Akasawa-juku

This valley community is located about 60 minutes from Kofu-minami Interchange or Kawaguchiko Interchange on the Chuo Expressway. It once prospered as a post station on the Minobu Okan, a road that connects Kuonji Temple on Mt. Minobu, the head temple of the Nichiren Shu order of Nichiren Buddhism, to Mt. Shichimen, one of its sacred sites. Until the current roads were built in the late 1950s, the Minobu Okan was the only road to Mt. Shichimen, so the post town was patronized by many temple visitors. It is said that 1000 people a day stayed in the town's lodges during its peak between the Meiji period and the early Showa period. The buildings and cobbled streets look just as they did during centuries ago during the Edo period. This townscape has been designated as a Preservation District for Groups of Important Historic Buildings.

Spot details

Address: Yamanashi Minamikoma-gun Hayakawacho Akasawa Map
Area: Minobu / Shimobe Onsen Area
Phone: 0556452516
Hours: open everyday (to introduce the entire Important Traditional Buildings Preservation District, no specific business hours)
Closed: open everyday (In order to introduce the entire Important Traditional Buildings Preservation District, there are no specific Sundays closed)
Fees: Free (For the introduction of the entire Important Traditional Buildings Preservation District, no specific fee Friday)
Parking Lot: Available(10spaces)
※Road width is narrow, parking spaces are not available
Credit Card: Not available
Smoking: Available
Wi-Fi: Not available
Can be enjoyed even on a rainy day: Yes
Average budget: [Lunch] 1-1,000yen
Estimated stay time: 60-120 minutes
Infant friendly: Available
Pet friendly: Available