Yamanashi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 817,192 and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2. Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the northeast, Nagano Prefecture to the northwest, Shizuoka Prefecture to the southwest, Kanagawa Prefecture to the southeast, and Tokyo to the east.
Lake Kawaguchi, one of the Fuji Five Lakes in Yamanashi Prefecture, at the foot of Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji from the Misaka Pass, Yamanashi
Autumn at Senga Falls, North of Kōfu
Vineyards in Kōshū, Yamanashi
The Chūbu region , Central region, or Central Japan is a region in the middle of Honshū, Japan's main island. In a wide, classical definition, it encompasses nine prefectures (ken): Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Ishikawa, Nagano, Niigata, Shizuoka, Toyama, and Yamanashi.
Mount Fuji is the Chūbu region's most famous landmark.
Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama in Chūbu
Central Nagoya
Nagoya City