, Koshu and Yamanashi Area
Mt. Yatsugatake and Nirasaki Area
Minami Alps and Fuji River Basin Area
Mt. Fuji and Lake Fujigoko Area

Peach Picking

This fruit is reminiscent of asummer visit. Eat them while
they are hard and fresh.
Fee

Which grapes do you like? Manyvarieties are available to taste.
Fee

about 2,000 yen

Fuefuki, Koshu and Yamanashi Area
Kofu and Shosenkyo Gorge Area
Mt. Yatsugatake and Nirasaki Area
Minami Alps and Fuji River Basin Area

Blueberry Picking
Visitors can enjoy a refreshingsweetness from the blueberries
that are freshly picked.
Fee

Strawberry（Dec-May,
Aug-Sept）

Cherryabout 1,500 yen（May-July）

Fuefuki, Koshu and Yamanashi Area
Minami Alps and Fuji River Basin Area
Mt. Yatsugatake and Nirasaki Area

Visitors can enjoy
fruit picking at
various areas!

Grape Picking

Mt. Fuji and
Lake Fujigoko Area

Mulberry（June）

Grapes（July-Oct）

Peach（June-Sept）

Plum（June-Aug）

Yamanashi Web page
"Yamanashi Umaii Net" provides
information about local cuisine
as well as fruits, wines,
Japanese sake and many otherdelicious Yamanashi foods. Feelfree to look at it for moredetailed information on fruit
picking.

about 1,000 yen

Mt. Yatsugatake and Nirasaki Area
Mt. Fuji and Lake Fujigoko Area

www.yamanashi-kankou.jp/umaiinet/※The fees listed may vary.

78Blueberry（July-Aug）

Pears（Sept-Dec）

Kiwi（Oct-Nov）

Persimmon（Oct-Nov）

Apple（Aug-Nov）

Citron（Nov-Dec）

Look atUmaii Netfor further
information!

Japanese Wine
Wine

Find Your
Favorite Wine!

Yamanashi is the birthplaceof Japan's wine industry!
Many wineries produce
unique wine blends.

Visitors canalso enjoy thehistory behindwine making

Enjoy Local Cuisine
and Wine Together!

At the winery, visitors can not only try
various wines but eat at the restaurants
there as well. Pairing locally produced
wine and locally sourced ingredients isabsolutely fantastic!

Miyakoen

Budo-no-Oka
World-class "Koshu Wine""Koshu Wine", which is made from the oldvines of the Koshu grape in Yamanashi,
has been praised at international winecompetitions and is exported throughout
the world. Its refreshing taste is best when
paired with Japanese cuisine.

Koshu Wine also
has an amazing
fragrance!

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Katsunuma Tunnel
Wine Caves

Japan's ﬁrst wineries
that still exist today. Thisarchives museum oﬀers
historical records related
to the wines currently
being made.

An abandoned railroad
tunnel was converted
into wine caves oﬀering
visitors a very uniqueexperience!

●TEL.0553-44-0444●10 min. by taxi from
JR Katsunuma-Budokyo Sta.

●TEL.0553-20-4610●10 min. by taxi from
JR Katsunuma-Budokyo Sta.

Too many
to choose!

"Budo-no-Oka" oﬀers an expansive
vineyard on a small nearby hill.
The underground wine caves store
approximately 200 brand namewines available for tasting andpurchase. The aﬃliated restaurantoﬀers great meals paired with
Koshu Wine.

Check!
Budo-no-Oka●Katsunuma Budo-no-Oka Grape Hill
TEL.0553-44-2111● 5 min. by taxi from
JR Katsunuma-Budokyo Sta.

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Winery Map

Enzan,
Yamanashi and
Fuefuki Areas

Come Visit the Yamanashi Wineries
Tasting

TourTour（reservation required）

Kashiwa Wine

Katsunuma Region &Synthesis Public Bldg.

Marquis Wine

Marufuji Winery❹ TEL.0553-44-0043

Katsunuma Winery❺ TEL.0553-44-0069❹

Ikeda Winery❻ TEL.0553-44-2190❸

Iwasaki Winery❼ TEL.0553-44-0020❷

TEL.0553-22-0148

TEL.0553-33-3024

Soleil Wine

Gomi Winery

TEL.0553-22-2236

TEL.0553-33-3058

Yawata Wine

Enzan Wine

TEL.0553-23-2082

TEL.0553-33-2228

Sanyo Wine
TEL.0553-35-2108❶

Kami Town

Shion Winery
TEL.0553-20-3541

KashioSuzuran Winery
TEL.0553-47-0221

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Katsunuma
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TEL.0553-47-5911

Minami Alps Wine and Beverage
TEL.0553-47-6550

Koshu City
Government
Oﬃce

Kurambon Wine

Chateau Lumiere

Enzan

TEL.0553-47-0207

Montanasu Wine
TEL.0553-47-0491

Huggy Wine

❾ TEL.0553-44-0129⓳ TEL.0553-44-0433

Soryu Winery⓴ TEL.0553-44-3131

Nishi-Kanto Roadway
Entrance

L'Orient Wine - Shirayuri Winery
Sapporo Wines - Grande Polaire Katsunuma Winery

Ohizumi Winery of Katsunuma⓫ TEL.0553-44-2872

Yamanashi City
Government
Oﬃce

Yamanashi Cityn

Manns Wines - Katsunuma WineryKasu

Kinjyo Wine

Toumu Winery

Budoubatake

Chateraise Belle Foret Winery - Katsunuma Winery⓮ TEL.0553-20-4700

TEL.0553-44-0356
TEL.0553-44-2501

Haramo Wine

Katsunuma Daihachi Winery⓰ TEL.0553-44-0162

TEL.0553-44-0121

Marusan Winery

Asaya Winery⓱ TEL.0553-44-1022

TEL.0553-44-0160
TEL.0553-44-0073

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TEL.0553-47-5881
TEL.0553-47-1553

Katsunuma Winery - Kanegawa Winery
TEL.0553-47-3232

Hikawabashi
Minamizume
Isawa Onsen-kyo Village
East Entrance

Chateau Katsunuma

Chuo Budoshu - Grace Winery⓲ TEL.0553-44-1230

Kamikuribara

Isawa
Onsen

Chateau Jun

Morita Koshu Winery⓯ TEL.0553-44-2003

Aramaki Wine
TEL.0553-47-0071

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TEL.0553-44-1567

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TEL.0553-47-1563

KatsunumaBudokyo

TEL.0553-44-2345⓬ TEL.0553-44-1011

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Caney Wine

Kizan Winery❽ TEL.0553-44-0111

Diamond Winery

TEL.0553-23-2462

TEL.0553-32-2032

Budo-no-Oka
Entrance

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Tekisen Wine

Kai Winery⓱ ⓰⓳⓲Fujiclair Winery❷ TEL.0553-44-3181

Ste. Neige Wine
TEL.0553-22-1511

TEL.0553-33-9988

Budo-no-Oka
KatsunumaBudokyo

Todoroki

Toshin Yoshu
TEL.0553-22-5681

TEL.0553-33-8080

Restaurant❶ TEL.0553-44-0027

Hikawa Winery
TEL.0553-22-1722

Okunota Winery

Koyasubashi
Kitazume

Katsunuma Area

Tsuruya Winery
TEL.0553-20-1772

Ushioku Wine

Yamanashi oﬀers a number of wineries,
which produce unique wine blends.

Kisvin Winery
TEL.0553-32-0003

Chuo

Katsunuma
IC

New Yamanashi Wine
TEL.055-263-3036

Fuefuki Wine
TEL.055-263-2299

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Yatsushiro Wine
TEL.055-265-2418

IchinomiyaMisaka IC

Monde Wine
TEL.055-262-3161

Ichinokura

Hombo Shuzo - Yamanashi Mars Winery
TEL.055-262-1441

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TEL.055-233-2579

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Kofu Police
Government
Station-Mae
Oﬃce
Shosenkyo CC
Prefectural Flower Center
Kofu-Showa IC
Heidi's Village

Charmant Wine (Eigashima Shuzo)

TEL.055-277-2805

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Yamanami-no-Yu

Mount Wine (Shikishima Winery)

Ropewayma

TEL.0551-28-7311

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TEL.0551-28-4451

Lake Chiyoda Takeda-jinja
Suntory Tomi No Oka WineryArakawa Dam
Shrineama

Chateraise Belle Foret Winery

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Japanese Sake
Sake

This sake is madefrom rice and crystal
clean spring water.
Yamanashi is blessed with an abundanceof clean water springs and as a result is a
popular sake brewery region.
It is great to be able to taste and compare
sake from so many sake breweries!

A ball made fromJapanese cedar sprigs
is placed on the eaves ofthe brewery to indicate thatthe new sake is ready!

Visit Sake Breweries

Sake is a fermented wine made from rice, waterand rice-malt. The process of brewing is
extremely particular and complex. Most of the
preparations are carried out in the winter. Whenvisiting breweries during this time, visitors cansee how Japanese sake is made.

Yamanashi Breweries and Local Sake Labels

Yamanashi breweries and their respective local sake labels are listed below. Each oﬀers a diﬀerent
charming taste. Feel free to taste and compare them!

TEL.0551-47-2277

Yamanashi
meijo
TEL.0551-35-2236

Fukutokucho Nirasaki Factory
TEL.0551-23-5843

Yoro Shuzo

TEL.0553-22-0047

Nagasaka

TaikanShuzo

TEL.055-282-1116

Sake is made from rice but some can be made bychanging the purity of the ingredients and theprocedures. If the term "Junmai" or "Ginjo" is shownon the label, it refers to a speciﬁc manufacturing
process.

TEL.0551-47-3130

Kobuchisawa

Hinoharu

Characteristics of Sake

YamakiShuzoten

Takenoi
Shuzo

Tanizakurashuzo

TEL.0551-38-2008

SutamaNirasaki

Yamanashi
City
Enzan

Kofu

IchinomiyaMisaka

Shirane

OtsukiIchikawaHommachi

Sasaichi Sake
Brewery

TEL.0554-25-2111

SasagoMasuhoYokouchiShuzoten

Uenohara

Kawaguchiko
Fujiyoshida

TEL.055-282-0038

Ide Jyozoten

TEL.0555-72-0006

MinobuOkubo Shuzoten

Utsubuna

Sun Foods

TEL.0553-32-3343

TEL.0556-22-0227

Yorozuya Jyozoten

Enjoy Warm Sake

Sake can be enjoyed as a heatedor chilled drink. "Okan" refers towarm sake and is a popular drink
during the winter.

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Yokoyama Shuzoten

TEL.0556-22-2103

Shop

Tour

Tour
（reservation required）

TEL.0556-64-3211

Restaurant

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UdezumouShuzo
TEL.055-262-3010

Local C uisine

Stewed Awabi

Old "traditionalflavors" are stilla favorite

Yoshidaʼs Udon

Visitors can enjoy eating soy sauce and misobased udon, which is made from Mt. Fuji springwater. The lightly salted thick noodles cooked aldente oﬀer a ﬁlling meal. There are close to 60
eateries available around the Fujiyoshida area, andmany of them oﬀer an eat-in space in the livingroom of their homes.

●Fujiyoshida Tourism Promotion Service

Awabi (abalone) is cooked
slowly in a soy sauce-based
stew. It is then sliced into thinpieces and eaten.

Local Yamanashi cuisine iscreative and ﬂavorful, showing
Yamanashi's passion fordelicious food!

Seafood from a
Non-coastal Prefecture

Outstanding when
paired with wineor sake.

During the Edo Period, abalone was ﬁshedfrom the sea and put in a soy sauce marinade.
The abalone was then transported by horse.
By the time that it arrived to Kofu it was justready to be served and eaten.

TEL.0555-21-1000

Yuba
Kofu
Torimotsu-ni

Torimotsu-ni is a local cuisine thatinvolves giblets stewed with sugar
and soy sauce. The stewed giblets
oﬀer a salty-sweet sauce that is
addictive.

Hoto

Hoto oﬀers a ﬂat noodle served together in a pot
with lots of stewed vegetables. Visitors can eat
directly from the pot.

Yamanashi B-grade Gourmet
Torimotsu-ni (stewing with chicken giblets) was
ﬁrst served at soba noodle restaurants in Kofu
City around 1950. It won the B-1 Grand Prix
(B-grade gourmet food competition) in 2010.

●Kofu City Tourism Department
TEL.055-237-5702

Mimi
Check!
Torimotsu-ni"Mimi" is a traditional dish in
Jukkoku, Fujikawa Town thatis made by stewing seasonal
vegetables with kneaded ﬂour.

●Minobu Town Tourism Department

TEL.0556-62-1116

Koshu Wine Beef

Grape pomace, the solid remains ofgrapes from the wine making
process, is used as fodder. This
produces a beef with a slightsweetness that is smooth and soft.

●Fujikawa Town Commerce, Industry
and Tourism Department
TEL.0556-22-7202●Koshu Wine Beef Producers Association
TEL.055-262-2288

Koshu
Fujizakura
Koshu Chicken Pork
Koshu chicken is free range
chicken raised in the Koshu's richnatural environment. This chicken
oﬀers sophisticated ﬂavors.

●Koshu Chicken Producers Association
TEL.055-222-0032

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Yuba is made from soy milk. "Minobu Yuba"
was ﬁrst made more than 700 years ago outof concern for the health of Nichiren Shonin.

This pork was produced
using a pig breed from
Iowa, U.S.A. The pigs
are raised in the naturalenvironment that has
blessed this area.
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Traditional Crafts
Traditional designs
that showcase mastercraftsmanship

The traditional crafts
in Yamanashi are all
stylish. These cutedesigns are great
for everyday use!

The smoothtexture feels
really nice!

Kaiki

Kaiki are beautiful silk goods thatcome from the Gunnai region, a textile
producing area. The unique woven
technique oﬀers a distinct texture.

Jewelry

Yamanashi used to be a region
known for producing quartz.
Special jewelry making
techniques were developed,
making this region in Japan oneof the most prominent for
jewelry production.

Koo-fuKoshu Inden

The natural wearfrom the leather
that occurs also adds
to their charm!

The Koo-fu brand oﬀers
well-designed jewelry that
integrates both the newand the old. The jewelry
shown in the picture is also
made by Koo-fu.

Yamanashi's traditional deerskin leather goods
are ﬁnished with lacquer and available invarious patterns. They were used as a decorative
helmet for armor during the Sengoku Period, an
era that is marked by near-constant military
conﬂict.

Find Your Favorite
Traditional Pattern!

The inden patterns have various
meanings. For example, the dragonﬂy
is literally known as the "victory
insect" because it can only go or ﬂy in
a forward direction. It is said that thispattern was a favorite of warriors.

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Now enjoy Yamanashi in Tokyo too!

Fujinokuni Yamanashi-kan: 1FYamanashi shop guide ●Open year-round"Fujinokuni Yamanashi-kan" is a satellite
shop and information center thathighlights the charm and characteristics
unique to Yamanashi. Local Yamanashi
specialty goods are available. There isalso a wine shop produced by world
renowned sommelier Shinya Tasaki andthe restaurant Y-wine, so visitors canenjoy Yamanashi wine and food.

20●Tel 03-3241-3776
Restaurant Y-wine: 2F●Closed Sunday and holidays●Contact: Tel 03-3527-9185●Address:
Nihonbashi Plaza Building,
2-3-4, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo, 103-0027

Local Sweets
Enjoy Yamanashi
sweets!

Sweets made in Yamanashi
are quite unique. Even thestandard Japanese sweets
available here areparticularly beautiful
and delicious.

Shopping Information

See locations below for purchasing
local Yamanashi specialty goods!

Michi-no-Eki"Michi-no-Eki" is a rest stop where visitors can take a break fromdriving. It is convenient because visitors can purchase a variety of
local specialty goods, including fruits and vegetables. Here is a list:

Tomizawa
28507-1 Fukushi, Nanbu-cho

Hakushu
1308 Shirasu, Hakushu-cho Hokuto City

☎0556-66-2260

Kai-Yamato2248 Hajikano, Yamato-cho, Koshu City

1936-6 Araya, Fujiyoshida City

☎0553-48-2571

Narusawa
8532-63 Jiragonno, Narusawa-mura

Shingen Mochi

760 Nagasawa, Takane-cho, Hokuto City ☎0551-20-7224

Shirane595-1 Zaikezuka, Minami Alps City

☎0553-39-2580

Shimobe4321 Furuseki, Minobu-choSoft mochi covered in brown sugar syrup and kinako is a typicalsweet available in Yamanashi. Try and eat it without getting
your face dirty with kinako!

2968-1 Kobuchisawa-cho, Hokuto City

☎0556-20-4141

1597 Shimoyama, Minobu-cho,(Located in Yamanashi Fujikawa Craft Park)

2901 Tabayama-mura☎0428-88-0411

Fujikawa☎0554-52-1811

1655-3 Aoyagi-machi, Fujikawa-cho

Katsuyama3758-1 Katsuyama, Fujikawaguchiko-machi☎0556-62-5600

Tabayama☎0551-25-5021

Doshi
9745 Doshi-mura☎0551-36-3280

Minobu Fujikawa Visitors Center☎055-269-3424

Nirasaki1795 Nakajo, Nakada-machi, Nirasaki City

☎055-282-6478

Kobuchisawa

Toyotomi
1010-1 Asari, Chuo City

☎0555-21-1225

Minamikiyosato☎0555-85-3900

Mitomi1822-1 Mitomi-Kawaura, Yamanashi City

☎0551-20-4711

Fujiyoshida☎0556-48-8700

Kosuge☎0555-72-5633

3445 Kosuge-mura☎0428-87-0020

Hanakage No Sato Makioka
2120 Murofushi, Makioka-cho, Yamanashi City

☎0553-35-4780

Yamanashi Prefectural Local Industry Center

Kaiterasu

There is a wide variety of Yamanashi specialty items available, such as jewelry, inden and other traditional crafts aswell as wine and local gourmet food.

Kurodama

The jet black balls have a striking appearance.
This delicious Japanese sweet is a dark,brown sugar coated yokan ﬁlled with asweet green pea paste.

Tsuki No Shizuku
This Yamanashi sweet has a romantic name,drop of moon . An entire Koshu grape is rolledin sugar. Only available in the fall.

Yamanashi Prefectural Local Industry Center: Kaiterasu
3-13-25 Toko-ji Temple, Kofu City

☎055-237-1641

Train Station Stores
JR Kofu Station (CELEO 2F)
1-1-8 Marunouchi, Kofu City

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Visitors can purchase goods such as wine andsweets at stores located at all the JR and Fujikyuko
Line stations.

Mt. Fuji Station, Fujikyuko Line（Q-STA）☎055-224-2611

2-5-1 Kamiyoshida, Fujiyoshida City

22☎0555-23-1111

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About Yamanashi Prefecture

Yamanashi Prefecture is situated in the center of Japan. Located next toTokyo, almost 80% of the prefecture consists of mountains and forests,
and it is famous for its rich natural scenery.
The local topography is known as the “Kofu basin,” being completely
encircled by mountains. Mt. Fuji, which towers over the land to thesouth, is Japan’s highest peak, a distinctive symbol of Japan, and listed asa world heritage site. To the north is the Yatsugatake mountain range
with the Kiyosato Highlands at its foot. To the west is the Southern Alps,a mountain range listed as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (also known asa UNESCO Eco Park in Japan), with some of Japan’s greatest mountains,
including Mt. Kai-Komagatake and Mt. Kitadake, its second-highest
peak.
The climate of Yamanashi includes large temperature swings between
summer and winter; thus, the prefecture undergoes distinctively visible
changes between the four seasons. Fruit cultivation thrives by making useof the climate’s temperature range.
Yamanashi has also been famous since ancient times as a source of rock
crystals, and it produces more jewelry than anywhere else in Japan thanks
to its superior grinding techniques.

No.1 in Japan

Niigata-Chuo IC

Niigata
Koriyama

Nagaoka JCT

Bullet train(Shinkansen)

Hokuriku
Shinkansen

Regular train
Expressway

FukushimaTohokuShinkansen

Joetsu JCT
Kan-etsu Expressway

National Highway

ToyamaKanazawa

Sea of Japan

ToyamaNagano Expressway

Ishikawa

Hokuriku Expressway

Nagano Sakudaira

Minobu Line

KomakiJCT

Chuo Expressway

Yamanashi

Meishin
Aichi
Expressway Nagoya-Minami
Mikkabi
JCT
JCT

Chubu International

Shin-Osaka Airport Centrair Toyohashi
MieShin-Kobe

Ken-O Expressway

Futaba JCT
Chubu Odan
Expressway
Masuho IC

NagoyaOsaka
International Airport

Fujioka JCT

SaitamaNagasaka IC

Obama IC

Kyoto

Utsunomiya

Tsurugashima JCT

Gifu

Kyoto

TakasakiOkaya JCT

Fukui

Maibara JCT

Gunma

Karuizawa

NaganoShinkansen

Tokai-Hokuriku
Expressway

Fukui-Kita IC

Tochigi

JoetsuShinkansen

NaganoShizuokaHamamatsu

Tokaido Shinkansen

Kansai International Airport

Line

Omiya

Hachioji Takaido IC
JCT
Tokyo

Otsuki JCT

Tokyo ICFujikyuko Line

Kawaguchiko IC
Ebina JCT

GotembaJCT

Shin-Shimizu JCT

Shin-Tomei
Expressway

Kofu Chuo

Iwafune JCT
Joban
Expressway
TsukubaJCT

Kanagawa

Shin Mishima-Fuji

Shizuoka

Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport

Tomei Expressway

Wakayama

No. 1 producer of peaches, grapes,
and plums

Tallest mountain: Mt. Fuji

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No. 1 producer of jewelry

No. 1 producer of mineral water

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Tokyo

Tokyo
International

ShinAirport
Yokohama

Paciﬁc Ocean

Nara

NaritaInternational
AirportChiba

Directions to Yamanashi

Yamanashi-Bound Train and Bus Travel Times■From TOKYOTo Saku
JR Koumi Line

Otsuki Station

JR Chuo Line

Fujiyoshida IC

Takaosan IC

Fujisan Station
Kawaguchiko IC
Yamanakako IC

To

JR Minobu Line

Tokyo Station
Shinagawa
Stationd)

Fuji Kyuko Line

Kawaguchiko
StationShinjuku Station

Hachioji Station(To

Shirane IC

Katsunuma IC

To Metropolitan Expressway

ay

Kofu-Minami IC
Kofu-Showa IC

Minami Alps IC
Masuho IC

Hachioji Jct. Chuo Expressway (Toll road) Takaido IC

Subashiri IC

Sagamihara-Aikawa IC

Shin-Yokohama Station
Yokohama Station

Shimobe-Onsen Station

Haneda Airport

To Nagoya

Gotenba IC
Shimizu IC

Fuji IC

Numazu IC

Shizuoka Station Fuji Station
Shin-Fuji Station

JR Chuo Line:
Azusa Limited Express
Kaiji Limited Express

Fuji Kyuko Line

Ebina JCTJR Chuo Line limited Express
1 hour

Otsuki

JR Tokaido Main LineBy busKawaguchiko■From KYOTO
From Kansai International Airport
Kansai International
AirportShin-Osaka
JR Limited express, 50 minutes

1 hour and 45 minutes

From Mt Fuji Shizuoka Airport

Bus, 55 minutes

JR Minobu Line Limited Express
2 hours

Shinkansen
15 minutes

Shinkansen
30 minutes

Kofu

Shin-Fuji

KawaguchikoBus
2 hours

Shinkansen
1 hour and 30 minutes

Kyoto

From Central Japan International Airport Centrair
Shizuoka

JR Minobu Line Kofu

Meitetsu Rapid Limited Express, 28 minutes Shinkansen 1 hour Limited Express, 2 hours

By train

NagoyaShizuoka

1 hour

JR Minobu Line Limited Express

Shin-Fuji

Shinkansen

1 hour and 40 minutes

2 hoursBus
2 hours

Kofu

Kawaguchiko

By busNagoya Bus Terminal

Chuo Expressway 4 hours

Kofu
Kawaguchiko

6 hours and 30 minutes

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Shizuoka

Shinkansen

By bus

Kyoto Bus Terminal

JR Minobu Line

Kofu

Limited Express, 2 hours
ShizuokaBus

Kawaguchiko

2 hours

Meishin Expressway and Chuo Expressway Kofu
7 hours
Kawaguchiko
9 hours and 30 minutes

Central Japan International Airport Nagoya

Shinkansen

Shizuoka
JR Minobu Line Kofu
Shinkansen
1 hour and 30 minutes
Limited Express, 2 hours

2 hours and 10 minutes■From NAGOYA

NagoyaKyoto

By train
Kyoto■From SHIZUOKA

Bus, 55 minutes

KawaguchikoBus
2 housKawaguchiko

Kawaguchiko

Mt Fuji Shizuoka Airport Shizuoka

Shinkansen

11 hours

Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal Chuo Expressway 2 hours and 10 minutes Kofu

Mt Fuji Shizuoka Airport Shizuoka

2 hours
Shin-Fuji

2 hours and 40 minutes

By busChuo Expressway
Fuji Kyuko

Shizuoka JR Minobu Line Limited Express Kofu

Kofu

Fuji Kyuko Line
30 minutes

JR Tokaido Shinkansen

Shinkansen
2 hours

Meishin Expressway and Chuo Expressway
Kofu
Osaka Bus Terminal 8 hours and 30minutes

JR Chuo Line Limited Express
1 hour and 30 minutes

Mishima Station

Chuo Expressway
Yamanashi Kotsu

Shin-Osaka

By trainShinjuku

2 hours

By train
Shin-Osaka

Kofu

Expressway bus

2 hours

JR Limited express, 50 minutes

3 hours and 15 minutes

Shinjuku
Shin-fuji IC

JR Chuo Line Limited Express

Kofu Kansai International Airport Shin-Osaka ShinkansenShizuokaJR Minobu Line Limited Express Kofu

3 and a half hours
Kofu
Haneda Airport
Hamamatsucho
Shinjuku
Tokyo monorail
JR Chuo Line Limited Express
JR Yamanote Line24 minutes
1 hour and 30 minutes
23 minutes

Shin-Tomei Expressway (Toll road)Shin-Shimizu IC

Shinjuku

1 hour and 30 minutes
JR Narita Express, 1 and a half hours
Narita International Airport
Kofu
Expressway bus

preFutaba Jct.
Futaba SA Smart IC

139

Otsuki Jct.

From Kansai International Airport

From Narita International Airport or Haneda Airport
Narita International Airport

Ex

Kofu Station

411

140

me
i

Kobuchisawa Station

Ken-O-Do, Metropolitan Inter-city Expressway (Toll road)To Omessw

Kobuchisawa IC Karisaka Tunnel

ll r
oa

To Chichibu

Kiyosato Station

To Matsumoto■From OSAKA

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Access to
Yamanashi isvery good.
Please comeand visit!

Tunnel of Autumn Leaves (Fujikawaguchiko Town)

Yamanashi Tourism Organization
Yamanashi Prefectural Office Annex 2nd Floor,
1-6-1 Marunouchi, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-0031
Tel.055-231-2722 http://www.yamanashi-kankou.jp/※As of September 1, 2015