Fujiyoshida City

Horses' tracks tell the town's fortune.

Yabusame, Omuro Sengen Shrine

Photo by Sengenmaru (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Wisteria

A giant wisteria that grew wildis protected by a trellis.

A National Natural Monument. Two Noda wisteria grow in the grounds of the Yamanokami shrine, blooming from mid-April to around May. The Agency for Cultural Affairs describes a giant wisteria growing wild in a forest, and says that growing wild and having a lower trunk that does not branch set it apart from other giant wisterias. A trellis was built to protect the vine on the shrine side.

National Natural Monument (designated 1928)
2 Noda wisteria
Blooms mid-April to around May

02 ／ Oshi houses

On a plot set back from the street,the main house and annex stand front to back.

The former Togawa family house was the home of an oshi, who lodged and looked after pilgrims to Mount Fuji. The Agency for Cultural Affairs calls this layout typical of Fuji oshi houses, and says the inner gate and the watercourse are well preserved along with the characteristic plot layout. The main house dates from 1768. With the Osano family house it is an Important Cultural Property and a component of the Mount Fuji World Heritage site.

2 Important Cultural Properties
Main house built in 1768
World Heritage component

03 ／ Irrigation

A tunnel about 3,800 m longbrings Lake Kawaguchi's water to Arakura.

Arakura was a district covered by Mount Fuji's lava, short of water. The residents built the tunnel themselves, starting between 1673 and 1697 (from the Enpo era to the middle of Genroku), and after several interruptions it was completed and the water began to flow in 1865 (Keio 1). It was designated a city historic site in 1966.

City-designated historic site (1966)
About 3,800 m long
Water flowing in 1865 (Keio 1)

Living here

102 minutes from Shinjuku by highway bus.

about 50,000 people
2 hours to a city centre

According to the Fujikyu Bus timetable, the highway bus from Busta Shinjuku to Fujisan Station takes 102 minutes at the fastest. The JR limited express takes 107 minutes from Shinjuku to Fujisan Station, running through to the Fujikyuko Line at Otsuki, with no change of trains.

People living here: 46,530people
Area: 121.74km²
Households: 18,337households
Rent (average for rentals): 44,112yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 54 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —7 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

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Where you can go from here.

Fujiyoshida City in Japan35.487°N 138.808°E

to ShinjukuHighway bus102min
to ShinjukuLtd. exp. Fuji Excursion107min

Travel times follow 富士急バス（富士急行バス・京王バスの共同運行）『新宿駅～富士急ハイランド・河口湖駅・富士山駅・山中湖方面』の時刻表（bus.fujikyu.co.jp/highway/detail/id/1 に埋め込まれた時刻）と、JR東日本『時刻表富士山麓電気鉄道富士急行線下り・上り』（2026年10月号に基づく。timetables.jreast.co.jp/2610/）、富士急行線公式『JR・富士急行直通特急富士回遊』（2026年3月14日以降の時刻） (checked 2026-10-08). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 7 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Fujiyoshida City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

18.9km

Yamanashi Prefecture: 富士河口湖町, 山中湖村, 鳴沢村, 忍野村, 西桂町, 都留市
Shizuoka Prefecture: 小山町

Fujiyoshida City isthis kind of town.

01The Shimoyoshida yabusame festival has been held at Omuro Sengen Shrine; diviners read the tracks of the galloping horses to tell the town's fortune. It is a prefecturally designated intangible folk cultural property
02The Yamanokami no Fuji wisteria is a National Natural Monument; Arakura Horinuki is a tunnel bringing Lake Kawaguchi's water to Arakura, a city-designated historic site
03The oshi houses of Kamiyoshida (the former Togawa and Osano family houses) are components of the Mount Fuji World Heritage site, and the Yoshida Fire Festival, a nationally designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, is also handed down in Kamiyoshida

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Fujiyoshida City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗