Kofu is the capital city of Yamanashi Perfecture, Japan. The city is the hometown of Takeda Shingen Ko, the renowned general of the civil war period in the 16th century. Kofu City was flourished as a castle town, posting station and commercial center.
Kofu is famous as one of the leading jewelers' towns in the world, with tradition of craftsmanship and polishing technique of precious stones.
Recently, we visited the Kofu City in the end of October. When we arrived in the station, we can get information about tourism either from tourist information or from information boards that are placed in front of the Station. There are many hotels around the station with the cheap price. As a small city, the area around station is convinience because we can found hotels and restaurants easily. So, if you visit this place just stay in the area around Kofu Station.
Kofu is surrounded by many mountains, one of them is the famous Mount Fuji, so it is not suprising that in this city there are many hotsprings.
The unique food in Kofu city is a soup that is called Hoto pasta.. It is made from wheat flour with a warm water, roll out and cut in wider pasta. The pasta is not boiled but cooked with vegetables in miso soup. Hoto is famous as the meal in Takeda army at the front of the battlefield.
Kofu is famous as one of the leading jewelers' towns in the world, with tradition of craftsmanship and polishing technique of precious stones.
Recently, we visited the Kofu City in the end of October. When we arrived in the station, we can get information about tourism either from tourist information or from information boards that are placed in front of the Station. There are many hotels around the station with the cheap price. As a small city, the area around station is convinience because we can found hotels and restaurants easily. So, if you visit this place just stay in the area around Kofu Station.
Kofu is surrounded by many mountains, one of them is the famous Mount Fuji, so it is not suprising that in this city there are many hotsprings.
The unique food in Kofu city is a soup that is called Hoto pasta.. It is made from wheat flour with a warm water, roll out and cut in wider pasta. The pasta is not boiled but cooked with vegetables in miso soup. Hoto is famous as the meal in Takeda army at the front of the battlefield.
Sightseeing in the Kofu City
1. Takeda Shingen Statue
2. Kofu Castle Ruin (Maizuru Castle Park)
3. Takeda Shrine
4. Kai Zenkoji Temple
5. Sonsekyo Gorge
6. Itajiki Gorge
7. Yamanashi Perfectural Museum
8. Yamanashi Perfectural Science Museum
Access
Access to Kofu from Tokyo or Shinjuku stations by the JR Chuo Line on the Super Azusa, Asusa or Kaiji Express trains to Matsumoto. Heading south take the slower JR Minobu Line to Fuji, Shimizu and Shizuoka via Shimobe spa and Minobu.
There are highway buses to Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Kawagoe and Nagoya as well as Narita and Hanada airports.
For getting around town, there is a tourist loop bus, the Kofu City Shuttle, which passes many of the Kofu's main sites. The shuttle runs between 11am-6pm. There are bus stops at the north and south exits of Kofu Station, check with the tourist office for the bus you need.
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