Month: December 2023

Located on an expansive open hill, Fuefukidawa Fruit Park offers sweeping views overlooking the Kofu Basin and Mount Fuji. The city of Yamanashi is located next to the city of Koshu in the eastern region of Yamanashi Prefecture. The area is known for its fruit and wine production.  Fuefukigawa Fruit Park is a sprawling park that is full of natural scenery with the variety of fruits and flowers grown in Yamanashi Prefecture.

(https://fuefukigawafp.co.jp; https://www.gltjp.com/en/directory/item/11892/)

The Exhibition of the History of Japan Wine _ Its Birth and Development, has been held at the park until March 31, 2024.

(https://fuefukigawafp.co.jp/facility/fruit_museu/; https://www.nrib.go.jp/English/sake/pdf/WineNo02_en.pdf)

Inside the dome, Fuefukigawa Fruit Park, Yamanashi-city, Yamanashi, 12/07/2023

Winepress and Bottle Capping Machene, Fuefukigawa Fruit Park, Yamanashi-city, Yamanashi, 12/07/2023

Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis), Fuefukigawa Fruit Park, Yamanashi-city, Yamanashi, 12/07/2023

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Views of Mount Fuji from the observation deck, Fuefukigawa Fruit Park, Yamanashi-city, Yamanashi, 12/10/2023

Views of the Fuefukigawa Fruit Park from the Manriki district, Yamanashi-city, Yamanashi, 12/10/2023

Miho Pine Forest is a scenic area in the Miho Peninsula located in Shimizu-ward, the city of Shizuoka, in Shizuoka Prefecture. It is known for its beautiful pine trees grown along the beach in Suruga Bay with a view of Mount Fuji on clear days. From Miho Shrine to the beach, there is a stretch of the pine trees over 500m. It is called Kami-no-Michi, “the road of god.” The pine trees are grown both sides of the stretch and they are huge being about 200-300 years old. This forest area is the place for the legend “Hagoromo (Robe of Feathers)” and also served as the scene for the Noh play titled “Hagoromo.”

https://miho-no-matsubara.jp/lang/en; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miho_no_Matsubara

Miho Pine Forest and Mount Fuji, Shimizu-ward, Shizuoka-city, Shizuoka, 11/29 & 12/05/2023

It was another fine day in Nirasaki, Yamanashi Prefecture. The views of Mount Kayagatake, Mount Kanegatake and the Yatsugatake Mountains with the interesting shapes of the clouds in the blue sky were incredible. The photographs were taken from the windows of the Nirasaki Omura Museum of Art.

Kayagatake and Kanagatake Mountains and the Yatsugatake Mountains, Nirasaki Omura Museum of Art, Nirasaki, Yamanashi, 12/02/2023