Yamanashi

Arakurayama-Sengen Park, Yamanashi

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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 area, attracts visitors from home and abroad with its spectacular scenery. Especially in the spring, it is very popular as a spot where you can put the Japanese symbolic scenery of cherry blossoms, Mt. Fuji, five-storied tower in one picture.

The Arakurayama-Sengen Park is one of view spot in Fujiyoshida-city of Yamanashi, and because you can enjoy the five-storeyed pagoda in the hill of the park and Mt. Fuji at the same time, it is the popular spot that there is featured by the TV programs several times.

Michelin green guide Japan

The scenery from this park was on the cover of famous guidebook “Michelin green guide Japan”, and the super famous spot that has appeared in not only the guidebook but also the textbook in Thailand.

The things on behalf of Japan gathered

It is rare place where you can enjoy Japanese-style superb view such as “Mt. Fuji” “cherry tree”, and “five-storeyed pagoda”. There is not readily the spot where things on behalf of Japan gathered.

ArakurayamaSengen3 — minkara.carview.co.jp

Cultural site of world heritage

You can see cityscape of Fujiyoshida-city easily with huge Mount Fuji soaring to the sky in front. Many tourists come from outside of the prefecture as a sacred place of shooting spot of the Mount Fuji. After Mount Fuji was registered as a cultural site of world heritage, a lot of tourists from the foreign country come here, too.

Popular cherry-blossom viewing spot

When you go up about 400 steps of stairs to the park through the front approach to the Sengen Shrine, the field of vision widely open to the outside. A cherry tree blooms in profusion on both sides of an approach to the shrine and stairs in spring, it becomes the popular cherry-blossom viewing spot.

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Name:	Arakurayama-Sengen park
Adresse:	Arakura 3353-1 Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi 403-0011 Japan
Access:	Fuji-kyuko Railway Ohtsuki-sen Line “Shimoyoshida-eki Station” (10 minutes walk)
Tel:	(+81) 555-22-1111 (Fujiyoshida City Road Park Office)
Price/Charge:	Free
Official site:	http://www.city.fujiyoshida.yamanashi.jp/

Wind Cave & Ice Cave, Yamanashi

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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 the cave flows

To the entrance of “Wind Cave”, you go down the stairs. It will be wrapped in the air which felt cool suddenly, when it gets down from stairs as a half. The chill in the cave flows. Temperature of the caves is 0 degrees to 3 degrees throughout the year. Since the temperature in a cave is also low even in midsummer, so you should bring a coat and dresse near an entrance.

The round-trip time required about 15 minutes

“Wind Cave” and “Ice Cave” are the caves made by lava. About 1200 years ago, the lava which flowed in by the eruption of the mountain called “Nagao yama” which is flank volcano of Mt. Fuji became hard, and was formed.
Since it is made of not a rock but lava, it has a black color. “Wind Cave” is the tunnel cave of 201 meters in total extensions, and a maximum of 8.7 meters of height. The round-trip time required about 15 minutes.

Temperature is 0 to 3 degrees throughout the year

“Ice Cave” is pit annularity, and the total extension is 153 meters. There is the narrow passage in some places so as to be barely enough to go through the one. Temperature of the “Ice Cave” is also 0 degrees to 3 degrees throughout the year. It is a feeling entering in the refrigerator. Unlike “Wind Cave” which is long to a transverse direction, it goes down the stairs. If you get down, you will arrive to the deepest place in the “Ice Cave.”
There are many lump of ice there. It is said that natural ice was cut down in the cave and stored in this way a long time ago.

The icicle lighted up shines shiningly

If you follow a passage toward an exit, the icicle which is the highlight of “Ice Cave” will appear.
The icicle lighted up shines shiningly and is mysterious. More than 3000 tourists seem to come per day to see this icicle when highest.

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Name:	Wind Cave & Ice Cave
Address:	Wind Cave Saikonishi Aokigahara 2068-1 Minamitsurugun Fujikawaguchikomachi, Yamanashi 401-0332 Japan Ice Cave Narusawamura 8533 Minamitsurugun Narusawamura, Yamanashi 401-0320 Japan
Access:	Fujikyuko Kawaguchiko-sen Line “Kawaguchi-ko-eki” station (30 minutes by bus)
Tel:	Wind Cave (+81)555-85-2300 Ice Cave (+81)555-85-2301
Price:	Wind Cave 350 yen (Adult) 200 yen (Under 12 years old) Ice Cave 350 yen (Adult) 200 yen (Under 12 years old)
Official site:	http://www.mtfuji-cave.com/

Wind Cave

Ice Cave

Misogi-jinja Nogaku-den (Misogi Shrine Noh theater), Yamanashi

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“Misogi” means becoming “clean”

The word of “Misogi” of Misogi-jinja Shrine means becoming “clean”, and it is said that Japanese people have set on the origin of the way of thinking “clean” or “dirty” from ancient times.
Unlike Western “right and wrong thought,” it is thought that “Even if work goes wrong, or even if or a big misfortune falls on, if Misogi is performed firmly a certain period and you become “clean”, so you can step toward brand-new life again.”

To spend each day lively brightly happily

Of course, religious austerities which is struck by the waterfall or is covered with water on the sea or a river is also “Misogi”, but seemingly, in Shintoism, to clean invisible heart and fate, and to spend each day lively brightly happily is also thought “Misogi”. There is the part overlapping with “Misogi” of the Buddhism a little, but seems to be the Shinto shrine cleansing mind and body together.

Fully equipped with an element necessary for the noh stage

In Nogaku-den (Noh theater) equal to Kaguraden (hall for Shinto music and dance), Kiso hinoki is used all, and it is fully equipped with an element necessary for the noh stage called Hon-butai (main stage), Hashigakari (attached bridge-form passageway), Kagami-no-ma (mirror room), Kinin-seki (noble seat), and it is arranged like the phoenix which extended feather centering on this stage.

Recipient of Order of Culture drawn

The late Tadashi Moriya great painter, who was a person of recipient of Order of Culture, drawn Oimatsu (The Old Pine Tree) on Kagamiita (a type of board used in Noh) of stage front.

The best noh stage

As the best noh stage in Japan, it seem to be said to be “the stage that I want to play once” in the Noh world.

Information

Name:	Misogi-jinja Nogaku-do (Misogi Shrine Noh theater)
Address:	Kobuchisawachokamisasao 3401 Hokuto, Yamanashi 408-0041 Japan
Access:	JR Chuo-honsen Line “Kobuchizawa-eki Station” (5 minutes by car)
Tel:	(+81)551-36-3000
Official site:	http://www.misogi.jp/

Hottarakashi Onsen (Neglecting Hot Spring)

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Neglecting Hot Spring

“Hottarakashi Onsen” is a hot spring in Yatsubo, Yamanashi-shi, Yamanashi. There are opinions of having been named this place referred to as being able to enjoy oneself freely even if there was neither advertisement nor service, and also an opinion that the landowner of the mountain which struck the hot spring having neglected.

The best charm is magnificent scenery

Because it is on the heap of basins, the best charm is magnificent scenery. Since here is open from early morning, there are some people to come to to enjoy the sunrise. All the eyes are superb views, so you can taste a sense united with nature. Whenever you go there, it is the best even if at a sunset, a night view, any time in morning glow. If the weather is clear, you can see Mount Fuji.

It is keep warm after the bath

The hot spring has “that place” and “this place”. Both are the open-air baths that can overlook the superb view.
They are the same alkalinity simple spring, it is keep warm after the bath, and skin becomes soft and smooth, so even one having weak skin and a child can take the bath at ease.

“that place” and “this place”

The one that wants to soak rather hot water, please go “that place”, the one that wants to soak slowly in tepid bath, please enter “this place”. It is also the feature that it seems that the color of hot water changed according to time or a surrounding scene.

The best superb view outdoor bath in Japan

Since spring quality is high ph alkalinity, skin also becomes soft and smooth, too. It is the hot spring which can look at Mount Fuji, and seen to the star-filled sky, “Hottarakashi Onsen” may be said that it is the best superb view outdoor bath in Japan.

Information

Name:	Hottarakashi Onsen (Neglecting Hot Spring)
Adresse:	Yatsubo 1669-18 Yamanashi, Yamanashi 405-0036 Japan
Access:	JR Chuo-honsen Line “Yamanashi-shi-eki Station” (10 minutes by car)
Tel:	(+81)553-23-1526
Price:	800 yen (Adult) 400 yen (Under 15 years old)
Official site:	http://www.hottarakashi-onsen.com/

Sakasa Fuji (Mt. Fuji as reflected in a lake)

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From five lakes of Fuji

Do you know an inverted image of Mt.Fuji to look at from the Fuji Goko (five lakes of Fuji)?
Five lakes of Fuji are the generic names of five lakes existing at the foot of Mt.Fuji, those are Lake Motosu, Lake Shoji, Lake Saiko, Lake Kawaguchi, Lake Yamanaka. The thing, which a magnificent figure of Mount Fuji appeared in on the surface of the water of these lakes, are called “Sakasa Fuji” (inverted image of Mt.Fuji) to see from five lakes of Fuji.

Perfect spot to see it

A famous photography spot exists along the lake shore, you can look at the beautiful inverted image of Mt.Fuji from there. It is known as a perfect spot where many people visit to take a photograph not only from inside of the prefecture but also from outside of it.

Inverted image of Mt.Fuji

Lake Shoji is the smallest lake in Five Lakes of Fuji, but it is famous as the place where an inverted image of Mt.Fuji is seen clearly.

As if it projected on the mirror

Lake Yamana is a perfect spot to photograph and to see an inverted image of Mt.Fuji, because it is a lake with a few waves. As for early-morning inverted image of Mt.Fuji, dusk of it, and red Fuji(*) of it, clear inverted images of Mt.Fuji may be seen almost as if it projected on the mirror.
* red Fuji; when Mt Fuji appears red because of the sun’s rays (esp. in the early morning from late summer to early autumn)

Magnificent and rich expression

As the powerful figure which stands extreme cold, and the dignified appearances which is lit up the clear autumn sky, a magnificent and rich expression is attractive.

Information

Name:	Sakasa Fuji (Mt. Fuji as reflected in a lake)
Adresse:	1910 Hirano, Yamanakako, Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture 401-0502 Japan
Access:	Fuji Kyuko-sen Line “Fujisan-eki Station” (35 minutes by car)
Tel:	(+81)555-62-3100 (Yamanakako lake Tourist Association)
Official site:	http://www.yamanakako.gr.jp/

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