Culture Shingen-ko Festival in Kofu City 2024 Mid - Late Oct Shingen-ko is the biggest samurai festival in Japan. The festival takes place in spring and the highlight is a procession through..
Culture Re-building Kofu Castle Cathy Cawood Although Kofu Castle was a ruin, authentic replicas of one of the towers and one of the gates have been built by referring to 16th..
Culture Inishie-no-Michi in Kofu Cathy Cawood A mapped trail between Kofu JR Station and Kai-Zenkoji visits the five Kofu Gozan temples that enjoyed Shingen Takeda's patronage...
Culture Crystal Sound Museum Cathy Cawood Crystal Sound is a free museum in Shosenkyo with a collection of precious gemstones from around the world. The museum shop is a..
11 Gardens & Parks Kofu Castle - Maizurujo Park Susan Tumanon If you are visiting Yamanashi Prefecture why not drop by Kofu Castle. Its just a 3 minute walk from the south gate of Kofu station...
Culture Theo Jansen Exhibition 2021 Apr 24th - Jun 22nd 2021 Past Event A special exhibition taking place at the Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art looks at the works of Theo Jansen (1948 -), a Dutch..
10 Gardens & Parks The Kofu City History Park Tyra 'nell Pille-Lu One of the places we have ventured around the city is the Kofu City History Park Yamanote-Gomon, a historical park just about 3..