"Hottarakashi Onsen" (Neglecting Hot Spring) located on a small mountain in Yamanashi City, Yamanashi Prefecture. Onsen is divided into two areas: "Acchi-no-Yu" (That Place) and "Kocchi-no-Yu" (This Place). Because there is nothing to block the sight from either landscape or scenery, you can see the natural scenery every season including Mt. Fuji. At "Acchi-no-Yu" which is open … [Read more...] about Hottarakashi Onsen (Neglecting Hot Spring), Yamanashi
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Misogi-jinja Nogaku-den (Misogi Shrine Noh theater), Yamanashi
Misogi-jinja Shrine is a shrine located in Kobuchizawa, Hokuto-shi, Yamanashi Prefecture. In 1974, the Inoue-jinja Shrine in Higashi-Ueno, Tokyo, which was the original location, was destroyed, so the shrine was revived in Yamanashi Prefecture where there were many believers. In this shrine there are worship prayers, "Omiyamairi" (shrine visit), "Shichi Go San" (the Japanese … [Read more...] about Misogi-jinja Nogaku-den (Misogi Shrine Noh theater), Yamanashi
Sakasa Fuji (Mt. Fuji as reflected in a lake)
"Sakasa Fuji" is a sight that Mt. Fuji is reflected sharply upside down, reflected on the surface like a mirror. You can enjoy two Mt. Fuji of a mirror image which is line symmetrical with the main body at the same time. “Fuji Five Lakes” in Yamanashi Prefecture is famous as the place where “Sakasa Fuji” can be seen. Especially Lake Motosu is famous as a model of "Sakasa Fuji" … [Read more...] about Sakasa Fuji (Mt. Fuji as reflected in a lake)
Arakurayama-Sengen Park, Yamanashi
Featured by the TV programs Fujiyoshida City in Yamanashi Prefecture is the gateway area to the northern side of Mt. Fuji, located at an altitude of about 650 meters to 850 meters at the foot of Mount Fuji. The towering up "reiho" (lit. sacred peak) can be seen from anywhere in town. "Arakurayama Sengen park", the view spot of Mt. Fuji, boasting the best in the Fuji Five Lakes … [Read more...] about Arakurayama-Sengen Park, Yamanashi
Wind Cave & Ice Cave, Yamanashi
In a national park maintained properly Aokigahara Jukai (the ocean of trees) which opens northwest of Mount Fuji. There is the walk course that even a beginner can walk in peace in a national park maintained properly. There are “Fugaku Fuketsu” (Wind Cave) and “Narusawa Hyoketsu” (Ice Cave) which are lava caves in the east and west of an ocean of trees. The chill in … [Read more...] about Wind Cave & Ice Cave, Yamanashi