Kosuge Village

They seek safe birth in a Kamakura hall.

Nagasaku Kannon Hall

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01 ／ Tsuru Pass

Seven settlements are on the Tama River system,Nagasaku alone on the Sagami River system.

Of the village's eight settlements, the seven from Hashitate to Konagata lie along the Kosuge River in the Tama River system, while Nagasaku lies along the Tsuru River in the Sagami River system. Tsuru Pass, between Nagasaku and Konagata and Shirasawa, is a watershed, about 850 m above sea level, says the village pamphlet. Nagasaku also has its Seven Wonders, among them a tale that the Kannon disliked pheasants.

Seven of eight settlements on the Tama River system
Nagasaku on the Tsuru River, Sagami River system
Tsuru Pass, about 850 m

02 ／ Hanging-scroll fields

The village calls the steep fields of Hashitateits "symbol of the headwaters landscape."

Behind the settlement of Hashitate, steeply sloped fields rise toward the sky. The village's Headwaters Landscape Plan (March 2012) calls these kakejiku-batake, or hanging-scroll fields, a landscape "seen only at the headwaters" and records that konjac, buckwheat and open-field vegetables are grown there.

Landscape Plan, March 2012
Konjac, buckwheat and vegetables
Behind the settlement of Hashitate

03 ／ Jindai Kagura

Konagata's kagura is said to have arrived aroundthe Sino-Japanese War; the whole district keeps it.

At the festival of Konagata Kumano Shrine on the first Saturday of September, Jindai Kagura is offered. The village's landscape plan says it is said to have come around the Sino-Japanese War from Ninomiya in the former Akigawa City, and that people from children to elders across the district have kept it going. It was offered again on the first Saturday of September 2026.

First Saturday of September
Said to have come around the Sino-Japanese War
From Ninomiya in the former Akigawa City

Living here

No station; 60 minutes by bus from Otsuki.

about 1,000 people
Rural district town

The village has no railway station. The Fujikyu Bus from Otsuki Station to Kosuge-no-Yu, the gateway stop, takes 60 minutes. The eight settlements lie between 540 m and 780 m above sea level, and forest covers 95% of the village.

People living here: 684people
Area: 52.78km²
Households: 339households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 1 clinic

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

Children waiting for childcare: —0 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.

Kosuge Village in Japan35.760°N 138.940°E

to OtsukiLocal bus60min

Travel times follow 村公式「交通アクセス」の「電車・バスでお越しの方」：「富士急バス大月駅⇔小菅の湯大人片道：1,100円（現金運賃）」。富士急バスの事業者公式の時刻表（大月地区「大月中央病院～大月駅～猿橋駅～田無瀬～小菅の湯」・2026年10月1日改正）で確かめた。大月駅発の小菅の湯行きは 9:00→10:00・13:31→14:31・18:20→19:20 の3本で、運休印（□＝土曜日・休日は運休）が付かない 9:00 と 13:31 は毎日運転、18:20 は□印で土曜・休日は運休。小菅の湯発の大月駅行きは 7:06→8:06・10:15→11:15・14:41→15:41 の3本で、いずれも運休印が無く毎日運転。**往路・復路とも60分**。村の観光パンフ『多摩源流の郷こすげ』も「富士急山梨バス「小菅の湯」行き（約60分）」と書き、時刻表と合う (checked 2026-10-08). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Kosuge Village

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

7.5km

Yamanashi Prefecture: 丹波山村, 大月市, 上野原市, 甲州市
Tokyo: 奥多摩町

Kosuge Village isthis kind of town.

01Nagasaku Kannon Hall in Nagasaku is an Important Cultural Property that the Agency for Cultural Affairs dates to the late Kamakura period; revered as a protector of safe birth, it draws visitors from nearby towns and villages
02Kosuge lies at the headwaters of the Tama and Sagami rivers: of its eight settlements, seven are on the Tama River system and only Nagasaku is on the Sagami; about 30% of the village, 1,630 ha, is Tokyo's water source forest
03The village landscape plan calls the steep fields of Hashitate the "symbol of the headwaters landscape", and Konagata offers Jindai Kagura, said to have come around the Sino-Japanese War, on the first Saturday of every September

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kosuge Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗