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Yamanashi

Yamanashi Prefecture is in the central region of the main island . Just hours from Tokyo by bus, train, or car, Yamanashi is good for a day trip from the big city and allows travelers to experience the "inaka" Japan.
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Top destinations include Kofu and Yamanashi.

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Kōfu is the capital city of Yamanashi Prefecture, . As of 1 April 2019, the city had an estimated population of 187,985 in 90,924 households, and a population density of 880 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 212.41 square kilometres.

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is a city located in Prefecture, . As of 1 July 2019, the city had an estimated population of 34,738 in 14,679 households, and a population density of 120 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 289.80 square kilometres.

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Fujiyoshida is a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, . As of 1 May 2019, the city had an estimated population of 48,782 in 19,806 households and a population density of 400 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 121.74 square kilometres.

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is a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, . As of 1 October 2020, the city had an estimated population of 45,684 in 22,091 households, and a population density of 78 inhabitants per square kilometre.

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Ōtsuki is a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, . As of 1 October 2023, the city had an estimated population of 21,835 in 10207 households, and a population density of 86 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 380.25 square kilometres.

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is a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, . As of 1 May 2019, the city had an estimated population of 30,311 in 13079 households, and a population density of 190 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 161.63 square kilometres.

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Kōshū is in the north of the Yamanashi Prefecture, in . Kōshū is famous for its viticulture and wines.

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The are a group of five small lakes in Yamanashi prefecture, on the North side of in . From East to West, they are Lake Yamanaka, Lake Kawaguchi, Lake Sai, Lake Shoji and Lake Motosu.

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is a town located in Yamanashi Prefecture, . As of 1 June 2019, the town had an estimated population of 11,674 in 5447 households, and a population density of 39 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 302.00 square kilometres.

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is a highland in the northernmost part of Yamanashi Prefecture, famous as a summer resort for its cool climate. Many beautiful mountains and tourist attractions are there.

Yamanashi

Latitude of center
35.6399° or 35° 38′ 24″ north
Longitude of center
138.6381° or 138° 38′ 17″ east
Population
817,000
Elevation
254 metres (833 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP YNS
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1775025907
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­province
Geo­Names ID
1848649
Wiki­data ID
Q132720
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Yamanashi” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Prefektur Yamanashi”
  • Afrikaans: “Yamanashi Prefektuur”
  • Afrikaans: “Yamanashi-prefektuur”
  • Arabic: “محافظة ياماناشي”
  • Arabic: “ياماناشي”
  • Armenian: “Յամանասի (պրեֆեկտուրա)”
  • Armenian: “Յամանասի”
  • Asturian: “prefeutura de Yamanashi”
  • Asturian: “Yamanashi (prefeutura)”
  • Asturian: “Yamanashi (Xapón)”
  • Asturian: “Yamanashi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yamanaşi prefekturası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yamanaşi”
  • Balinese: “Préféktur Yamanashi”
  • Basque: “Yamanashi”
  • Belarusian: “прэфектура Яманасі”
  • Belarusian: “Яманасі (прэфектура)”
  • Belarusian: “Яманасі”
  • Bengali: “ইয়ামানাশি প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল”
  • Bulgarian: “Яманаши”
  • Catalan: “prefectura de Yamanashi”
  • Catalan: “Prefectura de Yamanashi”
  • Cebuano: “Yamanashi-ken”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای یاماناشی”
  • Central Kurdish: “یاماناشی”
  • Chechen: “Яманаси (префектура)”
  • Chechen: “Яманаси”
  • Chinese: “Yamanasi-koān”
  • Chinese: “山梨县”
  • Chinese: “山梨縣”
  • Croatian: “Yamanashi”
  • Czech: “prefektura Jamanaši”
  • Czech: “Prefektura Jamanaši”
  • Danish: “Yamanashi-præfekturet”
  • Dutch: “Yamanashi”
  • Esperanto: “gubernio Jamanaŝi”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Jamanaŝi”
  • Esperanto: “Jamanaŝi”
  • Esperanto: “JP-19”
  • Estonian: “Yamanashi prefektuur”
  • Finnish: “Yamanashin prefektuuri”
  • French: “préfecture de Yamanashi”
  • French: “Préfecture de Yamanashi”
  • French: “Yamanashi-ken”
  • French: “Yamanashi”
  • Galician: “Prefectura de Yamanashi”
  • Georgian: “იამანასი”
  • Georgian: “იამანასის პრეფექტურა”
  • German: “JP-19”
  • German: “Präfektur Yamanashi”
  • German: “Yamanashi”
  • Greek: “Γιαμανάσι”
  • Gujarati: “યમાનાશી પ્રીફેકચર”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Yamanashi-yen”
  • Hebrew: “יאמאנאשי”
  • Hindi: “यामानाशी प्रीफेक्चर”
  • Hungarian: “Jamanasi prefektúra”
  • Iloko: “Prepektura ti Yamanashi”
  • Iloko: “Yamanashi”
  • Indonesian: “Prefektur Yamanashi”
  • Irish: “Maoracht Yamanashi”
  • Italian: “prefettura di Yamanashi”
  • Italian: “Prefettura di Yamanashi”
  • Japanese: “Yamanashi-Ken”
  • Japanese: “やまなし”
  • Japanese: “ヤマナシ”
  • Japanese: “やまなしけん”
  • Japanese: “ヤマナシケン”
  • Japanese: “山梨”
  • Japanese: “山梨県”
  • Kannada: “ಯಮನಶಿ ಪ್ರಿಫೆಕ್ಚರ್”
  • Khmer: “ខេត្តយ៉ាម៉ាណាស៊ី”
  • Khmer: “យ៉ាម៉ាណាស៊ិ(ខេត្ត)”
  • Khmer: “អាណាខេត្ត យ៉ាម៉ាណាស៊ី”
  • Korean: “야마나시 현”
  • Korean: “야마나시현”
  • Latvian: “Jamanasi prefektūra”
  • Latvian: “Jamanaši prefektūra”
  • Literary Chinese: “山梨縣”
  • Lithuanian: “Jamanaši prefektūra”
  • Lithuanian: “Jamanašio prefektūra”
  • Lithuanian: “Yamanashi prefektūra”
  • Macedonian: “Јаманаши”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Yamanashi”
  • Malay: “Yamanashi”
  • Manipuri: “ꯌꯥꯃꯥꯅꯥꯁꯤ ꯂꯝꯈꯥꯢ”
  • Marathi: “यामानाशी प्रांत”
  • Marathi: “यामानाशी”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Yamanashi-gâing”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Yamanashi-koān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Yamanashi-kōan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Yamanasi Koān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Yamanasi-koān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Yamanasi-kōan”
  • Northern Frisian: “Yamanashi (Prefektüür)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Yamanashi”
  • Northern Sami: “Yamanashi prefektuvra”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yamanashi prefektur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yamanashi prefektur”
  • Norwegian: “Yamanashi”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “prefectura de Yamanashi”
  • Ossetian: “Яманаси (префектурæ)”
  • Ossetian: “Яманаси”
  • Persian: “استان یاماناشی”
  • Persian: “یاماناشی”
  • Polish: “Prefektura Yamanashi”
  • Polish: “Yamanashi”
  • Portuguese: “Yamanashi”
  • Romanian: “Prefectura Yamanashi”
  • Romanian: “Yamanashi”
  • Russian: “Яманаси”
  • Scots: “Yamanashi Prefectur”
  • Serbian: “Prefektura Jamanaši”
  • Serbian: “Јаманаши”
  • Serbian: “Префектура Јаманаши”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jamanaši”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Jamanashi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Jamanaši”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Yamanashi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Yamanashi”
  • Sinhala: “යමනෂි ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “යමනාශි ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Jamanaši”
  • Slovenian: “Prefektura Jamanaši”
  • South Azerbaijani: “یاماناشی اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Prefectura de Yamanashi”
  • Spanish: “Yamanashi Japon”
  • Spanish: “Yamanashi Japón”
  • Spanish: “Yamanashi”
  • Sundanese: “Préféktur Yamanashi”
  • Sundanese: “Yamanashi Prefecture”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Yamanashi”
  • Swedish: “Yamanashi prefektur”
  • Swedish: “Yamanashi”
  • Tagalog: “Prepektura ng Yamanashi”
  • Tagalog: “Prepekturang Yamagasyi”
  • Tagalog: “Yamanashi Prefecture”
  • Tajik: “Prefekturai Jamanaşi”
  • Tajik: “Префектураи Яманаси”
  • Tajik: “Префектураи Яманаши”
  • Tamil: “யமானஷி ப்ரீபெக்ட்டுறே”
  • Tatar: “Яманаси (префектура)”
  • Tatar: “Яманаси”
  • Telugu: “యమనాషి ప్రిఫెక్చర్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดยามานาชิ”
  • Turkish: “Yamanashi prefektörlüğü”
  • Turkish: “Yamanashi”
  • Ukrainian: “Префектура Яманасі”
  • Ukrainian: “Префектура Яманаші”
  • Ukrainian: “Яманасі”
  • Urdu: “یاماناشی پریفیکچر”
  • Urdu: “یماناشی پرفکترے”
  • Vietnamese: “Sơn Lê Huyện”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Yamanashi”
  • Vietnamese: “Yamanashi”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Yamanashi Prefecture”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Yamanashi”
  • Welsh: “Yamanashi”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع یاماناشی”
  • Wu Chinese: “山梨县”
  • Yue Chinese: “山梨”
  • Yue Chinese: “山梨縣”

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