Kofu City

A kofun on record as a gunpowder store.

Manjumori Kofun

Photo by Saigen Jiro (CC0)

01 ／ Folk performance

Nine life-size puppetshave danced in Kose.

The Tenzushi-mai of Kose is a nationally designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property. Local people handle nine life-size puppets that dance to flute and wooden-drum music. The prefecture dates its origin to the medieval period and also records a myth that there were once twelve: two rose to heaven and one sank in Kagami Pond.

Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property (designated 1976)
Nine puppets
A myth of twelve originally

02 ／ Western-style school

A school from Kamezawa was moved,via Takeda Shrine, to Kitaguchi.

The former Mutsuzawa School building, completed in 1876 (Meiji 9), originally stood in Kamezawa, Kai City. It was moved to the grounds of Takeda Shrine in 1966 and to Kitaguchi in 2010. Said to have been encouraged by Prefectural Governor Fujimura Shiro, this pseudo-Western style is called Fujimura-style within the prefecture.

Important Cultural Property (designated 1967)
Completed 1876 (Meiji 9)
Moved in 1966 and 2010

03 ／ Dike

The dike in Mitake-chois about 35 m wide and 500 m long.

The Tsubakuro-iwa dike, a national Natural Monument, is part of the volcanic rock that makes up the Kurofuji volcano. The prefecture calls its vertical joint faces magnificent, and the name is said to come from the Asian house martins that live there. The city lists it as a component of a Japan Heritage property.

National Natural Monument (designated 1934)
About 35 m wide, 500 m long
Component of a Japan Heritage property

Living here

85 minutes from Shinjuku by limited express, no changes.

about 190,000 people
90 min to a city centre

The capital of Yamanashi Prefecture, with JR Kofu Station as its gateway. Chuo Main Line limited expresses Azusa and Kaiji run from Shinjuku without a change, and the fastest that runs every day takes 85 minutes. In the other direction, Kofu to Shinjuku takes 87 minutes.

People living here: 189,591people
Area: 212.47km²
Households: 87,019households
Rent (average for rentals): 47,804yen
Healthcare: 14 hospitals ／ 219 clinics

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

Population from 2010 onward (municipal boundary changed).2006-03-01 に中道町と上九一色村の北部（古関・梯）を編入。2010年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —42 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.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Kofu City in Japan35.662°N 138.568°E

to ShinjukuJR limited express85min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅時刻表（timetables.jreast.co.jp、2026年10月のダイヤ。URL階層 2610）。新宿駅の中央本線下り（平日 0866050・土曜・休日 0866051）の特急（あずさ・かいじ）全便の列車ページを2026-10-08に読み、新宿発と甲府着を突き合わせた（都市→町の向き） (checked 2026-10-08). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 10 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Kofu 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

41.5km

Yamanashi Prefecture: 笛吹市, 甲斐市, 山梨市, 北杜市, 中央市, 昭和町, 市川三郷町, 富士河口湖町, 身延町
Nagano Prefecture: 川上村

Kofu City isthis kind of town.

01Manjumori Kofun in Yumura is a prefecturally designated historic site, a round tomb mound whose stone chamber has a record of use as a gunpowder magazine in the Edo period and later served as a hotel storeroom
02The Tenzushi-mai of Kose is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property and the former Mutsuzawa School building is an Important Cultural Property; Ubaguchi also has prefecturally designated puppet-play heads
03The Tsubakuro-iwa dike is a national Natural Monument. The Takeda clan residence site and Kofu Castle site are national historic sites, and Shinjuku is 85 minutes away by limited express

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kofu City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗