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福井県 · Tourism

Echizen Washi

越前市嶺北

A papermaking district of 1,500 years. The shrine to the deity of paper stands in the village.

福井県 · Tourism

Kumagawa-juku

若狭町嶺南

A post town on the Saba Kaido, the road that carried Wakasa fish to Kyoto.

福井県 · Tourism

Sabae Glasses

鯖江市嶺北

More than 90 percent of frames made in Japan. It began as off-season work for farmers.

福井県 · Tourism

Tsuruga Red Brick

敦賀市嶺南

Oil warehouses. This was the port town of the Europe-Asia through trains.

山梨県 · Tourism

Daibosatsu Toge

甲州市国中

The pass road that joined Kai to Musashi. As the name suggests, it was also a road of faith.

山梨県 · Tourism

Koshu Inden

甲府市国中

Lacquer patterns laid onto deerskin. A technique from armour, turned to accessories.

山梨県 · Tourism

Bodaitei

身延町峡南

Two hundred and eighty-seven stone steps, built to mean that climbing them brings you to nirvana.

山梨県 · Tourism

Tsutsujigasaki

甲府市国中

Shingen raised no castle, holding that people were his castle and his stone walls. The site of his residence is now Takeda Jinja.

山梨県 · Tourism

Fuji Five Lakes

富士河口湖町ほか郡内（富士北麓）

Fuji seen from Lake Motosu is the design on the thousand-yen note. The lakes formed when eruptions dammed the valleys.

山梨県 · Tourism

Shosenkyo

甲府市国中

A granite gorge, with Kakuenpo and Senga Falls. It was also crystal country.

山梨県 · Tourism

Katsunuma

甲州市国中

One of the birthplaces of Japanese wine, made from Koshu grapes.

山梨県 · Tourism

Nishizawa Valley

山梨市国中

The five-tiered Nanatsugama falls. Potholes cut into granite by water run one after another.

山梨県 · Tourism

Maizuru Park

甲府市国中

Stone walls and the Inari turret survive, right in front of Kofu station.

山梨県 · Tourism

Shingen-ko Festival

甲府市国中

A procession of 1,500 warriors, recognised by Guinness.

山梨県 · Tourism

Lake Yamanaka

山中湖村郡内（富士北麓）

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes, where Diamond Fuji can be seen.

山梨県 · Tourism

Kiyosato

北杜市国中

A highland said to have the longest hours of sunshine in Japan.

山梨県 · Tourism

Koshu Inden

甲府市国中

Lacquer patterns laid onto deerskin. A technique from armour, turned to accessories.

山梨県 · Tourism

Isawa Onsen

笛吹市国中

It sprang up suddenly out of a vineyard, and was called the open-air spring.

長野県 · Tourism

Matsumoto-jo

松本市中信

A surviving keep, and a National Treasure. The black weatherboarding gives it the name Crow Castle.

長野県 · Tourism

Tsumago-juku

南木曽町中信

The first post town in Japan to take up townscape preservation. Small shrines are dotted along the highway.

長野県 · Tourism

Narai-juku

塩尻市中信

A post town once called Narai of a thousand houses, and a producer of Kiso lacquerware.

長野県 · Tourism

Onbashira

諏訪市ほか南信

Once every seven years, huge trees cut from the mountain are hauled by hand and raised at the four corners of the halls.

長野県 · Tourism

Okaidan Meguri

長野市北信

You feel your way along a pitch-dark corridor, and touching the lock is said to promise rebirth in paradise.

長野県 · Tourism

Zenkoji Nakamise

長野市北信

The gate town that gave rise to the saying about being led to Zenkoji by an ox.