Yamanashi, Chūbu Region, Japan

🇯🇵 Yamanashi (山梨市) is a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

Geography Yamanashi City is located in north-central Yamanashi Prefecture in the north-eastern end of the Kofu Basin. The city is flat in the south, rising toward mountains to the north. The Fuefuki River flows through the city.

Neighboring municipalities Yamanashi Prefecture ◦ Fuefuki, Kōfu, Kōshū; Saitama Prefecture ◦ Chichibu; • Nagano Prefecture ◦ Minamisaku District: Kawakami.

History The village of Yamanashi was founded on July 1, 1942, by the merger of two hamlets within Higashiyamanashi District. It was elevated to city status on July 1, 1954.

On March 22, 2005, Yamanashi absorbed the town of Makioka, and the village of Mitomi (both from Higashiyamanashi District).

Government Yamanashi has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 16 members.

Economy The economy of Yamanashi is based primarily on horticulture, with grapes and peaches as the main cash crops.

Education Yamanashi has 12 public elementary schools and three public middle schools operated by the city government and two public high schools operated by the Yamanashi Prefectural Board of Education.

Transport: Rail • East Japan Railway Company - Chūō Main Line

◦ Yamanashishi - Higashi-Yamanashi.

Transport: Road • National Route 140 • National Route 411.

Local attractions • Seihaku-ji – Buddhist temple • Oimatakubo-Hachiman-gu • Fuefukigawa Fruit Park.