card-self-2-water-heritage.webpOld houses, spring water, art and an onsen
- Duration
- Full day
- Start
- Kobuchisawa Station
Guide price From about ¥11,400 per person (for two, incl. local transport)
Hokuto, Yamanashi
Come to Hokuto, at the foot of Yatsugatake and the Southern Alps.
Yatsugatake rises to the north and the Southern Alps to the west. Natural water from the mountains brews fine sake, and some of the longest sunshine hours in Japan grow the vegetables and fruit that fill a generous table. Hot springs, post-town history, art and Zen. Come to Hokuto for a trip that refreshes your mind as well as your body.
- Japan's 100 Famous Mountains4 peaksHokuto is surrounded by Yatsugatake, Mt. Kaikoma, Mt. Kinpu and Mt. Mizugaki
- Japan's 100 Remarkable Waters (Showa and Heisei selections)3 sitesThe highland springs of the southern Yatsugatake foothills, the Ojira River in Hakushu, and the headwaters of Mt. Kinpu and Mt. Mizugaki
- Hours of sunshine a yearAbout 2,250 hoursA sunny place even within Yamanashi, the prefecture with the most sunshine hours in Japan
Sources: Nihon Hyakumeizan (Shinchosha), 100 Remarkable Waters (Ministry of the Environment), sunshine hours (Japan Meteorological Agency)
- Choose from the listChoose from three areas: the Clear Streams & Mt. Kaikoma Area, the Southern Yatsugatake Highlands Area, and the Sun, Mt. Kayagatake & Mt. Mizugaki Area
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Self-guided tours
About ¥5,000–21,000 per person · half day or full day
Follow a model route of half a day to a full day at your own pace. The cost depends on how you get around locally, and does not include accommodation or travel from Tokyo.
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city-h10boc0007.webpKiyosato falls, a farm lunch and local beer
- Duration
- Full day
- Start
- Kiyosato Station
Guide price From about ¥11,000 per person (for two, incl. local transport)
card-self-3-zen-tea-n26.webpA day of zazen and tea
- Duration
- Full day
- Start
- Kobuchisawa Station
Guide price From about ¥11,900 per person (for two, incl. local transport)
daigahara-walk-autumn.webpAfternoon: Daigahara post town and a rice-field brewery
- Duration
- Half day
- Start
- Nagasaka Station
Guide price From about ¥9,200 per person (for two, incl. local transport)
Travel with your own guide
Private tours
¥180,000 per person (tax incl.) · 1 night, 2 days
Everything is included: your stay, meals, a private English-speaking guide and a car with driver.
card-course-a-sake-b.webpSpring Water Source and a Post-Town Inn
Two days: walk Ojiragawa Gorge, then stay at an inn in the old post town. An English-speaking guide and a car with driver stay with you, and only your group takes part.
- Stay
- One night at Kuraya Post-town Inn (sample), a small three-room inn in a restored merchant house in the post town.
- Meals
- Lunch on day 1, plus dinner and breakfast at the inn. Dinner comes with rice cooked in spring water (local sake is extra).
- Guide
- An English-speaking guide stays with you for both days and interprets wherever you go.
- Car
- A private car with driver takes you everywhere, from meeting at Kobuchisawa Station until the tour ends.
- Experiences
- On day 1, walk Ojiragawa Gorge and tour a sake brewery in the rice fields (Komasumi Brewery (sample)). On day 2, choose horse riding, a garden visit or carving a wooden spoon.
For 2 guests. Bookings for the stay, meals and activities are included in the price. Travel to and from Kobuchisawa Station is not included.
About 2 hours from Tokyo
Hokuto is at the northwestern tip of Yamanashi Prefecture, on the border with Nagano.
- TrainShinjukuAbout 2 hoursLimited Express AzusaKobuchisawa Station
- CarCentral TokyoAbout 2 hoursChuo ExpresswayKobuchisawa, Nagasaka or Sutama IC
Stay in Hokuto
place-8018-hero.webpPrivate houses
A Meiji-era merchant house in the post town, rented whole. Three bedrooms, the Storehouse Room, the Doma Room and the Garden Room, in a house that keeps its original posts and beams, all for your group.
- Capacity
- One group a day, up to 6 guests
- Meals
- Dinner and breakfast included, with clay-pot rice cooked in spring water
- Morning walk
- Walk the post town with the innkeeper (about 30 min, guests only)
- Kuraya Post-town InnSample Hakushu
From about ¥26,000 per person
place-8027-hero.webpHighland resorts
A resort hotel with meeting rooms, a work lounge and dog-friendly rooms.
- Miharashi Highland ResortSample Kobuchisawa
From about ¥16,000 per person
place-8028-hero.webpSmall inns known for their food
A four-room dining inn. Dinner is a course of Yatsugatake vegetables and venison.
- Kurumi Forest AubergeSample Kiyosato
From about ¥28,000 per person
place-8026-hero.webpFarm stays
A private cottage with a kitchen among the fields.
- Yubae Farm CottageSample Akeno
From about ¥32,000 per house
place-8025-hero.webpHot-spring inns
An 18-room hotel in the woods with an open-air hot-spring bath.
From about ¥22,000 per person
Plan your trip
- About 2 hours from TokyoTake the Limited Express Azusa from Shinjuku to Kobuchisawa Station. By car, take the Chuo Expressway to Kobuchisawa, Nagasaka or Sutama IC.
- An audio guide to listen to as you walkAudio guides are being prepared for three places: the sample Komasumi Brewery, Ojiragawa Gorge and Doryu Falls.
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An audio guide to listen to as you walk
Audio guides are being prepared for three places: the sample Komasumi Brewery, Ojiragawa Gorge and Doryu Falls. Listen on your phone, or read them as text.
Komasumi BrewerySample
A Meiji-era storehouse, well water for brewing and sake made from its own rice. Stories of a sample brewery.
Ojiragawa Gorge
The source of the famous water that flows from Mt. Kaikoma, through a granite gorge and its pools.
Doryu Falls
A waterfall like silk threads in the Kawamata Valley, and the path that leads to it.