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Top Things to do

• Roadside Station Doshi

  Yamanashi Pref. Minamitsurugundoushimura 9745

  Roadside Station Doshi provides all sorts of information including tourist information on Doshi Village, events and special products. In the restaurant you can enjoy some original dishes made with ingredients freshly harvested from the village. They also have a dessert menu with dishes made with watercress, a special product of Doshi. The shop sells Doshi pork related products, vegetables and edible wild plants from local farmers, river fish, and shichiri miso, etc. They also have a range of vases and woodwork products on sale too. Events are sometimes held depending on the season.

• Doshi no Mori Camp Site

  Yamanashi Pref. Minamitsurugundoushimura 10701

  This camp site in Doshi Village, Minamitsuru County, Yamanashi Prefecture sits on around two kilometers of a bank of the Sagase River, a tributary of the Doshi River. Surrounded by rivers and trees, the camping site features great views, as well as a pool in the center of the site. The camp site, which also offers bungalows, can handle a large range of group sizes.

• Yamanashi Prefectural Maglev Exhibition Center

  Yamanashi Pref. Tsurushi Ogatayama 2381

  This facility in Tsuru City, Yamanashi Prefecture is a place where people can learn first-hand how superconducting magnetic levitation (SCMaglev) railways work. Visitors can also watch tests on the Yamanashi maglev test line or check out models and exhibits that introduce SCMaglev technology and the Chuo Shinkansen. The adjacent Waku-waku Yamanashi-kan features an area with tourist information on Yamanashi Prefecture on its second floor, while its first flour features a shop that offers local products.

• Roadside Station Kosuge

  Yamanashi Pref. Kitatsurugunkosugemura 3445

  This roadside station is located in Kosuge Village, Kitatsuru County, Yamanashi Prefecture. The station is comprised of Genryu Restaurant, which offers brick oven pizza and cuisine made with the fruits of the mountain and the sea, Kosuge Market, which offers local specialties, and Kosuge Community Center, which offers tourist information. Located two hours from central Tokyo, the station is a great place for drivers to take a break.

• Roadside Station Tabayama

  Yamanashi Pref. Kitatsuruguntabayamamura 2901

  This roadside station in Tabayama Village, Kitatsuru County, Yamanashi Prefecture features a farmer's market offering locally harvested produce and an eatery offering light fare such as donburi (rice bowls) and noodles. The Nomekoi-yu hot springs spa is located within the station. There, bathers can refresh their bodies in its waters, which have a faint sulfur smell.

• Roadside Station Tsuru

  Yamanashi Prefecture Tsurui City Ohara 88

  This roadside station is popular for the many fresh vegetables, processed foods, and handmade items that line its store shelves. Each of these items is personally delivered by the 120 producers from the city and elsewhere who created them. The station's popular restaurant, Okatteba, which has a focus on local production and local consumption, serves food made with the locally-produced ingredients sold at the station's farmer's market. Guests at the cafeteria-style restaurant can eat outside on its terrace when the weather cooperates.

• Mt. Daibosatsurei

  Yamanashi Pref. Kitatsuruguntabayamamura

  This 2,057 meter-tall mountain in Tanbayama Village, Kitatsuru County, Yamanashi Prefecture was designed as one of Japan's 100 best mountains. From the ridge, you can see mountains including Mt. Fuji, the Minami Alps, Mt. Norikura, and Mt. Yatsugatake. The long, gently sloping mountain ridge makes it a popular destination for beginning climbers. In the summer, you can enjoy views of the mountain's wild grasses and flowers, while in the autumn you can enjoy views of the fall foliage.

• Saruhashi Bridge

  Yamanashi Pref. Otsukishi Saruhashimachi Saruhashi

  This bridge, along with the Kintaikyo-Bridge of Iwakuni and the Kiso no Kakehashi Bridge, is one of Japan's three most famous unusual bridges. The 30 meter-long, 3.3 meter-wide bridges do not have any piers. It is notably supported by four-layered Hanegi (slantingly protruding wooden member to support roof and bridge) that extend from both sides of the river. The bridge is said to have been inspired by arched shape of a troop of monkeys walking along a deep ravine. This scenic spot is a great place to enjoy the seasonal scenery of the Katsura River Valley.

• Kosuge no Yu

  Yamanashi Pref. Kitatsurugunkosugemura 3445

  This very rare highly alkaline hot spring offers up mildly cloudy water that is popular for its beautifying effects. The facility has nine different baths including large wooden tubs fitting the grand mountain surroundings, outdoor baths offering a deep sense of the seasons, and more. There is also a restaurant on site offering noodle dishes and meal sets.