Very beautiful nature area with Mountain views, a waterfall, and a river full of rocks. It’s also spotted with the occasional shrine/ temple and lots of little shops to eat. Easily one of the best places to visit in Yamanashi

Such a beautiful rock landscape plus the red leaves around you. It was a spectacular experience.

●Parking fee　￥0(2022.11.11) ●Parking fee　￥0(2023.07.15) ●shuttle bus(middle parking→Ropeway)　￥300/person(2023.07.15) ※There is a free parking lot near the ropeway station, so we might not need to teke a shuttle bus.

Came for photos in early Nov. There's enough red and yellow foliage for good pictures but it's probably more colorful in mid November I'd think. There are several hiking options depending on how much time you have. We went with the faster route and also took the cable car to the summit. It was a pretty easy walk with lots of opportunities for photos. Hiking shoes are not necessary (maybe in the winter though). There are also several food shops, souvenir shops and vending machines along the way, so you don't need to take a bunch of food and drink with you if you don't want to. For our group of 4, it was roughly the same price taking the bus vs taxi. The taxi is slightly less rough than the bus if someone is prone to car sickness.

Really nice hiking area with multiple lots of free parking. All of the main paths are paved so it is more like a walk rather than a hike. Their are also vending machines, restrooms and food stalls along the path. Best to arrive in the morning to beat most of the crowds. Also, there is a lot of construction on the way up and down the mountain, just be prepared.

Relatively unpopular nature sightseeing area. Really recommended for peak autumn season.

I went on a rainy day in mid November, which is the perfect time to go because the autumn maple leaves look amazing! The hike could have been marked better with more English assistance, but otherwise it was pretty easy. The green line bus is reasonably priced, but comes about once an hour, so be careful about your return. I would highly recommend this hike!

Shosenkyo is a nice place for hiking because its mountain view is awesome. I recommend people who are planning to go to Kofu area to go Shosenkyo. For people who are planning to go, I recommended them to check which bus lines are available because some bus lines are closed during the winter time.

Shosenkyo Gorge, best place to see foliage on November. Not far from Tokyo, only 2.5 hours by Highway Bus.

A quite and beautiful place, interesting rocks and streams, around the waterfalls there are many good shops and restaurant. A worthy and relaxing experience.

Visited from Canada. Lots of childhood memories there! We caught the best cherry blossom season this year.

Its nice to sightseeing the city view..i like this place though

An easy walk from Kofu Station. The park is open 24 hours, however the it is only the museum and the upper floor of one of the gates which are closed off when the park is 'closed' so feel to go by anytime, day or night. The park is big; depending on your pace expect to take from 30 minutes to an hour to see it all. Be careful if you have bad knees; there are a lot of steep stairs. The top of the watchtower affords a view of Mt. Fuji when the weather is clear. Tips for photographers - there are good shots in the morning of the crane statue at the main entrance. From the watchtower, looking at the Shaonto Tower, the sun rises behind you and sets behind the tower. Plan your shots :-)

Big public places with clean restrooms and big fields very cool site to explore and read some interesting facts (in English). If you have extra free time or want to find an extra place to explore you can come here

Only five minutes walk from Kofu station. Nice place to walk around when you get bored sitting at Starbucks for too long! The best season to go there is, of course, spring 🌸✨🌸✨🌸✨🌸

Clean gardens, trimmed grass. Nice place to stroll and relax. Wonderful views of the whole city and surrounding mountains.

İt is a small castle park but beautiful.

Clean, beautiful garden that is maintained good condition. You have to climb some steps but is not high. Remind there is no shop so prepare water if visit in high temperature season.

It’s a good station with different restaurants for quick bite and convenience stores for snacks before going to your destination for either travel, work or school.

A big easy access station, it has a Yodobashi just right outside the South exit, it has lots of restaurant and places to buy souvenirs. Also has a lot of places to try wine.

Convenient store, station building, bus terminal, etc you have everything you need around the station.

You won't get lost. Just follow the color coding of the trains. Its better though if there's an english translation. Anyway, what I did was to look up the place I want to go in google maps and then compared the Japanese characters with that on the map. Easily found it on the route map and paid my fare.

Visited on 15th Jan. 2019. Since this year is 500 Anniversary of Koufu opening. There is a short-term exhibition in the Koufu station. It tells lots of history, local things about Koufu. Especially the historical figure “Takeda Shingen”.

Less english sign than smaller station (eg otsuki). Difficult to find a right car number.

Great station service even for non Japanese speaking people... Can visit mt Fuji from this city

We enjoyed viewing the amazing collection of pieces by Jean Francois Millet within this museum. There were pieces by a variety of artists as well as clay pieces by Tadahiro Ogawa- Jomon statues. The museum also has a wonderful restaurant that had delicious food choices- several themed from various works of art being showcased in the museum. The museum was a great way to spend the afternoon.

Taking pictures inside the museum though not allowed, the oil painting are antiques and amazing in the canvas. Nostalgic and amazing are my expressions! Food at the cafe & resto was as amazing as the oil paintings, healthy and i loved it!

While it is wonderful to have an art museum in town, the collections aren’t the most impressive, but I am no art critic. The park is the true reason to go to the area, the park is always full of families (and so many dogs) and a great place for an afternoon picnic. For a relaxing Sunday afternoon I recommend enjoying the park and skipping the museum!

I visited the museum with my husband and 3year-old daughter. And got strong feeling that the museum unofficially refuses small kids.. We've been never given this many precautions in public places before. They asked us not to let go of our kid's hand, not to have her anything in her hand and etc.. even my daughter was already in my husband's arm when they tell us precautions, we felt so disturbing and guilty with the fact that we have a kid with us.. During at the exhibition room, we again was told from another staff member the same precautions we had already heard at the entrance.. Even considering that the museum keeps masterpieces and they need visitors to be cautious but this is excessive. I've visited many other museums in Europe and have seen parents enjoying arts with their children, discussing about art pieces freely. I think that's how a museum achieve their most important goal, "to provide people with a place where art is blooming by educating and inspiring young generation" In this term, i can say that this museum fails to do so. My daughter looked on the verge of crying as even she didn't understand whole conversation we had with staff but she still understood overall meaning and tone that she was not welcomed. We left the exhibition room soon but I should have left there even at the entrance when we had to hear the stupid restrictions they set to small kids.. Then we would have not hurt her feeling. Please do not visit this place if you have a kid.

Good exhibitions! Restaurant is good too!

A nice art museum that features a good mix of western and Japanese artists as well as classic and contemporary art. Unfortunately it was too chilly for me to look at the grounds which had many statues and sculptures but I'll go back another day to check them out

Taro Okamoto, L'HOMME VEGETAL 1971.

The homemade Soba is great. Tempura are also very delicious. So many seats.

Enjoyed “tori motsu ni” and “houtou” noodles! Loved both.

Good

(Translated by Google) I've heard of Wanko soba, but I've never heard of all-you-can-eat soba! So I went there! It was supposed to be 1 serving for 4 dishes, but I was knocked out with 6 of 12 dishes! You can change the flavor, and there is tempura, so it was more fun to challenge yourself than just having all-you-can-eat! Boiled chicken offal… definitely try it! It will melt! ! ! ! The atmosphere was good and I was satisfied! The udon looked delicious too! (Original) わんこそばは聞いたことあるけど、そば食べ放題は聞いたことない！って事で行ってみました！ 4皿で1人前ということだったんですが、12皿の6皿分でノックアウト！ 味変もできるし、天ぷらもあるし、食べ放題で楽しいというより、みんなでチャレンジするのが楽しかったです！ 鳥もつ煮…絶対食べて下さい！ とろけます！！！！ 雰囲気も良くて満足しました！ うどんも美味しそうだったなー！

(Translated by Google) It is famous for motsuni and soba noodles. There seems to be all-you-can-eat soba. When I looked at the menu to eat motsuni, I found fried offal. If you ask for that, Great! It was delicious. The scent when it is carried is irresistible. Miso will come with you. It's also delicious. I'm going to Yamanashi for this shop. (Original) もつ煮とお蕎麦が有名です。 お蕎麦は、食べ放題もあるようです。 もつ煮を食べようとメニューをみたら、 揚げもつを発見。そちらを頼んでみたら、 凄く！美味しかったです。 運ばれてくる時の香りがたまりません。 味噌が一緒にきます。それもまた美味しい。 このお店目当てに山梨に行きます。

(Translated by Google) I came here after a few years was the first Order the classic "Tempura Soba Set Meal" Every time, I get lost with chicken offal, but this time it's tempura All-you-can-eat soba noodles The happiness of being able to eat as much soba as you like✨ Before I knew it, I ate 12 (laughs)💦 Tempura is also crispy and delicious 😋 Grated yam and edible wild plants are also included as a side dish, so you can taste 4 kinds at once! Thank you for your meal ☺️ (Original) 数年振りに来ました 一番乗りでした 定番の「天ぷらそば定食」をオーダー 毎回、鳥モツと迷うのですが、今回は天ぷらで 蕎麦のおかわり自由食べ放題です 好きなだけ蕎麦を食べれる幸せ✨ 気付けば12枚食べてました(笑)💦 天ぷらもサクサクで美味しい😋 付け合わせにとろろと山菜も付くので、一度に4種類あじわえます！ ご馳走さまでした☺️

(Translated by Google) This restaurant is famous for its all-you-can-eat set meals of boiled chicken and soba, but you can also choose from cold soba, warm soba topped with yuba, or warm maitake mushroom tempura. It was very delicious. (Original) 鳥もつ煮と蕎麦食べ放題の定食で有名なお店ですが、フツーに冷たいお蕎麦、湯葉がのった温かい蕎麦、温かい舞茸天ぷらなどチョイス。たいへん美味しくいただきました。

Our taxi driver recommended this place on our way back from the gorge. Leave shoes at the door and someone will show you to your seat. They serve dishes other than houtou but it would be a waste to come all the way out here and not try it! I got a pumpkin houtou and a drink. The bowl looks kind of small but it's super filling. There's a good amount of other veges as well. Someone else at the table ordered a custom houtou which they were happy to do. Not sure if there was an English menu though but you can always point at the picture.

Here Kosaku is Hoto and the local food of Yamanashi Prefecture. Hoto is a dumpling soup with seasonal veggies in Miso soup. I visited after drinking a several mug of beer, the Hoto was rather heavy for me, but it was delicious anyway.

Soup was salty and the sashimi was not as fresh, below average. Family oriented atmosphere. Service was okay, not as attentive to tourists.

Good Yamanashi cuisine that offers a big variety of foods. If you are into bear or horse meat, they have that here too. The maitake tempura with green tea salt was really yummy and their miso noodles were also quite nice.

Hoto is famous local noodle in Yamanashi-pref. Kosaku is one of the most famous in Kofu. Good for vegetarian, Japanese noodle freaks and nature lovers.

Delicious houtou. Very generous portions with lots of each ingredient - they don't skimp. Cheap drinks. I went there after a long day of hiking in the cold and it was just what I needed.

Tasty! Many variations of the signature dish; worth trying. Timeless atmosphere and cheap drinks list. This is a fun place to have dinner and the food is good and worth trying the Yamanashi speciality. Recommended

Good traditional food near the station. It is Houtou udon with miso soup and some vegetables. It’s so tasty and big poution!

The place is for fine dining. Love the private cabins here. The food is worth it. Love little play area for kids as well. The service is also appreciable.

Wonderful wonderful service! I visited Yamanashi prefecture's Fujiyoshida and Kofu-shi two weeks ago and made a pit stop for dinner at Natural Grace. I appreciated that they prepared me a birthday plate without charge and even gave us two bags of salad for free! I can't be grateful enough and would definitely recommend this place to others. The food tasted great! I loved that everything was natural and organic as well. Loved this experience! Great service and atmosphere!

The squid croquette is nice but everything else is so-so. You just don't really get your money's worth. There are better restaurants in the area.

This place is wonderful. My friend celebrated a birthday, and they brought him a beautiful looking dessert. The food is delicious!

Food seems to be high quality. There are lots of vegetarian and organic foods on the menu. It can get busy and it's small, so take that into consideration when going.

Totally awesome! I just loved the food. It isn't cheap, but it is a very reasonable price for the great ambient and food.

There are many healthy foods!!! Looks good, fresh veggies and tasy!

visit : lunch this is one of the worst sushi lunch experiences i've had in a long time. the sushi was rather tasteless - you can enjoy a far fresher tasting selection for almost half the price in central tokyo ( try sushiya in b1f kitte building otemachi as a direct example ) apart from that the fish perhaps isn't the best cuts or freshest ...... i particularly disliked where the staff added extra wasabi to the uni the lunch set we had was served with a mediocre salad, some udon with a very weak sauce and a soup that was more like a finger wash as it was so weak tasting this is the second visit for lunch. The first visit was merely "okay" but the visit for lunch, 13th May, wasn't good especially vs expectation / quality and price restaurant decoration is best described as 'well worn' i have noted this restaurant is 'recommended' in the area as a good dining option. i definitely wouldn't recommend it and would say if this is a recommended restaurant ' then other offerings in the area must be pretty bad 2 set lunch and beer was ¥4,400 around - which for the quality and setting really is not good price or experience

Terrible quality. Instead of a nice marbled piece of salmon like they show on the menu, I got a small dry and chewy piece. 825 Yen for that? The chef knew exactly what he was doing.

山梨でなぜこのレベルのネタが提供できるのか？と思うほどハイレベル。 つまみも安価で新鮮で旨いし、握りも綺麗でネタもデカくて旨い。特に本日のおすすめネタは絶品。ピックアップされていない貝類はまぁ…。 何より活気が良く繁盛店である理由は納得。 休日の昼に並ばず入れたことがないので、ピーク前後が狙い目。

(Translated by Google) Went for lunch for my wife's birthday! The storefront is clean and the fresh flowers are lively, giving a good impression. I went with two people, so I was guided to the counter. The friendly atmosphere of the craftsmen in front of the chef. I got a very good impression of the human relations at work and the attitude towards work 😊 I ordered a seafood bowl and was surprised at the volume! ️ The material is big, and the response is enough 🤤 I was happy that they also included seasonal items ☺️ The soup was taken from the ala. There was a sense of transparency, the soup stock came out well, and it was refreshing and delicious. (Personally, it was a little salty, I guess) We also had the summer specialty, “Boiled conger eel”. Finely cut bones are applied, and the kitchen knife is excellent. The bones were cut so that the texture of the small bones unique to conger eel could hardly be felt. Kishu plum is also used for the plum meat, and it looks like it has no synthetic coloring, and the plum meat retains the original taste and aroma of the plum. It was delicious. I want cold sake 🤭 Natural shaved ice for dessert🍧 I got it with a limited blackberry sauce 🤭 Both the sauce and condensed milk have been added to the mix, which is also delicious 🥰 I should have been full, but I ate it all 😋 The natural ice is shaved so thinly that it melts away when you put it in your mouth😋 It was a delicious shaved ice that you can feel a lot of ingenuity ☺️ (Original) 妻の誕生日にランチに行きました！ 店構えは、清潔感があり生花も生き生きとしていて、印象がよいです。 2人で行ったので、カウンターに案内していただきました。 板前の職人さん達の和気藹々とした雰囲気。 職場の人間関係や仕事に向かう姿勢が非常に良い印象を受けました😊 海鮮丼を注文し、ボリュームにビックリ‼️ ネタも大きく、食べ応えも十分🤤 旬のネタも入れてくれているので、嬉しかったです☺️ お吸い物はアラから出汁をとってありました。 透明感があり、出汁も良く出ており、さっぱりと美味しかったです。 (個人的には少し塩が強かった、、、かな) 夏の名物「鱧の湯引き」もいただきました。 目の細かい骨切りが施され、見事な包丁さばき。鱧独特の小骨の食感はほとんど感じられないくらいの骨切りがされていました。 梅肉も紀州梅を使用しており、見た感じ合成着色はされていない、梅本来の味と香りも残る梅肉。 美味しかったです。 冷酒が欲しくなりました🤭 デザートに、天然氷のかき氷🍧 限定のブラックベリーソースで頂きました🤭 ソース、練乳ともに一手間加えられていて、これまた美味🥰 お腹いっぱいのはずがペロリと完食😋 天然氷は非常に薄削りされていて、口の中に入ると自然と溶けてなくなってしまうほど😋 沢山の工夫が感じられる美味しいかき氷でした☺️

High quality and interesting menu