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●National and Prefecture Designated Cultural Property
■Fees, Other
Enshrined at Eitai-ji Temple in Furuseki, Kofu City, this wooden statue is notable for the beauty of its figure and the elegant lines of its clothing.
This prefecture designated cultural asset is only available for public viewing once a year — during the annual "Flower Festival" on April 8.
Address
1555 Furusekimachi, Kofu-shi
TEL
0555(88)2205
●1 Prefecture Designated Cultural Properties
■Contribution
Zenkoji Temple in Kofu City is a large building that was moved from Nagano to Yamanashi by Takeda Shingen, the great commander of the Sengoku Period, to avoid it being damaged by the war. The large, vermilion lacquered Sanmon gate and Kondo, the inner temple, are majestic.
Address
3-36-1 Zenkoji, Kofu-shi
TEL
055(233)7570
●5 Important Cultural Properties, 4 Prefecture Designated Cultural Properties
■For the inner temple and the treasure hall 500 yen
Enko-in Temple stands on a hill overlooking Kofu City. Takeda Shingen’s legal wife, Sanjo, is buried here and the spot is a prefecture designated historical site.
Address
500-1 Iwakubo-cho, Kofu-shi
TEL
055(253)8144
●1 Prefecture Designated Historic Site
■Contribution
An outstanding statue enshrined at Enraku-ji Temple in Ubaguchi-cho, Kofu City. Previously enshrined at the second station of Mt. Fuji, it is an ancient statue deeply connected to worship of the mountain and is a prefecture designated cultural property. It is rare to see an En no Ozunu statue with a bent leg.
Reservations are necessary for viewing.
Address
4104 Ubaguchi-cho, Kofu-shi
TEL
055(266)4018
●1 Prefecture Designated Cultural Properties
■Contribution
The temple of flowers, Jiun-ji Temple’s Itozakura, is said to be 300 years old, and it is a natural monument of Yamanashi. Jiun-ji Temple was established around 1340 and there used to be a school in the premises.
Address
352 Nakahagiwara, Enzan, Koshu-shi
TEL
0553(33)9039
●1 Prefecture Designated Natural Monument
■Contribution
Important cultural property held in the treasury. This statue was created in the Heian Period and is considered to be the oldest of all Aizen Myoo statues in Japan. Aizen Myoo is a Buddha who delivers love and good fortune to people using a bow and arrow and it is said that it possesses the divine power to help requite love.
Address
2438 Fujiki, Enzan, Koshu-shi
TEL
0553(32)3340
●4 Important Cultural Properties, 2 Prefecture Designated Cultural Properties
■Contribution
From the end of April through early May, colonies of "forest poppy" flourish simultaneously in the broad area of the mountain behind the precincts. You can climb the mountain from the right-hand side of the temple’s main hall.
Address
1047 Katsura-machi, Tsuru-shi
TEL
0554(43)4459
■Contribution
The main hall was newly constructed in 2011. A group of huge buildings like this is unique in the prefecture.
Address
3400 Uenohara, Uenohara-shi
TEL
0554(63)0620
●1 Prefecture Designated Cultural Property
■Contribution
Jisso-ji Temple in Mukawa-cho Hokuto City, has a 640-year history. The “Yamataka Jindai Zakura” in the precincts is a cherry blossom tree said to be more than 2,000 years old, and it is a national designated natural monument. Many people visit to enjoy the blossom in Spring.
Address
2763 Yamataka, Mukawa-cho, Hokuto-shi
TEL
0551(26)2740
●1 National Natural Monument
■Contribution
Approximately 20,000 hydrangeas planted around the precincts bloom in June, when the annual "Hydrangea Festival" is held.
Address
3063 Komuro, Fujikawa-cho, Minamikoma-gun
TEL
0556(22)0034
●1 Prefecture Designated Cultural Property
■Contribution
Hogai-in Temple was built in 1362 on the shore of Lake Motosuko and later moved. At the entrance to the main temple hangs “Senbiki Ema,” the votive tablet of a thousand horses, 2 m high and 20 m wide. An old man who was grieving over the bad rice harvest prayed to the Kannon of the temple and then had a dream telling him “The spirits of horses eat rice. Each person should dedicate a horse.” Therefore, this votive tablet was dedicated, and the locals had good harvests from the very next year.
Address
135 Seto, Minobu-cho, Minamikoma-gun
TEL
0556(38)0040
●1 Prefecture Designated Cultural Property
■Contribution
Myou-ou-ji Temple in Fujikawa Town was established in 770. The ritual of Saito Goma (sacred bonfire with brushwood) and firewalking took place during the 1,230th Founding Anniversary Festival, which was held in 2000. The next one is scheduled for 2020, at the 1,250th Founding Anniversary Festival.
Address
2 Tsukiyone, Fujikawa-cho, Minamikoma-gun
TEL
0556(22)1283
●2 Important Cultural Properties, 1 Prefecture Designated Cultural Property
■Contribution
Go to the mountaintop via the Minobusan Ropeway from Kuon-ji Temple. Okuno-in Shishinkaku Temple is a sacred spot where Saint Nichiren used to think about his parents who were living far away. Saint Nichiren was born in 1222 in what is now Kamogawa City, Chiba. He became a priest at 12 years of age; however, it was revealed to him that the essence of Buddhism was Hokke-kyo, the Lotus Sutra, after which he changed his name to Nichiren and began propagating the Lotus Sutra.
However, sine his preaching was not accepted by the Kamakura Shogunate, he went to Mt. Minobu after repeated persecutions, and devoted himself to the education of his disciples. Nichiren lived in Minobu for nine years. During that time, it is said that he used to leave his thatched hut thinking about his hometown and climb to the mountaintop, where he would cherish the memory of his parents while looking in the direction of their faraway home.
Five-Storied Pagoda
Minobusan Kuon-ji Temple is the head temple of the Nichiren sect of Buddhism, one of the major Buddhist sects of Japan. A number of structures, including the Sanmon gate, the Five-storied Pagoda and the Buddhist Sanctum, are located around the vast precincts, and there is the Treasure Hall in the basement of Hondo, the main temple. You can reach the peak by the ropeway.
Address
3567 Minobu, Minobu-cho, Minamikoma-gun
TEL
0556(62)1011
●1 National Treasure, 3 Important Cultural Properties, 8 Prefecture Designated Cultural Properties, 1 Prefecture Designated Historic Site, 2 Prefecture Designated Natural Monuments
■Treasure Hall General 300 yen