Travel Destinations in Yamanashi

Oshino Hakkai

Eight Sacred Ponds of Mount Fuji

Eight crystal-clear spring ponds fed by Mount Fuji snowmelt filtration, designated a UNESCO World...

Fuji-Q Highland

A thrilling amusement park at the base of Mt. Fuji known for record-breaking roller coasters and ...

Kawaguchiko

Lake Kawaguchi

Scenic lake at the northern base of Mount Fuji, with classic views and year-round outdoor activit...

Saiko Iyashi no Sato Nenba

Saiko Iyashi no Sato Nenba is a restored thatched-roof village at the northwestern base of Mount ...

Chureito Pagoda

Standing five stories tall against the backdrop of Japan's best-known mountain, Chureito Pagoda o...

Shosenkyo Gorge

Shosenkyo Gorge is a scenic 5-kilometer granite ravine along the Arakawa River that has been desi...

Takeda Shrine

Takeda Shrine is dedicated to the legendary warlord Takeda Shingen, one of Japan's most famous sa...

Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan

Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan: The Inn Guinness Lists as the Oldest Hotel, Up the Hayakawa Valley

A hot-spring inn far up the Hayakawa valley that dates its spring to 705 and holds the Guinness r...

Kitadake

Kitadake: Japan's Second-Highest Peak, With No Cars at the Trailhead

At 3,193 meters, Kitadake in the Southern Alps is second only to Fuji, and the only place on eart...

Minobusan Kuon-ji

Nichiren's Mountain Temple, Up 287 Steep Stone Steps

Head temple of the Nichiren Shu school, where Nichiren lived from 1274 and where his ashes rest. ...

Lake Shoji

The Smallest Fuji Lake, Where Fuji Seems to Hold a Child

The smallest of the Fuji Five Lakes, about 0.5 km² and 6.8 km around, and the quietest. From the ...

Fugaku Wind Cave

A Flat 15-Minute Walk Through a Lava Tube Once Used for Silkworm Eggs

A horizontal lava tube 201 m long in the Aokigahara forest, about 3°C inside, with ice that lasts...

Michi-no-Eki Hakushu

Free spring water below Mt. Kai-Komagatake

On Route 20 at the foot of Mt. Kai-Komagatake, where locals queue with plastic jugs for free spri...

Narusawa Ice Cave

Steep Stairs Down to Year-Round Ice Under the Aokigahara Forest

A lava tube formed in the 864 eruption on Fuji's north side, kept at about 3°C so ice lasts all y...

Lake Motosuko

The Clear Western Lake Whose View of Fuji Is on the 1,000-Yen Note

The westernmost and deepest of the Fuji Five Lakes; the local tourism association calls its water...