Spots in Katsunuma / Isawa Onsen Area

  • Hottarakashi Onsen Acchi-no-yu and Kocchi-no-yu
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    4.0
    418 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Yamanashi Pref. Yamanashishi Yatsubo 1669-18
    With Mt. Fuji straight ahead and the Kofu Basin down below, great views can be had while taking a bath in this hot spring. The bath opens one hour before sunrise so opening hours vary depending on the season. The spring water in the Kocchi-no-yu bath is completely colorless and transparent while the freshly poured bath water in the Acchi-no-yu bath is a clear and bright yellowish brown color. The water is said to be good for those who are overly sensitive to the cold, those who have nerve pains, and also aids fatigue recovery. The new water sources make it more difficult to catch a chill after the bath and cause little irritation to the skin so it is good for children or the elderly. As well as hot spring baths, there are souvenir shops, snack bars, restaurants and outdoor viewing terraces on site.

    A nice little onsen, hotspring, (went to the higher PH one) with three baths. A nice relaxing soak after two days of walking the mountains of Yamanashi. On a good day you also get a great view of Mt...

  • Yamanashi Fuefukigawa Fruit Park
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    4.0
    187 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Yamanashi Yamanashi-shi Ezohara 1488

    It was my first experience visiting Yamanashi. I had the best time. Can easily get a bus from the Shinjuku bus stand near the train station. The prices are a little costly when you reach there...

  • Kentokusan Erinji Temple
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    4.0
    184 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamanashi Pref. Koushushi Enzanoyashiki 2280
    This temple famous for its gardens, a nationally-designed historic site and scenic area, was chosen by samurai warlord Takeda Shingen to serve as his family's temple. It also boasts many attractions including a good number of cultural properties such as its four-legged gate, a National Important Cultural Property, and the family gravesite of Takeda Shingen, a prefecturally-designated Historical Site. Every April 12, the temple is packed with people attending the Shingen Festival.

    Following Shousenkyou Valley, we visited Erinji Buddhist Temple of the Rinzai zen sect in Koushuu City. There are a couple of must sees in this temple founded in the 14th century which is also the...

  • Herb Garden Tabinikki Katsunuma Teien
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    3.5
    145 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Koshu-shi Yamanashi Prefecture etc. Equal force 1736
    Admission at this herb garden in Koshu City, Yamanashi Prefecture is free of charge. The herbs that grow in the more than 30,000 square-meter garden can be enjoyed all year long. In addition to herbs, the garden also grows a variety of seasonal flowers. Besides the viewing area, the garden also features a souvenir shop that offers original merchandise, as well as a cafe where you can enjoy herb tea or a light meal.

    It is a nice place to visit as the area is big with a lot of Herb around the garden. Inside this Herd garden, there are a souvenir, beauty product and an ice-cream counter sell lavender ice-cream.

  • Koshu City Katsunuma Budo no Oka
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    4.0
    82 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Yamanashi Pref. Koushushi Katsunumachouhishiyama 5093
    This tourist facility in Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture is focused on grapes and wine. The underground wine cave offers brands of wines that have passed the wine quality screening organized by the city. In addition to wine tastings, the facility also offers an area where guests can enjoy wine as part of a meal or a barbeque. The hot springs spa featuring views of Southern Japan Alps, the Kofu Basin, and the Misaka Mountains is also popular.

    I dont know if we were unlucky because we went on a week day, but the place seemed to be half abandoned. You pass by a first building literally abandoned, and then go to the main building were you...

  • Budo no Oka Onsen Tenku no Yu
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    4.0
    82 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Yamanashi Pref. Koushushi Katsunumachouhishiyama 5093
    This hot spring facility is in Koshu City, Yamanashi Prefecture. The large indoor baths, which can hold up to 120 guests, offer a view of the Southern Japan Alps and the Kofu Basin, for a truly relaxing soak. The water type is alkaline simple spring, and is said to be effective in regulating the nervous system and removing toxins from the body. The facilities also have a rest station, and a restaurant serving meal sets and noodles.

    天空の湯のホームページは、どれぐらい広角レンズを使用したのかと思うほど、小さい風呂です。そもそもは宿泊者向けなのでしょう。日帰りでの利用はガッカリします。既にコロナも第五類に引き下げされていますが、ミストサウナは使用不可。眺望頼りのお風呂です。その露天風呂め、大人が4人入ると気まずくなる狭さ。交代で外を眺める感じです。また一階には休憩フロアがあるのですが、受付の老夫婦から団体予約が入っているので...

  • Monde Winery
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    4.0
    80 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamanashi Pref. Fuefukishi Isawachouichibe 476
    This winery located in Fuefuki City, Yamanashi Prefecture produces liqueurs and soft drinks in addition to wine. Visitors can also view the canning and bottling line. The winery also features an exhibit corner that provides information on the winery and its history, as well as knowledge on wine. The tasting hall's shop offers free samples of a wide variety of wines, liqueurs, soft drinks, and more.

    石和温泉に宿泊しお散歩がてらのぞいてみました。現在、コロナの事情なのか工場見学は休止中。残念。 工場の向い側の建物は売店。その先にもう一つ入口が。会社やワインについての説明など写真も交えて掲示されています。 その正面に受付があり記入。かわいい試飲用の紙コップをもらい先に進むと紙コップに1/3〜1/2くらい自動で注がれる機械の試飲コーナー。赤、白、ロゼが甘口、辛口と2種類づつお味見できます。 ワイン...

  • Daizenji Temple
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    4.5
    61 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamanashi Pref. Koushushi Katsunumachoukatsunuma 3559
    Thought to be the place where viticulture (grape cultivation) in Koshu began, this temple is also known as budo-ji (grape temple). The temple's Yakushido Hall still possesses valuable Manjusri and Vaisravana statues donated in the Edo Period by the children of Takeda Katsuyori, who had stayed there. The temple accepts reservations for ascetic practice experiences, viewings of seated meditation, and other activities.

    ぶどうツアーで立ち寄りました。 国宝もある昔からぶどうと縁があるお寺さんとのことです。 薬師堂では住職さんが丁寧に説明してくださり勉強になりました。 お庭も綺麗で見ごたえがありました。

  • Fruit Spa Pukupuku
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    3.5
    53 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Yamanashi Pref. Yamanashishi Daiku 2589-13
    This hot spring is inside Fruit Park in Yamanashi City. The baths offer a view of Mt. Fuji and the Kofu Basin during the day, and the night view is considered one of Japan's Best Three New Night Views. There are six of each men's and women's baths, and the waters said to be effective in removing toxins from the body.

    清潔感があって、温泉も温泉からの景色も良い感じだけど、価格は少し高めかなぁー。 館内に入ると、フルーティーな良い香りがして、また、清潔感もあり、良い感じです。 で、本題の温泉ですが、露天風呂から甲府盆地を一望できて、良かったです。私が訪れたときは富士山は見えなかったけど、富士山も見えるらしです。また、フルーツ温泉と名乗っている通り、本物のフルーツが入った露天風呂もあり、フルーツの良い香りで癒されま...

  • Hayabusa Onsen
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    4.0
    51 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Yamanashi Pref. Yamanashishi Makiokachouhayabusa 818-1
    This hot spring facility is in Yamanashi City, Yamanashi Prefecture. You can enjoy a soak to soothe body and soul while taking in the beauty of the season from the outdoor baths. The water type is alkaline simple springs with plentiful natural minerals that is said to be effective in exfoliation and have beautifying effects.

    国道140号線沿いにある小ぢんまりした日帰り温泉ですが、好みの泉質を求めて平日昼過ぎに入店。駐車場も広めです。 浴場には脱衣籠しか無いので、フロント付近の貴重品ロッカーを利用します。 内湯は私の他に2人しかいませんでした。跳ねた鯉?の口から源泉が噴水のように出ています。湯温も熱過ぎず丁度良い感じです。シャワーのお湯もトロッとした印象なのは珍しいかも知れません。 露天風呂も意外に広いのですが、見えな...

  • Chateau Mercian
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    4.0
    54 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamanashi Prefecture Koshu City Katsunaga cho Iwasaki 1425-1
    This winery features a variety of facilities where visitors can learn hands-on about viticulture and winemaking. It also features a wine gallery with a cafe and a tasting counter where visitors can try the company's wines or enjoy a meal. The winery is divided into one area that can be toured with a reservation and one which can be toured without a reservation. Winery tours are for guests aged 20 and older.

    I participated in the guided tour for 4(reservation is necessary) reduced from original 8 due to corona virus. It lasted one and a half hours including the factory tour, a vineyard visit and 6 kinds...

  • Satonoeki Ichinomiya
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    3.5
    40 Reviews
    Shopping
    Yamanashi Pref. Fuefukishi Ichinomiyachouhigashibara 65
    Located in Fuefuki City, Yamanashi Prefecture, this specialty goods shop sells locally-harvested fruits and vegetables, and also wine. Boasting the largest sales floor area in the prefecture, many people come to buy souvenirs or do daily grocery shopping. There is also a corner that sells freshly made bread, and a Japanese-style restaurant that can hold up to 1000 people.

    Basically a souvenir shop with packaged goods for gifts. Some Mt. Fuji goods/candies you can only buy here. Shingen Mochi items. 5 kinds of corn-on-the-cob. Freshly baked bread & pastry. I bought...

  • Kanzo-Yashiki, the Old Takano Home
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    4.0
    42 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamanashi Pref. Koushushi Enzankamiozo 1651-15
    This old estate was the residence of the Takano family, who provided the medical herb used to make licorice for the Shogunate during the Edo period. Also known as kanzo-yashiki, or licorice estate, its exterior remains the way it looked in the late Edo period. It is notable for the two-tier raised roof in the middle of its gabled roof. Every spring, it hosts a Hina-kazari to Momo no Hana Matsuri (Hina Decoration and Peach Flower Festival). During the festival, the home is decorated by many gorgeous hina dolls, including hanging hina decorations, kyoho-bina, and kokin-bina.

    ”甘草屋敷の高野家住宅”はこの地で長百姓(おさびゃくしょう)を務めた家柄で、代々「伊兵衛」を名乗り、幕末には名主として名字帯刀が許されていたそうです。 旧家の前の庭には、畑が広がっています。 ここが”甘草”が栽培されていた畑です。 高野家は江戸時代初期頃より薬草である甘草の栽培を始め、幕府御用として栽培と管理が命ぜられたので”甘草屋敷”と呼ばれるようになったそうです。 納得! 高野家住宅の特徴で...

  • Kai no Kuni Ichinomiya Asama-jinja Shrine
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    4.0
    26 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamanashi Pref. Fuefukishi Ichinomiyachouichinomiya 1684
    This shrine is the ichinomiya (highest-ranked shrine) of Kai Province. The shrine, which is visited by many people every year, has deep ties to the Warring States period warlord Takeda Shingen. Most notably, the shrine possesses a tachi sword donated to the shrine by Takeda Shingen that is a prefecturally-designated cultural property, as well as a tanzaku (long strip of paper) featuring a poem by Takeda Shingen that is a Fuefuki City-designated tangible cultural property. The shrine's Omiyuki festival and plum branch-breaking ritual are especially well-known events.

    甲斐国の一ノ宮で貞観7年(865年)に富士山の噴火を鎮めるために創建され、山梨県内では最も古い神社の一つです。 ご祭神は、富士山の化身であり、富士山信仰のシンボル木花開耶姫命...

  • Manns Wines Katsunuma Winery
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    4.0
    40 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamanashi Pref. Koushushi Katsunumachouyama 400
    This winery is located in Koshu City, Yamanashi Prefecture. One of the largest wineries in the prefecture, visitors can take tours of the wine-making facilities and the winery's museum. There is also a winery shop that offers samples of a wide variety of wines. The barbeque house located on the winery's grounds allows visitors to enjoy grilling and eating meat while drinking wine.

    マンズワイン勝沼が落ち着いた雰囲気のスタイリッシュなワイナリーに、生まれ変わりました。 少しお話を伺ったら、本来今年の三月にオープン(renewal...

  • Shingenyakata
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    3.0
    44 Reviews
    Transportation
    Yamanashi Pref. Koushushi Enzanoyashiki 2311-1
    This restaurant and shop is notable for its impressively large statue of the samurai warlord Takeda Shingen. It offers a range of local Yamanashi cuisine including prefecture's famous hoto noodles, as well as shabu-shabu hotpot and ozara noodles made with Yamanashi's Fuji Sakura pork. Please note that some items on the first floor restaurant's menu require advanced reservations.

    ここで待望の松茸づくしの昼食の筈でしたが、予想通りの期待外れ、国産でないのは理解していますが、せめて大きさくらい写メ映えして欲しかったです。残念‼️

  • The Shakado Museum of Jomon Culture
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    4.0
    28 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Yamanashi Pref. Fuefukishi Ichinomiyachousembeiji 764
    This museum's collection contains 5,599 nationally-designated Important Cultural Properties including earthen figures, unglazed earthenware, and stone tools. The museum features permanent exhibits on the Shakado ruins, which were discovered in the center of an alluvial fan in the eastern part of the Kofu Basin. The second floor observation lobby offers views of Kofu Basin and some of Japan's best mountains. In April, you can enjoy seeing this beautiful scenery tinted pink by the surrounding peach orchards.

    中央高速の”釈迦堂サービスエリア”のすぐ横にあるんです。この博物館は、土器を持たず、定住をしていなかった旧石器時代が終わり、約16,000前に縄文時代が始まりました。縄文と呼ばれるように、主に縄紐を回転させた縄目文様が土器に施されることからこの名前が付けられました時代の遺跡からの出土品を展示しています。 ”土偶”です。 縄文時代の人形の土製品のことなんです。 ここには1116点の土偶が展示されて...

  • Koshu City Koryu-Hoyo Center Daibosatsu no Yu
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    3.5
    26 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Yamanashi Pref. Koushushi Enzankamiodawara 730-1
    Koshu Municipal Health Center, Daibosatsu no Yu, is a hot spring facility for day use. It is a short drive from Enzan Station on the Chuo Line in the city of Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture. Drivers should follow the Ome Highway (Daibosatsu Line) in the direction of Lake Okutama. The water of this hot spring is said to be effective against nervous pain and aid recovery from fatigue, and it has a higher concentration of alkali than any other hot spring in the world. In addition to indoor baths, a whirlpool bath, and a bath fed directly from the spring, there is an outdoor bath surrounded with a natural rock. Other facilities include a restaurant where visitors can enjoy local cuisine, such as Hoto (vegetables and udon noodles in a miso broth), a dog exercise area, and a souvenir shop where visitors can buy locally produced vegetables.

    大菩薩嶺へ登ったあと、歩いてこちらまで来て温泉を利用しました。塩山駅までのバス停もあり、電車利用者にもおススメです。

  • Kikyo Shingen Mochi Factory Theme Park
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamanashi Pref. Fuefukishi Ichinomiyachoutsuboi 1928
    Kikyo Shingen Mochi has been awarded many prizes including the honorary president award, at the National Confectionery Exposition. The factory is surrounded by lush vegetation with a site area of 11,000 square meters and a total floor area of 5,000 square meters. On the factory tour you can see how 100,000 pieces of Kikyo Shingen Mochi a day are packed meticulously by hand. You can also have a go at packing some of the mochi and enjoy sampling some of the delicious sweets. Admission is free and advance reservations are not required if going alone. Factory tour times are fixed so be sure to check in advance.
  • Mercian Wine Museum
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    4.0
    37 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamanashi Pref. Koushushi Katsunumachoushimoiwasaki 1106-1
    This wine museum is in Koshu City, Yamanashi Prefecture. Known as the oldest wooden winery in Japan, this building is now a Yamanashi Prefecture Registered Tangible Cultural Property. The hall has displays introducing the creation of wine, and the history of Chateau Mercian. It also displays equipment actually used in the making of wine.

    日本の、そして勝沼とワインの歴史が学べるとても貴重な資料館です。 しかも無料です。 駐車場は資料館の前にはありません。 駐車スペースはありますが、ハンディキャッパー用です。 メルシャンの駐車場が歩いて200m位の所にあるので、こちらを利用してください。 資料館の前にはメルシャンの販売部署もあります。 ワインが好きな方には必須のスペースです。

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Yamanashi prefecture is the proud home of one of Japan’s most celebrated icons: Mount Fuji. Although the mountain straddles both Yamanashi and Shizuoka, the most breathtaking views of Fuji-san can be seen from the Fuji Five Lakes north of the mountain in Yamanashi prefecture. The plethora of outdoor activities in and around the lakes all have the benefit of the country’s highest mountain as their backdrop, and we can assure you that it is an unforgettable sight.

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