Activities Oboshi Park Cherry Blossom Festival Kim Bergström Yamanashi's Oboshi Park is a delight during spring for cherry blossom fans. The grounds here are home to around 2000 cherry t...
Activities Cycling Around Kofu City Tyra 'nell Pille-Lu Kofu City is not only developed as a commercial hub, but also as a posting station and a castle town. We went around the plac...
Culture Yamanashi Prefectural Museum Takane Shoji While Tokyo is indeed home to some of the finest museums in Japan, the countryside also boasts a few impressive cultural muse...
Hoshinoya Fuji Coming October 2015 Tom Roseveare Hoshino Resorts will be opening a new location at "Hoshinoya Fuji" on October 30th, 2015.
Soba Restaurant in Akasawa-juku Cathy Cawood Musashiya Soba Shop is the only restaurant in Akasawa-juku, but what a great location! Their soba and tempura are pretty good...
Old Inns of Akasawa-Juku Cathy Cawood The post town of Akasawa-Juku has many fine old Edo and Meiji Era inns, and was designated an Important Cultural Buildings Pr...
Shopping Budo-Kobo Wineglass Hall Cathy Cawood A wine-themed museum, wineglass store, cafe with famous raisin bread and a glass-craft studio in Katsunuma.
Saruhashi - the Monkey Bridge Cathy Cawood Ingeniously designed Saruhashi in Otsuki is one of Japan's oldest and most famous bridges.
Kogakuji Cathy Cawood Rinzai Sect temple at the foot of a mountain in Koshu with eight sub-temples and an unusual covered bridge.
A Very Big Rock and Wildflowers Cathy Cawood Huge boulder flung from a volcano 2 million years ago now rests beside the road in the mountains of Yamanashi.
Culture Paul Rusch Festival Rey Waters An American County Fair here in Japan. Enjoy music, dance, hay rides, crafts and food - plenty of good old country food.
Food Mount Fuji Delicious Food Festa 2022 Kim Bergström Taking place over the same dates as the iconic Fuji Shibazakura Festival, the Mount Fuji Delicious food festa is a celebratio...
Culture Kofu Castle Eiji Nakagomi If you come to Kofu, take an hour to walk around the castle. It is an important historic spot, and it is conveniently close t...
