Tourist attractions in Yamanashi Prefecture
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| Yamanashi Prefecture (山梨県, Yamanashi-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 817,192 (1 January 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2 (1,724 sq mi). Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the northeast, Nagano Prefecture to the northwest, Shizuoka Prefecture to the southwest, Kanagawa Prefecture to the southeast, and Tokyo to the east. Kōfu is the capital and largest city of Yamanashi Prefecture, with other major cities including Kai, Minamiarupusu, and Fuefuki. Yamanashi Prefecture is one of only eight landlocked prefectures, and the majority of the population lives in the central Kōfu Basin surrounded by the Akaishi Mountains, with 27% of its total land area being designated as Natural Parks. Yamanashi Prefecture is home to many of the highest mountains in Japan, and Mount Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan and cultural icon of the country, is partially located in Yamanashi Prefecture on the border with Shizuoka Prefecture. | ||||||
| population：32,637人 area：289.80km2 | ||||||
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Yamanashi Prefecture in Temple
| 1．Seihaku-ji ・620 Sankasho, Yamanashi-shi, Yamanashi-ken ・Buddhism | ||||||
| Seihaku-ji (清白寺), is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen Buddhism, located in the city of Yamanashi, Japan. Its main image is a statue of Shaka Nyōrai. | ||||||
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Yamanashi Prefecture in station
| 2．Higashi-Yamanashi Station ・192, Sangasho, Yamanashi-shi, Yamanashi-kenJapan | ||||||
| Higashi-Yamanashi Station (東山梨駅, Higashi-Yamanashi-eki) is a railway station of the Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Sangasho, in the city of Yamanashi, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. | ||||||
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| 3．Yamanashishi Station ・1561, Kamikanogawa, Yamanashi-shi, Yamanashi-kenJapan | ||||||
| Yamanashishi Station (山梨市駅, Yamanashishi-eki) is a railway station of the Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Kamikanogawa, in the city of Yamanashi, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. | ||||||
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Yamanashi Prefecture in river
| 4．Fuefuki River | ||||||
| The Fuefuki River (笛吹川, Fuefuki-gawa) is a river located in the Yamanashi Prefecture of Japan. It is a tributary of the Fuji River. The Fuefuki River has its source the neighboring mountains of Mount Kobushi on the southern slope of Mount Kobushi in the north of Yamanashi, on Honshu, in Japan.[1][2] Its course takes a southeast direction to the Hirose dam then south, in the east of Yamanashi. Leaving Yamanashi, it successively crosses the northwest of Fuefuki to which it gives its name,[3] south of Kōfu, central Chūō and the northwest of the town of Ichikawamisato. Near the boundary between Ichikawamisato and Fujikawa, the Fuefuki and Kamanashi rivers[1] converge and form the Fuji River.[4][5] | ||||||
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