Shosenkyo Gorge is located in Kofu City, the capital city of Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. This gorge is considered as the Japan's most beautiful gorge. It takes about 30 minutes by bus from Kofu Station to Shosenkyo Gorge
In the time when we visited the Shonsekyo Gorge, we decided to go there by a rent car. Previously we planed to go there by bus, but it took time for waiting the bus. Because that time was almost 2.00 pm, we was afraid that we will miss the returning bus.
The trip was begin from Kofu Station to reach seikanbashi. From that place, we were then walking down to Sengataki waterfall and Ishimon (literally means stone gate). From the Ishimon area, we can clearly saw the Kakuenpo (the steep mountain of kakuen). Due to it was then getting dark, hence we decided to go back to the Seikan bashi and enjoying the unique soup in the Kofu city that is called as hoto pasta.
That time, we should be able to go to the Arakawa Dome and Otaki waterfall, because it is near to Shonsekyo Gorge. Unfortunately, we don not have much time to visit that places.
Access
The Shosenkyo Gorge is just outside of Kofu City, the prefectural capital of Yamanashi Prefecture, 100 kilometers west of Tokyo.
From Tokyo to Kofu:
Kofu can be reached from Shinjuku Station in central Tokyo by direct JR limited express trains (90 minutes, 3510 yen one way) or JR local trains (130 minutes, 2210 yen one way, one transfer of trains along the way).
There are also frequent highway bus departures from the Keio Highway Bus Terminal in Shinjuku to Kofu Station. The one way trip takes 130 minutes and costs 1950 Yen.
From Kofu into the gorge:
Buses to the gorge leave in front of Kofu Station about once per hour. They take 30 minutes and 570 Yen to "Shosenkyo-guchi", 40 minutes and 800 Yen to "Shosenkyo Greenline" and 50 minutes and 870 Yen to the terminal stop "Shosenkyo taki ue". Above fares are one way fares.
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