Yatsugatake walk vol.7
a perfect guide of Yatsugatake area for tourists
Yatsugatake, southern Alps Event calendar (P.66-67)
●Ms. Ryoko Moriyama’s time in Yatsugatake
(P.4-5)
●The words they recite "Live with Nature" are
beautiful(P.6-7)
●People who sketch out the future of Nirasaki
(P.8-9)
●Southern Yatsugatake Highland resort
(P.11)
●About our area – Oizumi, Nagasaka (P.28)
●About our area – Takane, Sutama, Akeno, Nirasaki (P.34)
●About our area – Kobuchisawa, Hakushu, Mukawa (P.39)
●About our area – Fujimi, Haramura (P.45)
●Profile of Yatsugatake, Southern Alps Mountains (P.46)
●Haramura and Central Yatsugatake highland (P.48)
●Yatsugatake, Southern Alps: Enjoy the charm with your five senses (P.57)
●Yatsugatake, southern Alps Sake Tour (P.58-59)
●Full of treasures―Healthy and Happy Hokuto! (P.60)
●Mizunoyama Children’s news network (P.61)
●Art-hopping in Yatsugatake and southern Alps (P.63)
●Yatsugatake, southern Alps Event calendar (P.66-67)
●Paul Smither’s Yatsugatake and Southern Alps Mountain plants Field guide – 1 (P.29)
●Paul Smither’s Yatsugatake and Southern Alps Mountain plants Field guide – 2 (P.30)
●Paul Smither’s Yatsugatake and Southern Alps Mountain plants Field guide – 3 (P.40)
●Paul Smither’s Yatsugatake and Southern Alps Mountain plants Field guide – 4 (P.42)
●Paul Smither’s Yatsugatake and Southern Alps Mountain plants Field guide – 5 (P.44)
●September
“Ohisanpo”(Walking tour with guide)
Walking around the popular Mt. Nyugasayama, Dioramic eco-course
Date: Sept. 1
Place: Fujimi town
Contact: Fujimi town Tourist Association 0266-62-5757
Night gondola
Date: Sept. 7, 14, 21
Place: Fujimi town
Contact: Fujimi Panorama Resort 0266-62-5666
“Ohisanpo”
“Mt. Nishidake” in Yatsugatake mountain range Hiking up the mountain & Hot spring course
Date: Sept. 8
Place: Fujimi town
Contact: Fujimi town Tourist Association 0266-62-5757
Autumn open atelier
Date: Sept. 14-16
Place: participating atelier
Contact: Pottery studio Nogi 0267-93-2005 0551-32-5795
Plant dyeing exhibition
Date: Sept. 21-29
Place: Koumi town
Contact: Lake Matsubara Tourist Information Office 0267-93-2005
Outdoor Dog Festa in Yatsugatake
Date: Sept. 22-23
Place: Fujimi town
Contact: Fujimi kogen Resort
0266-66-2121
Gondola to the Sea of Clouds
Date: Friday, Saturday, Sunday and holidays from Sept. 27 to Nov. 4
Place: Fujimi town
Contact: Fujimi Panorama Resort 0266-62-5666
Outdoor playing for adults! in Yatsugatake Highlands
Date: Sept. 28, 29
Place: Takane town, Hokuto city
Contact: mail: ywalk@hotmail.co.jp
See Homepage: ywlk.jimdo.com
Wine and Craft Festa
Date: Sept. 28, 29
Place: Nagasaka town, Hokuto city
Contact: Design studio “Subaru” 090-4028-5241 (Matsuda)
●October
Tourism Exhibition in Koumi town
Date: Oct. 5-Nov. 24
Place: Koumi town
Lake Matsubara Tourist Information Office 0267-93-2005
Yatsugatake Bakers
Date: Oct. 5, 6
Place: Takane town, Hokuto city
Contact: Kiyosato Moeginomura 0551-48-2521
Granfondo Pinarello Yatsugatake
Date: Oct. 6
Place: the entire area of Hokuto city
Contact: Tokyo office
mail:funride-event@runners.co.jp
(subject: about Granfondo Pinarello Yatsugatake)
Toka Festival at Matsubarasuwa Shrine
Urayasu-no-mai Dance
Date: Oct. 6
Place: Koumi town
Contact: Tourism department of Koumi town 0267-92-2511
OSJ Trail Running Race Koumi 100
Date: Oct. 12-14
Place: Koumi town
Contact: Tourism department of Koumi town office 0267-92-2511
Mighty-duro The 24H MTB RACE
Date: Oct. 12-14
Place: Koumi town
Contact: Tourism department of Koumi town office 0267-92-2511
Takeda no Sato Feata /Nirasaki—autumn in home-town
Date: Oct. 13
Place: Nirasaki City
Contact: Takeda no Sato Feata Executive Committee 0551-22-1991
Takedanosato Festa in autumn (Takeda hachiman Shrine festival)
Date: Mid. Oct. (planned)
Place: Nirasaki city
Contact: Nirasaki city Tourist Association 0551-22-1991
Daigahara shukuichi (Inn market)
Date: Oct. 18-20
Place: Hakushu town, Hokuto city
Contact: I can/Pro-art 055-269-7670
Paul Rusch Festival—Yatsugatake County fair
Date: Oct. 19, 20 (scheduled)
Place: Oizumicho, Hokuto city
Contact: Executive Committee Office 0551-48-2626
Highlands Jomon Kingdom Harvest festival
Date: Oct. 20
Place: Fujimi town
Contact: Idojiri Archaeological Museum 0266-64-2044
Forest Festival
Date: Oct. 20
Place: Minami-aiki village
Contact: Promotion division of Minami-aiki village office
North-Yatsugatake-Koumi , Stars and nature
fest. 2019
Date: Oct. 25-27
Place: Koumi town
Contact: Tourism department of Koumi town office 0267-92-2525
Autumn Craft Bazaar in Yatsugatake-shizen-bunkaen
Date: Oct. 25-27
Place: Haramura
Contact: Yatsugatake Craft Bazaar Executive Committee 0266-74-2681
Walking and watching autumn leaves in Koumi town
Date: Oct. 26
Place: Koumi town
Contact: Tourism department of Koumi town office 0267-92-2511
Country Festa in Moeginomura
Date: Oct. 26, 27
Contact: Office of Country Festa in Moeginomura 0551-48-3522
“Ohisanpo” Enjoying autumn leaves and scenery of Yatsugatake course
Date: Oct. 27
Place: Fujimi town
Contact: Fujimi town Tourist Association 0266-62-5757
Visits to Soba restaurants and hot springs
Date: From late Oct. to Mar. (scheduled)
Place: Yatsugatake Tourism Zone area
Contact: Yatsugatake Tourism Management 0551-48-3457
●November
Masutomi Momiji Festival Walk
Date: early Nov.
Place: Sutama, Hokuto city
Contact: Tourism Association of Hokuto city 0551-30-7866
Starry sky viewing gathering (No equipment needed)
Date: early Nov.
Place: Minami-maki village
Contact: Department of industry and construction of Minami-maki village office 0267-96-2211
Asao Japanese white radish festival
Date: Nov. 3
Place: Akeno town, Hokuto city
Contact: Executive Committee of Asao radish festival 0551-42-1421
Illumination of starry sky 2019 in Haramura
Date: Mid. Nov. - late Dec. (scheduled)
Place: Haramura
Contact: Haramura Tourism Federation 0266-79-7072
Illumination in Nirasaki
Date: Mid. Nov. ~ early Jan.
Place: Nirasaki city
Contact: Nirasaki city Tourist Association 0551-22-1991
Yatsugatake Sake and Game (food) winter festival 2019
Date: Nov. 17
Place: Takane town, Hokuto city
Contact: Hotel Old Age 0551-48-2341
10th Nobeyama Highland Cyclocross
Date: Nov. 23
Place: Minami-maki village
Contact: Commercial Association of Minami-makimura 0267-96-2134
Autumn walk along the old Koshu-kaido Road
Date: late Nov.
Place: Hakushu town, Hokuto city
Contact: Hokuto city Tourism Association 0551-30-7866
Moeginomura Heartfelt Xmas
Date: late Nov.-Dec. 25
Place: Takane town, Hokuto city
Contact: Kiyosato Moeginomura 0551-48-3522
●December
Light exhibition
Date: Dec.7-Jan. 26
Place: Koumi town
Contact: Lake Matsubara Tourist Information Office 0267-93-2005
Fujimi Panorama Ski Resort open
Date: early Dec.- early Apr.
Place: Fujimi town
Contact: Fujimi Panorama Resort 0266-62-5666
Star Round Yatsugatake in winter season
Date: Mid. Dec.- late Mar.
Place: Yatsugatake Tourism Zone area
Contact: Executive Committee office of Star Round Yatsugatake 0551-88-9027
Fujimikogen Ski Resort open
Date: Mid. Dec.- early Apr.
Place: Fujimi town
Contact: Fujimikogen Ski Resort 0266-66-2932
Sun Meadows Kiyosato Ski Resort open
Date: Mid. Dec.- early Apr.
Place: Hokuto city
Contact: Information office of Sun Meadows Kiyosato Ski Resort 0551-48-4111
●January, February, March
Event for enjoying the rising sun
Date: Jan. 1
Place: Fujimi town
Contact: Fujimi Panorama Resort 0266-62-5666
Fujimikogen Ski Resort 0266-66-2932
Colder is profit fair
Date: Mid. Jan.-Mid. Feb.
Place: Yatsugatake Tourism Zone area
Contact: Yatsugatake Tourism Management 0551-48-3457
“Ohisanpo” Walking course at the foot of Yatsugatake
Date: Jan. 25
Place: Fujimi town
Contact: Fujimi town Tourist Association 0266-62-5757
The 31st Triathron Competition on ice in Koumi
Date: Feb. 1, 2
Place: Koumi town
Contact: Tourism department of Koumi town office 0267-92-2511
“Ohisanpo” winter at Mt. Nyukasayama snow shoe course
Date: Feb. 2
Place:Fujimi town
Contact: Fujimi town Tourist Association 0266-62-5757
The 25th Ice candle festival in Nobeyama highlands
Date: Feb. 8
Place: Minami-maki Vilage
Contact: Commercial Association of Minami-makimura 0267-96-2134
Hokuto Chef’s bar 2020
Date: Feb. 22, 23
Place : Takane town, Hokuto city
Contact: Hotel Auberge 0551-48-3405
Fujimi’s day
Date: Feb. 23
Place: Fujimi town
Contact: Fujimi town Tourist Association 0266-62-5757
Cave kannon festival
Date: Mar. 20, 21
Place: Nirasaki city
Contact: Nirasaki city Tourism Association 0551-22-1991
●Contact information
Yatsugatake Tourism Management
0551-48-3457 https://yatsugatake-ga.com/
NPO corporation KIYOSATO-KANKO-SHINKOKAI
0551-48-2200 www.kiyosato.gr.jp
Hokuto City Tourist Association
0551-30-7866 www.hokuto-kanko.jp
Tourism department of Hokuto city
0551-42-1351 www.city.hokuto.yamanashi.jp/tourism
Nirasaki City Tourist Association
0551-22-1991 www.nirasaki-kankou.jp
Fujimi town Tourist Association
0266-62-5757
Fujimi town industries section-business and tourism
sub-section
0266-62-9342 www.town.fujimi.lg.jp
Haramura tourist information office
0266-74-2501 https://we-love-haramura.jp/
Haramura business and tourism division
0266-79-7929 https://www.vill.hara.lg.jp/sonsei/soshiki/shokokanko/
Haramura tourism federation
0266-79-7072
Minamimaki Tourist Association/Nobeyama Tourist Information Office
0267-98-2091 www.kanko-nobeyama.jp
Tourism department of Koumi town office
0267-92-2511
Lake Matsubara Tourist Information Office
0267-93-2005
Promotion Division of Minami-aiki village office
0267-78-2121