Photos from the Hokuto City Photo Gallery

Exterior of Tsugane School (Meiji-era building) (Sutama, Hokuto)
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Photo: Hokuto City Photo Gallery (H05ASB0006)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Doryu Falls (Oizumi, Hokuto)
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Photo: Hokuto City Photo Gallery (H10BOC0007)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Sanbuichi Spring (Nagasaka, Hokuto)
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Photo: Hokuto City Photo Gallery (H14BNC0012)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Ojiragawa Gorge (Hakushu, Hokuto)
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Photo: Hokuto City Photo Gallery (H21CHC0007)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Streetscape of Daigahara-juku on the Koshu Kaido (Hakushu, Hokuto)
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Photo: Hokuto City Photo Gallery (H19CHE0002)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Otaki Spring (Kobuchisawa, Hokuto)
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Photo: Hokuto City Photo Gallery (J04BKB0021)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Yatsugatake from Kogen Ohashi Bridge (Takane, Hokuto)
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Photo: Hokuto City Photo Gallery (H07BTC0011)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Fields along the Rainbow Line and the southern foothills of Yatsugatake (Kobuchisawa to Takane, Hokuto)
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Photo: Hokuto City Photo Gallery (H12BOB0007)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Rice fields of Mukawa, home of Mukawa rice (Mukawa, Hokuto)
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Photo: Hokuto City Photo Gallery (H23CMC0014)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Mukawa fields and village, with Yatsugatake in the distance (Mukawa, Hokuto)
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Photo: Hokuto City Photo Gallery (H23CMB0001)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Snow-capped Mt. Kaikoma and cherry blossoms in full bloom, seen from Nagasaka (Nagasaka, Hokuto)
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Photo: Hokuto City Photo Gallery (J01BNA2001)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Akeno Sunflower Fields
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery J03AAB0008)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Akeno Sunflower Fields
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery J03AAB0001)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Akeno Sunflower Fields
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H02AAB0002)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Akeno Sunflower Fields
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H02AAB0003)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Daigahara-juku (Edo post town)
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H19CHE0002)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Daigahara-juku (Edo post town)
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H19CHE0007)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Daigahara-juku (Edo post town)
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H19CHE0004)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Doryu Falls
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H10BOC0009)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Doryu Falls
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H10BOC0008)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Higashizawa Bridge
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H09BOC0015)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Higashizawa Bridge
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H09BOD0023)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Higashizawa Bridge
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H09BOB0010)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Higashizawa Bridge
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H09BOC0017)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Higashizawa Bridge
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H09BOC0013)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Mizugakiyama Nature Park
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H03ASB0004)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Mizugakiyama Nature Park
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H03ASC0007)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Mizugakiyama Nature Park
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H03ASC0014)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Mizugakiyama Nature Park
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H03ASC0009)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Otaki Spring
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery J04BKB0021)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Sanbuichi Spring
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H14BNC0012)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Sanbuichi Spring
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H14BNB0003)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Sanbuichi Spring
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H14BNC0018)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Sanbuichi Spring
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H14BNC0013)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Shojigataki Falls
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H24CMC0015)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Shojigataki Falls
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H24CMB0007)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Shojigataki Falls
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H24CMC0013)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Shojigataki Falls
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H24CMB0003)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Shojigataki Falls
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H24CMC0014)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Tsugane School (Meiji-era building)
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H05ASB0006)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Tsugane School (Meiji-era building)
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H05ASC0014)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Tsugane School (Meiji-era building)
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H05ASE0007)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Tsugane School (Meiji-era building)
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H05ASE0009)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Utsukushimori
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery J04BOD0055)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Utsukushimori
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery J04BOD0078)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Yatsugatake Kogen Bridge
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H07BTC0011)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Yatsugatake Kogen Bridge
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H07BTB0002)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Yatsugatake Kogen Bridge
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H07BTB0001)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use

Yatsugatake Kogen Bridge
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Photo: courtesy of Hokuto City (Hokuto City Photo Gallery H07BTC0014)· © Hokuto City · Hokuto City Photo Gallery terms of use
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Mt. Mizugaki from Mizugakiyama Nature Park (Sutama, Hokuto)
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Photo: RESPITE, “Mount Mizugaki” / CC0 1.0 · cropped and resized · CC0 1.0

Clear water and granite at Sengafuchi, Ojiragawa Gorge (Hakushu, Hokuto)
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Photo: TAKAO_Tsushima, “Yamanashi Ojiro keikoku xl” / CC BY 4.0 · cropped and resized · CC BY 4.0

Close-up of flowing water at Sanbuichi Spring (Nagasaka, Hokuto)
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Photo: Koichi Oda, “Sanbuichi-Yusui” / CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized · CC BY-SA 2.0

Thatched exterior of the former Hirata Family House (Kobuchisawa, Hokuto)
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Photo: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized · CC BY-SA 4.0

Close-up of flowing water at Sanbuichi Spring (Nagasaka, Hokuto)
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Photo: Koichi Oda, “Sanbuichi-Yusui” / CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized · CC BY-SA 2.0

Earthen-floor entrance of the former Hirata Family House (Kobuchisawa, Hokuto)
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Photo: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized · CC BY-SA 4.0

Close-up of flowing water at Sanbuichi Spring (Nagasaka, Hokuto)
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Photo: Koichi Oda, “Sanbuichi-Yusui” / CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized · CC BY-SA 2.0

Close-up of flowing water at Sanbuichi Spring (Nagasaka, Hokuto)
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Photo: Koichi Oda, “Sanbuichi-Yusui” / CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized · CC BY-SA 2.0

Clear water and granite at Sengafuchi, Ojiragawa Gorge (Hakushu, Hokuto)
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Photo: TAKAO_Tsushima, “Yamanashi Ojiro keikoku xl” / CC BY 4.0 · cropped and resized · CC BY 4.0

Thatched exterior of the former Hirata Family House (Kobuchisawa, Hokuto)
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Photo: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized · CC BY-SA 4.0

Daigahara-juku (Edo post town)
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Photo: 小石川人晃, “Daigahara-juku (Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture) April 29, 2026 08” / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized · CC BY-SA 4.0

Doryu Falls
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Photo: kiwa dokokano, “Doryu Falls (01)” / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized · CC BY-SA 3.0

Doryu Falls
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Photo: kiwa dokokano, “Doryu Falls (04)” / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized · CC BY-SA 3.0

Doryu Falls
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Photo: kiwa dokokano, “Doryu Falls (05)” / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized · CC BY-SA 3.0

Doryu Falls
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Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, “Murayama-Nishiwari farmland ac (1)” / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized · CC BY-SA 4.0

Hirata Family House (Important Cultural Property)
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Photo: 663highland, “160826 Old Hirata House Hokuto Yamanashi pref Japan01s3” / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized · CC BY-SA 4.0

Hirata Family House (Important Cultural Property)
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Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, “Kobuchisawa Hirata House roof 2020-11 ac (1)” / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized · CC BY-SA 4.0

Hirata Family House (Important Cultural Property)
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Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, “Kobuchisawa Hirata House doma 2020-11 ac (2)” / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized · CC BY-SA 4.0

Hirata Family House (Important Cultural Property)
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Photo: 663highland, “160826 Old Hirata House Hokuto Yamanashi pref Japan05s3” / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized · CC BY-SA 4.0

Hirata Family House (Important Cultural Property)
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Photo: 663highland, “160826 Old Hirata House Hokuto Yamanashi pref Japan11s3” / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Photos from stock photo sites

Autumn leaves at Higashizawa Bridge in Kiyosato, with the Yatsugatake peaks behind (Kiyosato, Takane, Hokuto)
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photoAC, “Higashizawa Bridge in autumn colours (Yamanashi)” by TAKE-PHOTO · colour-adjusted and resized · photoAC terms of use
Used under the photoAC terms of use (credit is not required; listed here as the source).
Map data
The simplified map of the three areas is based on the data below, with shapes simplified. Rivers are not shown, and mountains are shown only by direction.
- Area shapes: Source: Portal Site of Official Statistics of Japan (e-Stat), 2020 Population Census small-area boundary data (Hokuto City, Yamanashi). Merged by former town and simplified.
- Railways and stations: processed from National Land Numerical Information (railway data, 2023), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (source). CC BY 4.0
- Expressway and interchanges: processed from National Land Numerical Information (expressway time-series data, 2024), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. CC BY 4.0