YamanashiContemporary ArtHokuto
Koumi Line and the Yatsugatake
A railway at 1,375 metres, a single drawn line across the plateau that photographers return to.
Entries in Yamanashi278 entries
295 entries. Some places appear in more than one collection. Confirm visits with each facility.
278ShowingYamanashiArea12Themes
INSTAGRAM / 6
Instagram from Yamanashi (official accounts)
No posts linked to this category have been collected yet. Showing posts from the prefecture's official accounts, rotating every minute.
278 entries / page 4 of 12
YamanashiContemporary ArtKoshu
Stonemasons of Enzan
Stone that weathers to rust-red, quarried for gardens; the craft includes choosing and setting it, not only cutting.
YamanashiContemporary ArtHokuto
Jindai Zakura
One of Japan's three great cherries: hollowed out and held up by props, standing as a form made by time.
Kofu
Modern Architecture of Kofu
From pseudo-Western schools to postwar modernism, Kofu keeps the layers of a provincial city's modernity.
YamanashiArchitectureHayakawa
Villages of Hayakawa
A pilgrimage stop between two sacred mountains, its houses stepped up stone terraces on a steep slope.
Minobu
Buddhist Implements of Minobu
A temple-gate trade in Buddhist implements, the beads turned and the tassels braided by separate hands.
YamanashiArchitectureKoshu
Zen Temples of Kai
Zen spread here under Takeda patronage, leaving medieval halls and images scattered across the province.
Kofu
Jewellery Quarter of Kofu
A jewellery quarter grown out of crystal carving, its cutting, setting and lapidary studios packed into the city.
YamanashiArt & CraftsHokuto
Mt Kaikoma and Mountain Worship
A white granite peak worshipped as a body of the god, its climbing path punctuated by stone shrines.
YamanashiArchitectureFujiyoshida
Honcho Street, Fujiyoshida
A street aimed straight at Mt Fuji, its Showa shopfronts and the mountain falling into one frame.
YamanashiArchitectureKofu
Stone Walls of Kofu Castle
The keep is gone; only the rough-stacked stone walls remain, rising in the middle of the modern city.
Fuefuki
Round Stone Deities of Kai
In this basin the roadside deity is not carved into a figure but is simply a rounded stone - a form found almost nowhere else.
YamanashiContemporary ArtNirasaki
Shichiriiwa Cliffs of Nirasaki
Thirty kilometres of cliff formed by pyroclastic flow, with halls dug sideways into the rock face.
Minami-Alps
Alluvial Fan of the Midai River
Stone works built to tame a violent river; the terrain and the villages on it were shaped by that engineering.
Kofu
Joinery of Kai
Mulberry from the silk fields was worked into furniture once the trees were finished - a cycle of material and craft.
YamanashiFood & MarketsYamanashi
Chateau Mercian Katsunuma Winery
A winery in Katsunuma. It carries out research on Japanese wine and has widened the possibilities of the Koshu grape.
YamanashiCraft ExperiencesYamanashi
Suntory Tomi no Oka Winery
Tomi no Oka in Kai. It grows grapes in its own vineyards and uses the differences in elevation to plant different varieties in different places.
Yamanashi
Manns Wines Katsunuma Winery
Manns Wines in Katsunuma. Visitors can tour the winemaking process.
Yamanashi
Sapporo Wine Katsunuma Winery
A Sapporo Wine winery that was in Katsunuma. It closed in 2025, and production moved to Okayama Winery.
YamanashiCraft ExperiencesYamanashi
Koshu Budo no Oka
Budo no Oka in Katsunuma. At this city-run facility, more than 200 kinds of local wine can be tasted in the underground cellar.
YamanashiCraft ExperiencesYamanashi
Katsunuma Jozo
Katsunuma Jozo. It is devoted to the Koshu grape and makes dry white wine.
Yamanashi
Chuo Budoshu Grace Wine
Chuo Budoshu in Koshu City. Under the Grace name, it took the Koshu grape overseas.
Yamanashi
Shirayuri Jozo L'Orient Wine
Shirayuri Jozo in Katsunuma. It welcomes visitors for activities such as grape stomping.