19214 ／ ちゅうおうし
Yamanashi PrefectureThe wall: tile below, plaster above.
Former Koikawa Post Office01 ／ Burial mound
Otsuka Tumulus, from the late 5th century, is a keyhole-shaped tomb on a hilltop, and its short front section is why it is also called scallop-shaped. The city says its chamber, roofed with pillar-like stones set like a gabled roof, is thought to have been the only gassho-style chamber in Yamanashi Prefecture.
02 ／ Myoanji
Myoanji in Otoguro, says the city’s cultural property guide, was the only temple of komuso, wandering shakuhachi-playing monks, in Kai Province; it was abolished in 1871. Two shakuhachi designated by the city were given as thanks to a neighbor who had served the temple, by the head priest of Reiho-ji, who also oversaw Myoanji. Each is 58 cm long.
03 ／ Koikawa site
Excavations at the Koikawa site, ahead of the Shin-Yamanashi Ring Road, unearthed parts of five-ring stone pagodas from the late Kamakura period. One bears an inscription dated Enkei 3 (1310), and another names a man of Fuse. The prefecture’s Buried Cultural Properties Center considers it highly likely that a local notable entrusted with the Fuse estate lived here.
Living here
The limited express Fujikawa stops at Higashi-Hanawa Station on the JR Minobu Line. JR Central’s station timetable gives a guide time of 13 minutes from Kofu Station to Higashi-Hanawa Station, varying by train. Toward Shizuoka, the fastest train from Higashi-Hanawa takes 124 minutes.
+0.3% since 2015
31,322 → 31,216
26.17km² of it habitable
2024
2.3 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
7.7 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow JR東日本『駅の時刻表』の列車別『時刻表（停車駅一覧）』特急ふじかわ 2・4・6・8・10・12・14号（甲府－静岡）のページ（2026年10月版。URL の /2610/ は毎月変わる）。運行日のカレンダーは2026-09-18〜12-31の全日が『ok』（毎日運転） (checked 2026-10-08). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
8.7km
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