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Radar active in weather observation at the summit of Mount Fuji for 35 years. After completing his role, he was relocated to 1999, and is now a hands-on learning facility. You can learn about the importance of meteorological observations, such as the history of the Mount Fuji weather system and how the Mount Fuji radar works, through real-life exhibits, panels, and quizzes. There are various limited goods in the shop.

At the Fuji-san VR Theater, you can enjoy the amazing view of climbing Fuji and Mt. Fuji with a powerful image that is projected at 360 degrees. There is also animation using projection mapping and touch panel to be projected on the Mount Fuji model, and it is full of fun tricks. The shop also has a large selection of local Fujiyoshida traditional industrial goods and original goods that can only be bought here. In the area, you can also enjoy the nature as well as the cherry trees in the spring, the hydrangeas in the summer, the Momiji Corridor in the autumn, and the waterfalls of the mountain.

A well-maintained lawn plaza and a park where you can play with athletic play equipment, including a garden colored by the flowers of the four seasons.

The area of Tsukiji flourished in the textile industry from the early Showa era to the '40s. The townscape and buildings of the time remain throughout the town, and you can enjoy a retro walk. He seems to have slipped back to Showa, including a hospital that reused a restaurant from the end of the Taisho era, a bookstore with a handwritten sign, and a cafe that renovated an old private house. In addition, in this neighborhood of Tsukiji Temple, which is famous as an evening eatery street, there are unique shops, mainly "Shinshakai Cheers Street".

It is said that a shrine was erected on the peak at the end of the Heian period. During the Edo period, Fuji-shō's worship by Fuji-shō became popular, and temple construction and devotion of Buddha statues were performed at the summit. Many Buddhist-related objects were removed by the abolition of Buddha in the Meiji period, but the Okumiya of Kusushi Shrine and the Asama Taisha Shrine of the Mount Fuji Honmiya still stands on the summit, and remains of the ancient times such as stone Buddhas and stone monuments. It has been part of the constituent assets of the World Heritage Site "Mount Fuji-Objects of Faith and Sources of Art". In the "Okotamuri", which circles the crater, these ruins can be seen, telling the history of the Mount Fuji faith along with the "Gomikitsu", which worships the sunrise at the summit.

It stands in a place where magnetism is strong and full of energy. The god of the festival is Oyama Gi-Daijin, and it becomes a topic when wishes come true with a new inspiration, and it has become a secret boom so that worshipers come from far away.

A community of Fujizakura (Otomezakura), which is designated as a flower in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture. The Fujizakura community around Nakanochaya is the largest colony at the foot of Mount Fuji.

The view of Mount Fuji is one of the most famous places in the surrounding area. In the spring, the Yoshino cherry tree in the garden blooms, and you can see Mount Fuji, the five-storied pagoda and cherry blossoms as a set.

The company handcrafts and sells Japanese sweets using natural water from Oshino Hakkai. 100 yen of grass rice cakes to be baked in stores is popular. The mugwort used for grass cakes was hand-picked at the foot of Mount Fuji in the spring. The elegant sweetness of the paste is also homemade. There are also 600 yen for raw soba and raw udon for about 5 to 6 servings each.

A souvenir shop at the entrance of Oshino Hachikai. There is a lot of product in Yamanashi Prefecture, but I'm surprised by the number of pickles that are lined up in the storefront. There are 50 kinds of takuan, mountain burdock, iwatake mushroom tsukudani, etc.