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I Table of Contents <Rivers, Lakes and Waterfalls> Mitake Shōsenkyō / Otaki (Kōfu City) .............................................. 1 Nōsen Lake Arakawa Dam (Kōfu City)............................................. 2 Nōson Park (Fujiyoshida City) ......................................................... 3 Lake Asumi (Fujiyoshida City) ......................................................... 4 Taro Jiro Falls (Tsuru City) ............................................................... 5 Tahara Waterfall (Tsuru City) ........................................................... 6 Ochiai Water Bridge (Tsuru City) ..................................................... 7 Nishizawa Gorge (Yamanashi City) ................................................. 8 Ichi no Kama Waterfall (Yamanashi City) ......................................... 9 Fukashiro Dam (Ōtsuki City) .......................................................... 10 Saruhashi (Ōtsuki City) ................................................................... 11 Dondokozawa Goshikigataki (Nirasaki City) .................................. 12 Wanidzuka Cherry Tree and Rice Fields (Nirasaki City) ................ 13 View of Mt. Fuji from Kamanashigawa River (Nirasaki City) .......... 14 Inagako Lake (Minami Alps City) ................................................... 15 Sanbuichi Yusui (Hokuto City) ....................................................... 16 Doryu Falls and Kawamatagawa Valley (Hokuto City) ................... 17 Chidorigafuchi (Hokuto City) .......................................................... 18 Goryō Rice Terrace (Kai City) ........................................................ 19 Shingen Tsutsumi Embankments (Kai City) ................................... 20 Fujinuta Piped Waterfall and Skunk Cabbage Flowers (Fuefuki City) ...................................................................................................... 21 Tomioka Rice Terrace (Uenohara City) .......................................... 22 Katsuragawa River (Uenohara City) .............................................. 23 Ryumonkyō (Koshū City) ............................................................... 24 Katsunuma Dam (Koshū City) ....................................................... 25 Kamatagawa River (Chuō City) ..................................................... 26 Lake Shibireko (Ichikawa Misato Town) ......................................... 27 Ashigawa Gorge (Ichikawa Misato Town) ...................................... 28 Hagoromo Shiraito Waterfall (Hayakawa Town) ............................. 29 Kenshin Falls (Hayakawa Town) .................................................... 30 Lake Motosuko (Minobu Town) ...................................................... 31 Isshikigawa River (Minobu Town) .................................................. 32 Fukushigawa Valley (Nanbu Town) ................................................ 33 Oyanagawa Gorge (Fujikawa Town) .............................................. 34 Yusui no Sato Numa Park (Shōwa Town) ...................................... 35 Fūdodenshōkan Sugiuraiin (Shōwa Town) ..................................... 36 II Matosama Falls (Doshi Village) ..................................................... 37 Otaki and Metaki Falls (Doshi Village) ........................................... 38 Shinrei no Taki Walking Trail (Nishikatsura Town) .......................... 39 Kaneyama Waterfall (Oshino Village) ............................................ 40 Oshino Hakkai (Oshino Village) ..................................................... 41 Lake Yamanakako Shore Sunset (Yamanakako Village) ............... 42 Lake Yamanakako Panorama Dai (Yamanakako Village) .............. 43 Narusawa Ice Cave (Narusawa Village) ........................................ 44 Haha no Shirataki Waterfall (Fujikawaguchiko Town) .................... 45 Shiraito Falls (Kosuge Village) ....................................................... 46 Odaki Falls (Kosuge Village) ......................................................... 47 Tabagawa River Stream (Tabayama Village) ................................. 48 <Hot Springs> Yumura Hot Springs (Kōfu City) ..................................................... 49 Ashiyasu Hot Springs (Minami Alps City) ....................................... 50 Isawa Hot Springs (Fuefuki City) ................................................... 51 Mitama-no-Yu Hot Springs (Ichikawamisato Town) ........................ 52 Naratanosato Hot Springs Jotei-no-Yu (Hayakawa Town) ............. 53 Shimobe Onsen Village (Minobu Town) ......................................... 54 Doshi-no-Yu Hot Springs (Doshi Village) ....................................... 55 Nanbu-no-Yu Hot Springs (Nanbu) ................................................ 56 Tabayama Onsen Nomekoiyu Hot Springs (Tabayama Village) ..... 57 Yamanashi Public Hot Springs Facilities ........................................ 58 <Fishing and Seasonal Events> Trout Farming (Fujiyoshida City) .................................................... 60 Ayu Fishing (Ōtsuki City) ............................................................... 61 Fuefuki River Cormorant Fishing (Fuefuki City) ............................. 62 Fujikawa’s Ode to Summer (Nanbu) .............................................. 63 Lake Saiko’s Kunimasu (Fujikawaguchiko Town) ........................... 64 ...................................................................................................... 64 III Rivers, Lakes and Waterfalls Mitake Shōsenkyō / Otaki (Kōfu City) With a magnificent waterfall and scenery that changes in every season, Shōsenkyō is a well-known power spot. You can take a break from your everyday life and refresh your mind and body. ■Address: Kamiobina-chō, Kōfu City ■Access by train: approx. 50 minutes by bus from Kōfu Station (JR Chuō Line) ■Access by car: approx. 40 minutes from Kōfu Shōwa IC CONTACT Kōfu City Tourism Division 055(237)5702 1 Rivers, Lakes and Waterfalls Nōsen Lake Arakawa Dam (Kōfu City) In this place, the sky and the lake appear to be closer to each other, embracing all the landscape around you. There is not any moment in any of the four seasons when the lake looks the same. Why don’t you see it for yourself? ■Address: Kawakubo-chō, Kōfu City ■Access by train: approx. 10 minutes by bus from from Kōfu Station (JR Chuō Line) ■Access by car: approx. 50 minutes from Kōfu Shōwa IC CONTACT Kōfu City Tourism Division 055(237)5702 2 Rivers, Lakes and Waterfalls Nōson Park (Fujiyoshida City) Just in front of Mt. Fuji, Nōson Park is surrounded by rice fields and brooks. There, you can enjoy landscapes that remain just like they were in the old days. It is a popular place to take pictures of Mt. Fuji. ■Address: Kamiyoshida, Fujiyoshida City ■Access by train: approx. 10 minutes by taxi from Fujisan Station (Fujikyuko Line) ■Access by car: approx. 10 minutes from Kawaguchiko IC CONTACT Fujiyoshida City Mt. Fuji Division 0555(22)1111 3 Rivers, Lakes and Waterfalls Lake Asumi (Fujiyoshida City) One of the lakes that form Fuji Hakkai, this is the place where the purification ceremony of one of the Mt. Fuji pilgrims once took place. Lotus flowers bloom in the whole surface of the lake, which is also known as the Lotus Pond by the locals. ■Address: 3356 Koasumi, Fujiyoshida City ■Access by train: approx. 30 minutes by bus from the Fujisan Station (Fujikyuko Line) plus 5 minutes by foot ■Access by car: approx. 15 minutes from Kawaguchiko IC CONTACT Fujiyoshida City Environmental Policy Division 0555(22)1111 4 Rivers, Lakes and Waterfalls Tarō Jirō Falls (Tsuru City) Selected as one of the 100 best waters from the Heisei Period, these waterfalls are part of the Tokaichiba / Natsugari Natural Springs. The scenery with a 20 m high fall is astonishing, and water trickles from the rock wall in the road that leads to the main waterfall. ■Address: Natsugari, Tsuru City ■Access by train: approx. 10 minutes by foot from Higashikatsura Station (Fujikyuko Line) ■Access by car: approx. 15 minutes from Tsuru IC CONTACT Tsuru City Tourism Association 0554(43)1111 5 Rivers, Lakes and Waterfalls Tahara Waterfall (Tsuru City) A long time ago, during his sojourn in Tsuru city, Matsuo Basho dedicated a poem to Tahara Waterfall, where, in spring, fishes happily swim in the fresh water formed by the melted snow from the top of Mt. Fuji. The clean waters of Katsura River hitting the waterfall basin with great force is a must see. ■Address: Tahara, Tsuru City ■Access by train: approx. 5 minutes by foot from Tokaichiba Station ■Access by car: approx. 10 minutes from Tsuru IC CONTACT Tsuru City Tourism Association 0554(43)1111 6 Rivers, Lakes and Waterfalls Ochiai Water Bridge (Tsuru City) Built in 1907 by the Tokyo Dento (actual TEPCO) to send water to Komahashi Power Plant for power generation, the Ochiai Water Bridge is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property, and nowadays it is still used as an aqueduct. ■Address: Furukawado, Tsuru City ■Access by train: approx. 10 minutes by foot from Kasei Station (Fujikyuko Line) ■Access by car: approx. 10 minutes from Tsuru IC CONTACT Tsuru City Tourism Association 0554(43)1111 7 Rivers, Lakes and Waterfalls Nishizawa Gorge (Yamanashi City) One of the 100 best water sources of the Heisei Period, Nishizawa Gorge was also elected as one of the 100 famous forests with water sources. In the trail along the gorge you can see many waterfalls, from smaller to bigger ones, with the Nanatsu Godan Waterfall being the most famous one. ■Address: Mitomikawaura,