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- Arakurayama Sengen Kōen and Chūreitō The pagoda holds the memorial tablets of 1,055 war dead from four wars, from 1868 to the Pacific War.
- Erin-ji In 1582 the monk Kaisen burned alive here, reciting a Zen verse still quoted today.
- Hyōmon Shrine Every April the mikoshi is carried on shoulders across the Ashikawa River, an 800-year-old rite.
- Inden-ya (historic shop and museum) Lacquering deerskin remained a family secret for twelve generations.
- Isawa Onsen In 1961 a hotel struck 2,000 litres a minute at 49°C by chance: that was the birth of the hot spring town.
- Kai Zenkō-ji You clap your hands beneath the painted ceiling and the ‘singing dragon’ answers with an echo.
- Kikyō Shingen-mochi Factory Park Each Shingen-mochi is wrapped by hand in five to six seconds, in full view of visitors.
- Kitaguchi Hongū Fuji Sengen Jinja On 26–27 August the Yoshida fire festival is held here, one of the strangest festivals in Japan.
- Kōfu Castle Ruins (Maizuru Park) Built in 1583 on the Takeda ruins, but no keep has ever been proven to exist.
- Kōfu Gurume Yokochō The 1966 building reopened in 2015 as an alley of small eateries in the old nightlife district.
- Kubota Itchiku Museum A gateway like an Indian fortress opens onto a pavilion inspired by Park Güell: three Michelin stars.
- Kuon-ji (Minobusan) 287 stone steps lead to the temple where Nichiren lived the last nine years of his life.
- Kusushi Shrine on the summit of Fuji (富士山山頂 久須志神社) Shrine on the summit of Fuji, on the edge of the crater.
- Maruki Winery Founded in 1891 by one of the two young men sent to France in 1877 to learn winemaking.
- Nakanokura Viewpoint (Lake Motosu) The 1,000-yen banknote shows this view: 680 metres of path, 30 minutes on foot.
- Nishizawa Keikoku Nanatsugama Falls drops in five tiers, twenty metres, and is among the most beautiful in Japan.
- Ōishi Kōen Nemophila, roses, lavender, red kochia colour the park in every season, always with Fuji in the background.
- Oshino Hakkai Eight ponds born of Fuji's snowmelt, where pilgrims purified themselves before the climb.
- Saiko Iyashi no Sato Nenba A landslide wiped out the village in 1966: forty years later it was rebuilt by its residents.
- Saruhashi Bridge No pillar touches the water: the bridge runs at a height of 31 metres on beams set into the rock.
- Shimobe Onsen In 2004 a scandal revealed a spring at 21.7°C, below the legal threshold for being called an onsen.
- Shōsenkyō The Kakuenbo granite monolith rises almost vertically for about 180 metres above the water.
- Suntory Hakushū Distillery More than 50 bird species live in the distillery's woods, counted every year by the staff.
- Takeda Shrine The treasure museum holds the Ichimonji sword that belonged to Takeda Shingen himself.
- Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art In 1977 it paid 182 million yen at a New York auction for Millet's The Sower.