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Yatsugatake Area
The Mt. Yatsugatake mountain range with its main peak Mt. Akadake (2,899m) and the 3,000m Southern Alps with the lofty Mt. Kitadake (3,192.6m) make a magnificent, powerful mountain view. The Mt. Yatsugatake area is one of stunning nature that changes in various ways throughout the seasons and is a symbol of Japan’s highland resorts.
Kiyosato Highland stretches out across the foot of Mt. Yatsugatake, whose peaks range from an altitude of 800m to 1,500m. There are retreats, the best known being Seisen Ryo, hotels, pensions, art museums, restaurants, and at the night you can gaze out at the night sky full of stars – a sight not seen in urban areas.
The JR Koumi (Komi) Line which runs through this area is the highest local train line in Japan, and from the train window you can enjoy the boundless wilderness stretching out before you.
The area also has many attractions to enjoy such as skiing and other sports in winter, and original crafts in the village of artisans.
There is also an outlet mall where you can enjoy shopping.
Access
It takes approximately 2 hours from Shinjuku Station in Tokyo to JR Kobuchizawa Station by train (JR Chuo Line), approximately 2 hours by car to Nagasaka I.C. on the Chuo Expressway, or around 2 hours 30 minutes by Chuo Highway Bus from Shinjuku Station West Exit.
It takes approximately 50 minutes by car or around 1 hour by train from the Mt. Yatsugatake area to the Kofu area.
From the Mt. Yatsugatake area to the Isawa area it takes 1 hour 10 minutes by car or 1 hour 15 minutes by train (Fuji Kyuko Line from Otsuki Station (JR Chuo Line)).
To the Fujikawaguchiko area it takes approximately 1 hour 40 minutes by car or 1 hour 50 minutes by train on the Fuji Kyuko Line from Otsuki Station (JR Chuo Line).
Recommended Route
This village, located in the 1,200m altitude Kiyosato Highland is a community completely at one with nature. It has specialist shops selling home-made cakes and ice-cream, pottery, metal carvings, dried flowers and leather crafts, restaurants and a nature-themed hotel.
10 min. by car
A symbol of Kiyosato Highland, Seisen Ryo is a conference and retreat center established by the organization KEEP (Kiyosato Educational Experimental Project), with the aim of creating an ideal farming community. International conferences and workshops can be held at the center, and there are various nature related study activities to enjoy.
The local agricultural products and ice-cream are popular products.
40 min. by car
Enjoy shopping while taking in the vast natural surroundings.
There are 64 stores in total including shops selling designer goods from overseas that are popular with young people, sports and outdoor goods, and everyday items, restaurants and more.
You can enjoy the taste of the clear air and homemade cake at the open air café.
30 min. by car
This sake brewery has a history of around 250 years and is housed in a quaint, atmospheric construction built in 1835, at the old Daigahara-shuku post station. It sells a wide variety of Japanese sake made with local water and rice, and you can enjoy sake tasting.
You can also look round the building designated as an Important Cultural Property, in which the Emperor Meiji once stayed.