Narusawa Village

A burned-tree hollow remains in lava.

Narusawa Lava Tree Molds

Photo by Osumi Akari (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Wind god

The shrine that keeps iron swordsis revered as a god of wind.

The prefecture's history-travel site says the sword god is thought able to cut the wind apart, so villagers revere the shrine as a wind god that guards crops from wind damage. Its stone steps are steep, 101 in all. Villagers call it Mao-sama or Odairo-sama. At the festival on 18 April, Daidai kagura is offered, and a temple in the village holds a sutra-reading ceremony the same day.

101 steps (prefecture)
Festival on 18 April
Village-designated cultural property

02 ／ Dance hall

A revolving stage worked from belowhas few equals in the prefecture.

The dance hall in the grounds of Hachiman Shrine, the tutelary shrine of its district, has a revolving stage worked from the pit below. The village writes that shows were staged until around the early Showa era and that it served as the village's place of entertainment. The festival is on 15 September. It is a village-designated cultural property.

Revolving stage worked from below
Festival on 15 September
Village-designated cultural property

03 ／ Lava cave

Lava stalactites on the ceiling,natural ice in the ice pond.

Narusawa Ice Cave is a lava cave at 1,025 m above sea level, and the prefecture writes that two spaces along the way could be called great halls. It is a national Natural Monument, designated on 17 December 1929. Fugaku Wind Cave in neighbouring Fujikawaguchiko Town was designated the same day.

1,025 m above sea level
Two spaces like great halls
Designated 17 December 1929

Living here

No station; 20 minutes by bus from Kawaguchiko.

about 3,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in the village. From Kawaguchiko Station, the Fujikyu Bus route bus takes 20 minutes by the timetable and 25 minutes by the village's guide. The village says its settlements lie on a cool highland of 900 to 1,200 m, and cherry blossoms open in late April, about 20 days later than in the Kofu Basin.

People living here: 2,824people
Area: 89.58km²
Households: 1,056households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 4 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —1 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.

Narusawa Village in Japan35.481°N 138.706°E

to KawaguchikoLocal bus20min

Travel times follow 富士急バス公式「路線バス」のページ（https://www.fujikyubus.co.jp/regular/）にある『新富士線路線バス時刻表』（PDF・2026年4月11日改正）。新富士線（路線記号 S4）の河口湖駅(富士河口湖温泉郷)発・鳴沢着が、9:05→9:25・11:05→11:25・17:38→17:58の3便とも20分。運行記号の欄が空の列は毎日運転（『▲印…平日のみ運行』の印が付く列だけが平日のみ）。町公式『鳴沢村へのアクセス』（更新 2024-02-16）の『河口湖駅（バス 25分）→鳴沢村』とは5分ずれる (checked 2026-10-08). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 3 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Narusawa 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

15.3km

Yamanashi Prefecture: 富士河口湖町, 富士吉田市
Shizuoka Prefecture: 富士宮市

Narusawa Village isthis kind of town.

01Lava from the eruption of 864 wrapped the standing trees, and cavities in the shape of the burned trunks remained: 12 of the Narusawa Lava Tree Molds are a national Special Natural Monument
02The village designates Mao Tenjin Shrine, revered as a wind god with its iron swords, and the dance hall of Hachiman Shrine, whose revolving stage worked from below has few equals in the prefecture
03Narusawa Ice Cave is a lava cave and a national Natural Monument, designated on 17 December 1929 along with Fugaku Wind Cave and the village's Jinza Wind Cave and Omuro Cave

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Narusawa Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗