Leisure / Outdoors Spots in Kiyosato / Kobuchisawa Area

  • Moegi-no-Mura Village
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    4.0
    234 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Pref. Hokutoshi Takanechoukiyosato 3545
    This is a small village on the Kiyosato Highland in Takane Town, Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture, surrounded by the nature of Mt. Yatsugatake Nanroku and containing around 25 facilities including restaurants, cafes, shops, a hotel and a music box museum. There is a garden designed by Paul Smither, walking paths and a merry-go-round for taking a leisurely tour with children. They also have plenty of their own local delicacies including local craft beer and beef curry. There are various events held in the village throughout the year.

    The mountainous Kiyosato area at the foot of the towering Yatsugatake mountains has several good roads connecting Yamanashi and parts of Nagano to the north, as well as the quirky little JR Koumi...

  • Sun Meadows Ski Resort and Highland Park
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    4.0
    158 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Pref. Hokutoshi Oizumichounishide 8240-1 Kiyosato San Medozu
    This outdoor resort is located in Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture. From the 1,900- meter peak, you can see all of the magnificent Kiyosato Highland and enjoy amazing views of Mt. Fuji and Southern Japan Alps. Guests can enjoy attractions including an athletic park in the summer season and skiing in the winter season. The ski lifts stay in operation even during the off season so that people can enjoy the wild grasses and flowers and the views of Mt. Fuji and other nearby mountains at the peak.

    Winter of 2018 is HUGE in many parts of Japan, but visitors to Tokyo and the Kanto areas are not seeing much of the white stuff, but even if you are short on time and resources, you can still put in...

  • YamanashiPrefecturalMakiba Park
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    4.0
    189 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Pref. Hokutoshi Oizumichounishide 8240-1
    The public Yatsugatake Ranch is located along the Yatsugatake Kogen Line in Nishiide, Oizumi Town, and this park was created in one section of it. You can see goats and other animals grazing in the pasture, as well as enjoy specialty products made in the prefecture at the restaurant. There’s also a tent selling agricultural products, as well as mountain crop classes and carpentry classes offered at the community hall. An event called the “Makiba Walk” has participants do a circuit around the whole ranch.

    To be honest Makiba Park is not really a park but a pull-off rest area from the road connecting Kobuchizawa down in the valley (with its highway exit and train terminal) with the local resort area...

  • Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum
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    4.5
    55 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Pref. Hokutoshi Nagasakachoukoarama 2000-6
    Displaying the collection of Ikuo Hirayama-who maintained a number of works deeply connected to the Silk Road-the Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum gives you an up-close sense of its culture and art, with works like prehistoric pottery, tomb figures, inlaid glass beads called tombo-dama, and textiles with clear western influence. Also, they host a rich variety of limited-time events.

    While visiting this beautiful area and enjoying the views and autumn foliage we visited the museum. To see the art of this Japanese legend in such a lovely setting was a great part of our tour.

  • Nirasaki Omura Art Museum
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    4.5
    17 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Pref. Nirasakishi Kamiyamamachi Nabeyama 1830-1
    This art museum is located Nirasaki City, Yamanashi Prefecture. The museum exhibits some 1,800 paintings, carvings, and ceramics collected Nirasaki City native, organic chemist, and honorary Joshibi University of Art and Design chairperson Satoshi Omura. The exhibits include many works by graduates of Women's Academy of Fine Arts, the predecessor of Joshibi University of Art and Design.

    ノーベル賞の大村博士のコレクションの美術館。女性作家のコレクションも多い。 ちょうど、日本画の女性作家と漆の女性作家と絵本作家などの展覧会をやっていました。 二階には、景色を楽しみながらの休憩室があり、コーヒーなどの自販機があります。 大村博士についての展示室もあり、旅行のついでにちょっと寄るのに、ちょうどよい大きさの美術館だと思います。 隣りには、お蕎麦屋さんと日帰り温泉があり、絵を見て...

  • PICA Yatsugatake Akeno
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    4.5
    18 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Hokuto-shi Akenocho Asao 5260-5

    PICA八ヶ岳明野(旧名...

  • Mt. Mizugaki Natural Park
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    4.5
    26 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Pref. Hokutoshi Sutamachouobi 8862-1
    The vast lot of Mizugaki Natural Park features a campsite for climbers headed for Mt. Mizugaki, and its administration building comes complete with a restaurant, a shop that sells local agricultural products, and a training room for utilizing agricultural products. The three to five-meter boulders scattered around the forest are popular with rock climbers and people who enjoy bouldering. In autumn, you can enjoy views of Mt. Mizugaki along with the fall leaves decorating its base.

    小淵沢方面からは少し遠いですが、落ち着いた公園でした。 ダム湖には周りの紅葉した山々や橋の景色が映り込んで、綺麗でした。

  • Gurume Ichigokan Maeda
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    3.0
    15 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Pref. Chuoushi Narushima 1437
    An orchard in Chuo City, Yamanashi Prefecture. You can pick strawberries grown without pesticides. Not only can you enjoy rare types of strawberries and sweets, you can do nighttime strawberry-picking-not found in other orchards. Also, the orchard is barrier-free and has good privacy, so visitors in wheelchairs or pushing strollers can visit and enjoy strawberry-picking.

    高さがちょうどよく食べやすい。最初に章姫を食べ放題してから、3種が食べられるゾーンへ案内される。どちらのゾーンも5mくらいのところで、ここからここまでの間で食べるようにと区切られる。大きいイチゴがあるゾーンがほかにもあるのにと思いつつも、その部分を食べつくす。味はデパ地下で買うイチゴよりは劣るが、4種を食べ比べられたのは楽しく、まあまあおいしかった。クーポンを使ってちょっと安く入場券をゲットしたが...

  • Ono Orchid & Orchard Garden
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    4.0
    18 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Prefecture Minami Alps City Nishino 1202
    This orchard is located in Nishino area of Minami-Alps City. The Nishino area was the first in the prefecture to adopt fruit-growing, and there is even a record from late Meiji Period of Ono Orchid and Orchard Garden shipping out cherries. In addition to cherries, there is a all-you-can-eat grape course, a grape tour course in which you can eat 10 or more varieties of in-season grapes, as well as peach-picking and plum-picking.

    この時期、毎年山梨へさくらんぼ狩りへ行くようになって8年になります。 良かったところをリピートしたりもしますが、せっかく星の数ほど農園があるし、ホームページを見て、評判良さそうなところを決めて行きます。 大体毎年、なんの不満もなく満足です。 しかしこちらの農園、初めて「ここはもういいや」って思いました。 さくらんぼ自体は美味しかったです。 しかし、どの木がなんの種類かの記載が一切なし。 なので自...

  • Moegi-no-Mura Village Museum Hall of Halls
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    4.0
    14 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Pref. Hokutoshi Takanechoukiyosato 3545
    You’ll find this music box museum in Kiyosato, Takane Town along the Kiyosato Line (National Route 141). In addition to antique music boxes, they have automatic instruments and traditional Japanese tableware. Through the exhibits here, you can experience the life and culture of the period before the advent of records and radio.

    廃墟化?下清里駅前から、気分転換に、オルゴール博物館に初めて入館す。河口湖にもあるが、今回、入場料千円と高いが、説明員の説明、古い大仕掛けのオルゴールの生演奏、我々二人で、30分余、まったりとした至福の時間を過ごさせてもらい感謝す。帰りに、女房殿に、カメオの宝石いれオルゴール箱を、気分がいいのでプレゼントする大盤振る舞いです。久しぶりに、生の音楽を聴いて、女房殿も満足のようでした。

  • Ehon Museum Kiyosato
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    4.0
    13 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Pref. Hokutoshi Takanechoukiyosato 3545-6079
    This art museum is themed around picture books of the world. Their main collection displays works from British picture book artist Errol Le Cain, and the exhibition has a variety of displays related to picture books. They also have a cafe where you can read picture books at your leisure, and a fully stocked museum shop. The museum is closed in winter.

    周辺の施設と一体的に楽しむことができる施設。親子でお話しながらゆったりとした時間を過ごすのに最適です。

  • Westriver Auto Camp
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    4.5
    5 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Prefecture Minami Alps City Susumu 131
    This camping ground is located in Minami-Alps City, Yamanashi Prefecture. In addition to campsites for pitching tents, the camp also offers a wide variety of lodging facilities including bungalows, cottages, and lodges. Campers can enjoy outdoor leisure activities such as playing in the river or hand fishing. The camp's substantial facilities also include a hot springs spa, a library, and more. Campers can also make campfires and camp with their pets.

    こちらに予約したのですがバーベキュー場は離れた場所にあり何もなく、景色も微妙、またバーべキューの場所も運動会などで使うテントのため雰囲気もなく・・・キャンプ場側にもバーベキューできるところがあったので混み具合なのかわかりませんが確認したほうがいいです。

  • Minami Yatsugatake Hana no Mori Park
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    3.5
    12 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Pref. Hokutoshi Takanechounagasawa 760
    This park is along the Kiyosato Line (National Route 141) in Nagasawa, Takane Town. It is filled with seasonal blossoms, and you’ll find an orchard, a vegetable garden, a pizza oven, and more. You can experience pressed flower crafting, pizza-making in a brick oven, cherry picking, summer vegetable picking, and other seasonal activities. You can also rent toys free of charge to use in the lawn play area.

    道の駅に直結した公園で、往復400円のリフトで登れます。リフトは新しく快適です。100メートル上からは下の駐車場の車がミニカーのように見えます。 公園自体はそれほど大きくありませんが、お花の工作体験や野菜の収穫体験等いろいろなアクティビティがあります。

  • Shinozawa Otaki Camping Ground
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    4.5
    2 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Hokuto-shi Hakushucho Daibo 1181

    大武川近くの綺麗なキャンプ所です。数年前に改装されたので、トイレも、炊事場も本当に綺麗です。大武川には、歩いて5分かかりません。川の水がかなり冷たいので、夏しか川遊びには向きませんが、おたまじゃくしを捕まえたり、浮き輪にのって、川の流れに乗ったりして、小学生の子供は大喜びでした。オートキャンプの人はお風呂は有料あので注意が必要です。予約が取れたら、また行きたいキャンプ場です。

  • Friend Park Mukawa Auto Camp Barbecue area
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    4.0
    6 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Hokuto-shi Mukawacho Yanagisawa 3506-1

    昼は暑かったが夜は涼しく過ごせました。 暑い中での川遊びや段差のあるとこからの飛び込みなど最後の夏を満喫できました。

  • Minami Alps Ashiyasu Sangakukan Museum
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    3.5
    5 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Minami-Alps-shi Ashiyasu Ashikura 1570
    This museum dedicated to the subject of mountain culture and nature is located about a 30-minute drive from Shirane Interchange on the Chubu-Odan Expressway. Its missions since opening in 2003 have been discovering, researching, and passing down mountain culture, promoting natural conservation and mountaineering safety, and realizing a variety of exchanges mediated by the mountains. The museum features an area where visitors can watch real time footage of Mt. Kita, an area with a collection of books on the subject of mountains, an area where visitors can sit around a sunken hearth and listen to a storyteller, and more. There is also an area that introduces the local Yamanashi wood used to build the museum.

    芦安温泉郷内の宿に宿泊したら、無料券をいただいたので、翌朝行ってみました。施設はとてもきれいで広い。南アルプスについてのビデオ上映もやっていたり、山で命を落とした方の特集をしていたり。登山に必要な道具が昔-現代にかけて展示してあり、登山の知識や歴史がよくわかり、南アルプスの地形の大きな模型があるので、登山道など立体的でわかり易い。地図やパンフレットも無料でもらえる。

  • Minami-Alps Municipal Museum of Art
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    4.0
    3 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Minami-Alps-shi Ogasahara 1281
    This art museum is located about a five-minute drive from Shirane Interchange or Minami-Alps Interchange on the Chubu-Odan Expressway. It features a collection of nihonga (Japanese-style paintings), book illustrations, book designing and binding, and other works. The collection has a particular focus on the yakusha-e (kabuki actor pictures) of Natori Shunsen, a painter born in Ogasahara, Minami-Alps City. The collection also features numerous works of artists with a connection to the region who were contemporaries of Shunsen as well as contemporary artists. The museum also holds genreless exhibitions that celebrate freedom of expression. It also offers a rental gallery in the form of its Citizen's Gallery and conducts a variety of educational programs and other events targeted at people of all ages.

    甲府からバスで40分、片道¥650かけてミロ展を見に行った。 小さな田舎の美術館であるが、体温測定、住所TEL記入、アルコール消毒と感染対策。 荷物は受付で預かってもらえる。

  • Kiyosato Oka no Park Auto Camping Ground
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Hokuto-shi Takanecho Kiyosato 3545-5

    オートキャンプ場で既存の宿泊施設のような設備はありませんが、気持ち虫もすくなく過ごしやすかったです。お風呂もあったのはとても良くて、リピート間違いなしです。また来たいと思います。

  • Kunpei Fairy Tale Museum
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    4.5
    2 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Hokuto Kobuchisawacho Kamisasao 3332-930
    A fairy tale museum in Kobuchizawa Town, Yamanashi Prefecture. Come meet the works of Higashi Kunpei, a well-known author of children's stories who passed away prematurely. Sink into the world of the stories as simple nostalgic inducing black and white illustrations and picture book drawings are presented on display with the text that accompanies them in the stories. The museum shop offers a number of goods that can't be found anywhere else including stuffed toys of picture book characters and calendar prints.

    アットホームな感じで美術館と言うより、 君平さんのお宅におじゃましているような感じです。 前庭の花達が訪れた私達に優しさを分けてくれます。 また行きたい❣️

  • Kiyosato Porcelain Museum
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    4.0
    2 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Pref. Hokutoshi Takanechoukiyosato 3545-550
    The Kiyosato Porcelain Museum opened in 1997 to showcase various porcelain specimens from the 16th century until modern times, with a focus on German-born “Meissen porcelain” and its over 300 years of history. You’ll find many exquisitely beautiful articles on display. The stairwell between the first and second floors contains four panes of stained glass that are a must-see. The closest station is JR Kiyosato Station.

    清里駅から近いミュージアムでコレクターさんが集めたマイセンの作品が展示されていて素晴らしいものばかりでため息が出ました。

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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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