A weekend trip to Kiyosato, 2013

2013/04/27 - 2013/04/28

We both like trekking and this was our first trekking. We went to Kiyosato and hiked Kawamatagawa Higashizawa Keikoku. It was really nice area. We had a good time.

エリア 清里・八ヶ岳(山梨)

• 同行者: カップル・夫婦
• 旅行の手配内容: 個別手配

We went to Kiyosato by train.

We took the hiking course of Kawamata river Higasizawa valley. This house look like european style.

This scenery did not look like in Japan, as Europe. Nice open air fields.

Beautiful!

We could see Mt. Fuji!

Nice photo of pine cones.

There were high trees.

This is a railway bridge of Koumi line.

Doryu no taki.

The water was so clear.

Beautiful moss.

I love to take photos of moss.

The warning of the bear... was it true somebody saw the black bear around here.

I saw another waterfall... or it would be artificial part. But looked not bad.

We could feel lots of nature here.

Moss on the tree.

Another moss...

A big rock!

Higashisawa Ohashi, we walked up there.

A view from the bridge. We could see Yatsugatake mountains.

Which mountain it was... Is it Mt.Aka?

We could see Mt. Fuji again behind the other mountain.

Another mountains. It looked like surrounded by mountains.

We stayed at Yatsugatake Grace Hotel. The view from the room.

This is the highest point of the JR railways, between Kiyosato and Nobeyama station.

A big stone monument. It is 1375 meters high.

We took the train from Nobeyama Station, it was the cow objet...

This is Nobeyama Station, the highest station in Japan, approximately 1345 meters high.

JR Koumi line.

View from the train.

There were a lot of mountains and nice to take photos.

We went to Suntry Tominooka Winery, I wanted my husband (was boyfriend at that time) there because we loved to drink wine.

We joined the basic tasting tour, they brought us to the vineyard.

Nice view of Mt. Fuji again.

The vineyard of Cabernet Sauvignon.

A vineyard with Mt. Fuji.

We went into the cellar.

Barrels of wine.

Oh, there were the bottles of noble rot wine... I wish that I could drink them...

Tasting of five kinds of wine included the tour (1000jpy), but needed to reserve ahead.

There was a manual for tasting!

They made an explanation with video.

We could taste with cheeses.

The view from the shop.

Amazing Fuji, so photogenic!

We had one more glass of tasting.

They sell several kind of food that are good with wine.

After winery, we went to Maizuru Castle Park.

Maizuru castle was a nickname of Kofu Castle. It was built in the late of 16th century, once there was a big fire in 1720's, but kept until Meiji Era. Afterwards, the castle was destroyed for the construction of railways and so on and made the park in part of this area.

Beautiful maple leaves.

The castle is the reproduction in 2003.

Kofu town and Mt.Fuji.