Meiji

Discover Yatsuzawa Power Plant Facilities in Yamanashi Prefecture - Japan's largest Important Cultural Property spanning 14km. Explore Meiji-era hydroelectric engineering marvels including aqueducts, tunnels, and reservoirs still operating after 110+ years.

Explore the Obaraya Harada Shoten Shinzashiki, a National Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Fujikawa, Yamanashi. This Meiji-era merchant storehouse preserves the legacy of Fujikawa River trade that connected mountains to the sea for over 300 years.

Explore the National Treasure "Summer Mountain Landscape," a 12th-century Song Dynasty masterpiece housed at Tokyo National Museum. Learn about its journey from Imperial China to Mt. Minobu's Kuon-ji Temple, and discover the spiritual beauty of this UNESCO-worthy destination in Yamanashi, Japan.

Built in 1875 in Mutsuzawa Village, Yamanashi Prefecture, this pseudo-Western schoolhouse is the finest surviving example of Fujimura-style architecture from early Meiji Japan. Designated a national Important Cultural Property in 1967, it now stands at JR Kofu Station as the free-admission Fujimura Memorial Hall.

Discover Ichikawa Church, an 1897 wooden chapel blending Japanese kura warehouse design with Western architecture. A Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Ichikawamisato, Yamanashi Prefecture.

Discover the Iwashita Onsen Ryokan Former Building, a nationally registered tangible cultural property in Yamanashi City. Built around 1875, this traditional wooden inn features a rare semi-underground bathhouse fed by one of the oldest natural springs in the Koshu region.

Discover Yashikiiri-sawa No. 7 Stone Check Dam, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Fuefuki City, Yamanashi. Built between 1910 and 1918 using masterful dry stone masonry, this sabo dam still protects local communities from landslides over a century later.

Discover the Lumière Old Underground Fermentation Tanks, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in 1901. Located in Fuefuki, Yamanashi, these granite stone tanks are the oldest European-style wine fermentation vaults in Japan and are still used for winemaking today.