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A shopping street inside the "Hoshino Resort Rizonale Yatsugatake," a resort hotel that was set up by the architectural design master Mario Bellini. About 20 stores, including high-sense general stores and cafes, will keep you in a row. The beautiful cobblestone cloister makes you feel better just to walk.

It is on the way north from the Yatsugatake Kogen Line towards Kannondaira. From the observation deck, you can see the mountains of the Southern Alps and Mount Fuji.

An observation park at an altitude of about 1560m, located south of Mount Yaikasa, one of the Yagatake peaks. The name Kanyondaira is derived from the legend that the founder of the Kaimen clan, Sanaraburō Yoshimitsu, celebrated the Kanyin Bodhisattva in this area. From the observation deck, you can see the mountains of the Southern Alps on the front, and Mount Fuji and the mountain of Chichibu on the left. In early summer, the azalea blooms and the whole area is dyed orange. Turn north on the Yatsugatake Kogen Line and go up the slope of the larch forest to take a car to the observatory. Autumn leaves are also stunning.

A valley in the upper reaches of Hayakawa, between the three mountains of Shirane and the three mountains of Fenghuang. Along the valley is the Southern Alps Forest Road (34.1km), and the main peak of the Southern Alps as you pass through the Yashinjin Tunnel, which manifests a majestic landscape. * Winter closure of Southern Alps Forest Road from November 5 to late June.

A day-trip hot spring facility at the innermost part of the Ashiyasu district, the gateway to the Southern Alps. The surrounding area is home to famous mountains such as Phoenix Sanzan and Shirane Sanzan, and the Night Shashijin Pass is known as a good observatory in the Southern Alps. The Junwa-style facility, which was built within the Kanayamazawa Kodama Park on a branch of the Imperial River, includes inner baths and open-air baths for each man and woman. An alkaline simple spring with a high pH value has a beautiful skin effect, and Kanayamazawa Onsen is close to the source and boasts the best quality in the area. The park also has a barbecue place and play equipment, so you can enjoy the nature of the Southern Alps, such as river play and walk through the forest.

The property is located in front of the climbing bus terminal, while natural hot springs, restaurants and concession stands with open-air baths are available at the adjacent Shiramine Kaikan. On holidays and the day before holidays, there are early morning restaurant sales, lunch box sales, and night-time operations of day hot springs. There are also souvenirs and fruit sales from the Southern Alps, so let's stop by.

A facility that conveys the nature and history and culture of the Southern Alps and the Ashiyasu, where you can see mountain dioramas, real-time footage of the Shiramine Sanzan from the Yashashagami Pass, climbing materials, and more, as well as a mountain book corner boasting 8,000 books.

A municipal hot spring facility with a striking modern appearance, standing along Route 141. The bright stone large bathhouse, which includes pressurized hot water, bubble bath, and sleeping bath, has two types of sauna, dry and wet, and an open-air bath. The water garden, which can only be used for bathing fees, includes a flowing pool, a jacuzzi, and a children's pool. It will also include a free saloon, as well as private rooms for a separate fee.

It is located at the foot of the Southern Alps at an altitude of 400m near the entrance of Mt. Amari, and stands on a good observation site with views of the Kofu basin, Oku-Chichibu, Yatsugatake, Minami Alps, and Mt. The facility is a small and small one-story house, and there is only a large bath with tiles for each man and woman, but it is blessed with an abundance of hot water, so this kind of facility is popular as a hot spring for use at a valuable source. The hot spring is transparent with a light green tinge and clean hot water. Since most of the locals are there, you can take a bath quietly and calmly.

A day-trip hot spring facility in Nirasaki City that uses the hot water of the potent sodium-chloride and bicarbonate springs at the source of the water. A hot spring at 45.5 ° C subtracts its own source, which springs up as much as 200 liters per minute. From the open-air bath, you can see the mountains of Yagatake and Chigatake, and the night view of Nirasaki city at night.