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Peach-tree viewing

FUEFUKI, Japan, Feb. 14 Kyodo - Children look at peach trees in bloom at a park in Yamanashi Prefecture that opened to the public on Feb. 14, 2018 for peach-tree viewing. ==Kyodo

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Maglev train

TSURU, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Photo shows a magnetically levitated train that set a world speed record of 603 kilometers per hour in a test run conducted by Central Japan Railway Co. on April 21, 2015. The test was conducted using new LO-series cars on the track between Uenohara and Fuefuki in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027.

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Maglev train

TSURU, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Photo shows a magnetically levitated train that set a world speed record of 603 kilometers per hour in a test run conducted by Central Japan Railway Co. on April 21, 2015. The test was conducted using new LO-series cars on the track between Uenohara and Fuefuki in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027.

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Maglev train demonstration ride for general public

TSURU, Japan - A mother and her two children ride on a Central Japan Railway Co. L0 series maglev train on Nov. 13, 2014. About 100 people took part in a 30-minute trial ride on a test line of 42.8 kilometers between Fuefuki and Uenohara in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan. The railway company aims to start operation of the train, capable of running at a maximum speed of 500 kilometers per hour, in 2027. (Pool photo by Kyodo)

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Maglev train demonstration ride for general public

TSURU, Japan - A screen monitor inside a Central Japan Railway Co. L0 series maglev train shows the train running at a speed of 500 km/h during a demonstration ride on Nov. 13, 2014. About 100 people took part in the 30-minute ride on a test line of 42.8 kilometers between Fuefuki and Uenohara in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan. The railway company aims to start operation of the train, capable of running at a maximum speed of 500 kilometers per hour, in 2027. (Pool photo by Kyodo)

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Maglev train demonstration ride for general public

TSURU, Japan - A screen monitor inside a Central Japan Railway Co. L0 series maglev train shows the train running at a speed of 500 km/h during a demonstration ride on Nov. 13, 2014. About 100 people took part in the 30-minute ride on a test line of 42.8 kilometers between Fuefuki and Uenohara in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan. The railway company aims to start operation of the train, capable of running at a maximum speed of 500 kilometers per hour, in 2027. (Pool photo by Kyodo)

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Maglev train demonstration ride for general public

TSURU, Japan - About 100 people take a demonstration ride on a Central Japan Railway Co. L0 series maglev train on Nov. 13, 2014. The railway company conducted a 30-minute ride for them on a test line of 42.8 kilometers between Fuefuki and Uenohara in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan. It aims to start operation of the train, capable of running at a maximum speed of 500 kilometers per hour, in 2027. (Pool photo by Kyodo)

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Greenhouse peach flowers bloom in central Japan

KOFU, Japan - Visitors view peach flowers inside a warm greenhouse in the Yamanashi prefectural city of Fuefuki, Japan's largest peach production site, on Feb. 14, 2014. The city's peach flowers are said to bloom earlier than anywhere else in Japan.

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Kindergartners enjoy peach flowers in central Japan

KOFU, Japan - Kindergartners view pink peach flowers in a greenhouse in Fuefuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 14, 2014. The city's peach flowers are said to bloom earlier than anywhere else in Japan.

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Maglev train test run

FUEFUKI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in Fuefuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows an L0 series magnetically levitated train on a test run on Aug. 29, 2013. Central Japan Railway Co. resumed experimental runs of its maglev trains after completing a two-year project to extend its test line.

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Maglev train test run

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an L0 series magnetically levitated train on a test run in Fuefuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2013, as central Japan Railway resumed experimental runs of its maglev trains after completing a two-year project to extend its test line.

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Maglev train test run

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an L0 series magnetically levitated train on a test run in Fuefuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2013, as central Japan Railway resumed experimental runs of its maglev trains after completing a two-year project to extend its test line.

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Maglev train test run

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an L0 series magnetically levitated train on a test run in Fuefuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2013, as central Japan Railway resumed experimental runs of its maglev trains after completing a two-year project to extend its test line.

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Foreign investors making inroads to hot spring resorts

KOFU, Japan - Chinese tourists have dinner at a banquet room at a Japanese-style inn run by a Chinese businessman (L) who uses the Japanese name Ryunosuke Hayashi, in the Isawa hot spring resort area in Fuefuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Jan. 27, 2011.

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People view maglev train from new observation deck

People on a newly constructed observation deck in the central Japanese city of Fuefuki watch a magnetically levitated train making a test run on March 24, 2016. Central Japan Railway Co. plans to start the maglev train service linking Tokyo's Shinagawa and the central Japanese city of Nagoya in 2027. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st Japan peach summit held in Yamanashi Pref.

The first nationwide peach summit is held in Fuefuki in the central Japanese prefecture of Yamanashi on April 17, 2015, with the participation of 32 organizations from eight prefectures, to boost peach exports. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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In-car seminar for driver's license renewal

A driver attends a license-renewing seminar in a parking lot of a police station in Fuefuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 27, 2021, while sitting behind the wheel. Yamanashi police introduced the drive-in system for the seminar amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Maglev train

Photo shows a magnetically levitated train that set a world speed record of 603 kilometers per hour in a test run conducted by Central Japan Railway Co. on April 21, 2015. The test was conducted using new LO-series cars on the track between Uenohara and Fuefuki in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Maglev train

Photo shows a magnetically levitated train that set a world speed record of 603 kilometers per hour in a test run conducted by Central Japan Railway Co. on April 21, 2015. The test was conducted using new LO-series cars on the track between Uenohara and Fuefuki in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Yoshie Hoyo, owner of Kominka Yado LOOF, poses in front of a hearth at an old traditional-style wooden house, known in Japanese as a "kominka," that has been renovated into a lodging. Photo was taken on Dec. 27, 2016, at Fuefuki city in Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Yoshie Hoyo, owner of Kominka Yado LOOF, poses in front of an old traditional-style wooden house, known in Japanese as a "kominka," that has been renovated into a lodging. Photo was taken on Dec. 27, 2016, at Fuefuki city in Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Photo shows the living room area of Kominka Yado LOOF, an old traditional-style wooden house, known in Japanese as a "kominka," that has been renovated into a lodging. Photo was taken on Dec. 27, 2016, at Fuefuki city in Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Naohito Tousen Watanabe teaches how to create and carve one's name for use as a traditional Japanese seal or stamp (hanko). Watanabe offers this lesson at Kominka Yado LOOF, an old traditional-style wooden house, known in Japanese as a "kominka," that has been renovated into a lodging, on Dec. 27, 2016, at Fuefuki city in Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Photo shows the second floor of Kominka Yado LOOF where the bedroom is situated. It is an old traditional-style wooden house, known in Japanese as a "kominka," that has been renovated into a lodging. Photo was taken on Dec. 27, 2016, at Fuefuki city in Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Survivor hopes Obama to reflect on 1954 H-bomb test in Hiroshima visit

Matashichi Oishi, 82, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in a hospital in Fuefuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, on May 12, 2016. Oishi was a crew member aboard the Japanese tuna fishing boat Fukuryu Maru No. 5 when it was hit by radioactive fallout from a U.S. hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific in 1954. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koun-kyo Bridge over the Fuefuki River

Koun-kyo Bridge over the Fuefuki River==Date:unknown, Place:Yamanashi, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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A view of a village in the mountains

The Kamakura Highway (Misakaji) connecting the Kofu Basin in the south with Shizuoka is an old road dating back to ancient times. This photograph depicts the village of Fujinoki (present-day Misaka-machi, Fuefuki, Yamanashi Prefecture). Fujinoki was a tenma-shuku (a post town where travelers changed horses) on the Kofu Basin side, leading to the Misaka Pass of the Kamakura Highway. Misaka Pass is in the left background, viewed looking south from the Kofu Basin side. Nothing is known about the stone statue visible in the lower left.==Date:unknown, Place:Yamanashi, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐28‐0]

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Stone Gate at Mt. Mitake Shosenkyo

A huge stone gate and two people. This gate which was formed by natural winds and rain from the plutonic rocks is located in the valley of Ontake Shosenkyo, upper stream of Ara River which is a branch of the Fuefuki River.==Date:unknown, Place:Yamanashi, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number40‐19‐0]

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FUJIGAWA river

A river flowing to the west of Mt. Fuji. The source is Yamanashi River of Kofu (starting from Yatsugatake and Komagatake) and Fuefuki River. The oars used on this river were flat, and shallow boats were designed according to sea gauge. A pole and a net were used to propel the boat when going downstream and upstream, respectively.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number18‐6‐0]

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Foreign investors making inroads to hot spring resorts

KOFU, Japan - Chinese tourists have dinner at a banquet room at a Japanese-style inn run by a Chinese businessman (L) who uses the Japanese name Ryunosuke Hayashi, in the Isawa hot spring resort area in Fuefuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Jan. 27, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Maglev train demonstration ride for general public

TSURU, Japan - A mother and her two children ride on a Central Japan Railway Co. L0 series maglev train on Nov. 13, 2014. About 100 people took part in a 30-minute trial ride on a test line of 42.8 kilometers between Fuefuki and Uenohara in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan. The railway company aims to start operation of the train, capable of running at a maximum speed of 500 kilometers per hour, in 2027. (Pool photo by Kyodo)(Kyodo)

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Peach flowers in eastern Japan

Children look at peach flowers inside a greenhouse in Fuefuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Greenhouse peach flowers bloom in central Japan

Children view peach flowers inside a greenhouse in Fuefuki in the central Japan prefecture of Yamanashi on Feb. 14, 2017. The indoor flowers are widely known as the first peach flowers to bloom in Japan each year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Greenhouse peach flowers bloom in central Japan

Children view peach flowers inside a greenhouse in Fuefuki in the central Japan prefecture of Yamanashi on Feb. 14, 2017. The indoor flowers are widely known as the first peach flowers to bloom in Japan each year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo