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THE WINE OF YAMANASHI

THE WINE OF YAMANASHIY, home of wine, grape, production, special product, grape picking, Honjo Old, tasting, Maruto Winery, Maruto Budoshu Industry, Koshu wine, domestic wine, grape shelf, barrel=Date:October 1, 1994, Place:Katsunuma-cho, Koshu-shi, Yamanashi,JAPAN

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Woman spits grape at contest in central Japan

KOFU, Japan - A woman spits a grape at a contest held by the Koshu City Junior Chamber of Commerce in Koshu, central Japan, on Oct. 4, 2014. The chamber won a Guinness World Records certificate for organizing the largest number of participants for an event of its kind.

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Little girl spits grape at contest in central Japan

KOFU, Japan - A little girl spits a grape at a contest held by the Koshu City Junior Chamber of Commerce in Koshu, central Japan, on Oct. 4, 2014. The chamber won a Guinness World Records certificate for organizing the largest number of participants for an event of its kind.

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Guinness record set for biggest grape-spitting contest

KOFU, Japan - A Guinness World Records official (L) gives a representative of the Koshu City Junior Chamber of Commerce in Koshu, central Japan, a certificate for the largest number of participants in a grape-spitting contest, organized by the chamber, on Oct. 4, 2014.

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Yamanashi Pref.'s 'miracle wine' goes on sale

KOFU, Japan - Bottles of "Akaike Maboroshi Yeast 2013," dubbed the "miracle wine" made with yeast in the waters of Lake Akaike near Lake Shoji, one of the Fuji Five Lakes at the base of Mt. Fuji in Yamanashi Prefecture, are shown at Shirayuri Winery in Koshu in the prefecture. They were put on sale on Sept. 9, 2014. Lake Akaike makes an appearance only once in several years after heavy rain.

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Fukushima nun bakes over 2,600 mud Buddhas for missing

IWAKI, Japan - Koshu Hirao (back), a Buddhist nun in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, shows on Aug. 9, 2014, some of the more than 2,600 mud Buddha figures she baked in memory of persons missing in the 2011 earthquake disaster that hit northeastern Japan.

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7 recommended as Japan living national treasures

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken July 16, 2014, in Tokyo shows sword polisher Honami Koshu. On July 18, 2014, the government's Council for Cultural Affairs recommended Honami and six other people as Japan living national treasures.

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Sparkling wine made from 'Koshu' grape variety tasted

KOFU, Japan - Wine producers fill check sheets after tasting sparkling wine made from Japan's native "Koshu" grape variety in Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 16, 2014.

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Sparkling wine made from 'Koshu' grape variety tasted

KOFU, Japan - Wine producers taste sparkling wine made from Japan's native "Koshu" grape variety in Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 16, 2014.

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Temple master in Fukui Pref. plays with ex-stray cats

FUKUI, Japan - Temple master Koshu Itabashi plays with cats kept at his Gotanjoji Temple in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, on June 17, 2014.

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Heat wave in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Children play with water at the foot of Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward amid high temperatures on July 9, 2013. The severe heat wave continued in many parts of Japan, with the temperature topping 39 C for the first time this summer in the central Japan city of Koshu the same day.

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Tunnel after ceiling collapse

KOSHU, Japan - The inbound lanes in the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, are shown to reporters on Jan. 15, 2013, for the first time since the fatal collapse of interior roof on Dec. 2, 2012.

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Tunnel after ceiling collapse

KOSHU, Japan - The inbound lanes in the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, are shown to reporters on Jan. 15, 2013, for the first time since the fatal collapse of interior roof on Dec. 2, 2012.

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Tunnel after ceiling collapse

KOSHU, Japan - The inbound lanes in the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, are shown to reporters on Jan. 15, 2013, for the first time since the fatal collapse of interior roof on Dec. 2, 2012.

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Express tunnel collapse

KOSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 3, 2012, shows a truck being moved out of Sasago Tunnel in Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, after being trapped when the tunnel's concrete ceiling collapsed the previous day. The police confirmed nine bodies in three vehicles including the truck trapped inside the 4.7-kilometer tunnel on the Chuo Expressway.

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Express tunnel collapse

KOSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 3, 2012, shows a truck being towed away from Sasago Tunnel in Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, after being trapped when the tunnel's concrete ceiling collapsed the previous day. The police confirmed nine bodies in three vehicles including the truck trapped inside the 4.7-kilometer tunnel on the Chuo Expressway.

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Express tunnel collapse

KOSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 3, 2012, shows a vehicle outside Sasago Tunnel in Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, after being trapped when the tunnel's concrete ceiling collapsed the previous day. The police confirmed nine bodies in three vehicles including this one trapped inside the 4.7-kilometer tunnel on the Chuo Expressway.

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Yamanashi wine gains high acclaim from Paris sommeliers

PARIS, France - A man samples a wine during an event to taste wines from Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture on Feb. 20, 2012. Winemakers from the prefecture held their first tasting event for ''Koshu'' wines in Paris, winning acclaim from local sommeliers for their delicacy.

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Yamanashi wine gains high acclaim from Paris sommeliers

PARIS, France - Winemakers from Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture hold their first tasting event for ''Koshu'' wines in Paris on Feb. 20, 2012, winning acclaim from local sommeliers for their delicacy.

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Yamanashi wine gains high acclaim from Paris sommeliers

PARIS, France - A woman takes notes during an event to taste wines from Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture on Feb. 20, 2012. Winemakers from the prefecture held their first tasting event for ''Koshu'' wines in Paris, winning acclaim from local sommeliers for their delicacy.

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Koshu wine to France

KOFU, Japan - A man holds a bottle of ''Koshu'' brand wine in Yamanashi Prefecture on Feb. 3, 2012. Wine producers in the prefecture said the same day they will hold the first trade and press tasting of the ''Koshu'' wines in Paris on Feb. 20, 2012, to promote the local wines in Europe.

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Koshu wine to France

KOFU, Japan - Photo shows bottles of ''Koshu'' brand wine in Yamanashi Prefecture on Feb. 3, 2012. Wine producers in the prefecture said the same day they will hold the first trade and press tasting of the ''Koshu'' wines in Paris on Feb. 20, 2012, to promote the local wines in Europe.

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Buddhist monk with jizo deity statue

SENDAI, Japan - Toshiaki Uda, the head priest of Buddhist temple Seiunji in Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows a palm-sized wooden jizo deity in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 12, 2012. Monks and a Buddhist icon craftsman have launched a project to deliver 1,000 compact jizo deity statues to areas affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Mercury rises in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A woman carries a parasol amid scorching heat in Tokyo's Shibuya area on June 29, 2011. The temperature exceeded 38 C in the cities of Kofu and Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, in eastern Japan, while 74 sites across Japan recorded 35 C or higher on the day.

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Koshu wine to make world debut in partnership with French chateau

TOKYO, Japan - Yuji Aruga, president of Katsunuma Winery Co., stands in a vineyard in Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture.

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Yamanashi in peak season of persimmon drying

KOSHU, Japan - Strings of persimmons are hanged beneath the roof like curtains as the city of Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, enters the busiest persimmon drying season on Nov. 23.

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Koshu wine showing signs of boom

KATSUNUMA, Japan - Yuzo Aruga, president of Katsunuma Winery Co., draws wine, which was brewed in 2004, from a casket for checks at a winery at Katsunuma Winery Co. in the town of Katsunuma, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Jan. 9.

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Wine matured in Palau's deep sea tasted in Yamanashi Pref.

KATSUNUMA, JAPAN - Katsunuma Mayor Takehito Saegusa (L) in Yamanashi Prefecture tastes the Diana Mari 3000 wine made of Koshu grapes and matured in the deep sea off the Pacific island nation of Palau, where the wine was provided with the right temperature and no adverse effects from sunlight.

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1st Koshu wine exported to Britain

TOKYO, Japan - The first commercial shipment of Japanese wine for Europe was dispatched Jan. 28 to Britain from Koshu in Yamanashi Prefecture. The hand-out photo shows workers preparing for the shipment in Tokyo on Jan. 24. The European Union requires that commercial imports of more than 100 liters of wine secure quality approval from an authorized inspection agency, so the Japanese wine industry had been unable to export products except for research purposes until the National Research Institute of Brewing became the first inspection entity in Japan in October 2007. (Kyodo)

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Visitors check Koshu brand of wine from Japan at Expo Milano

A man visiting the Japanese pavilion at Expo Milano picks up a bottle of Koshu brand wine from Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture at its event square in the Italian city on Aug. 23, 2015. Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures jointly sponsored an event to introduce Mt. Fuji, a World Cultural Heritage site straddling the two regions, and a variety of their specialty food products. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Purses at leather goods shop in Kofu, central Japan

Purses and other goods made of traditional "Koshu Inden" tanned deer leather are on sale at the Inden-Yamamoto store in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 6, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese deer skin eyed for traditional leather goods

Kenichi Kushida (L), research fellow at the Yamanashi Prefectural Industrial Technology Center, holds the skin of a Japanese deer killed to control the snowballing population of the animal and curb growing damage to farm produce at the Comprehensive Research Organization for Science and Technology in Kofu in the central Japan prefecture in July 2015. The prefecture hopes to use domestic deer skin for its traditional "Koshu Inden" leather goods made of imported skin. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamanashi ex-semiconductor plant gets 2nd life as cutting-edge winery

A worker at a former semiconductor plant which has made a fresh start as a winery in Yamanashi, Japan's main wine-producing region, indicates towards the winery's clean room in Koshu on Jan. 11, 2018. The room, an area free of dust and other contaminants, is used for wine fermentation, bottling and storage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Further growth expected for Japanese wine market

Workers sort out grapes at a Mercian Corp. winery in Koshu in the central Japanese prefecture of Yamanashi in October 2015. The wine market in Japan is expected to grow further once the Trans-Pacific Partnership enters into force. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamanashi in peak season of persimmon drying

KOSHU, Japan - Strings of persimmons are hanged beneath the roof like curtains as the city of Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, enters the busiest persimmon drying season on Nov. 23. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

The Tokyo Olympic torch relay takes place in the Yamanashi Prefecture city of Koshu, central Japan, on June 27, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

The Tokyo Olympic torch relay takes place in the Yamanashi Prefecture city of Koshu, central Japan, on June 27, 2021.

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CORRECTED Mercury rises in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - CORRECTING EASTERN JAPAN TO CENTRAL JAPAN A woman carries a parasol amid scorching heat in Tokyo's Shibuya area on June 29, 2011. The temperature exceeded 38 C in the cities of Kofu and Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, in eastern Japan, while 74 sites across Japan recorded 35 C or higher on the day. (Kyodo)

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Mercury rises in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A woman carries a parasol amid scorching heat in Tokyo's Shibuya area on June 29, 2011. The temperature exceeded 38 C in the cities of Kofu and Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, in eastern Japan, while 74 sites across Japan recorded 35 C or higher on the day. (Kyodo)

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Koshu wine to France

KOFU, Japan - A man holds a bottle of ''Koshu'' brand wine in Yamanashi Prefecture on Feb. 3, 2012. Wine producers in the prefecture said the same day they will hold the first trade and press tasting of the ''Koshu'' wines in Paris on Feb. 20, 2012, to promote the local wines in Europe. (Kyodo)

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Koshu wine to France

KOFU, Japan - Photo shows bottles of ''Koshu'' brand wine in Yamanashi Prefecture on Feb. 3, 2012. Wine producers in the prefecture said the same day they will hold the first trade and press tasting of the ''Koshu'' wines in Paris on Feb. 20, 2012, to promote the local wines in Europe. (Kyodo)

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Guinness record set for biggest grape-spitting contest

KOFU, Japan - A Guinness World Records official (L) gives a representative of the Koshu City Junior Chamber of Commerce in Koshu, central Japan, a certificate for the largest number of participants in a grape-spitting contest, organized by the chamber, on Oct. 4, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Little girl spits grape at contest in central Japan

KOFU, Japan - A little girl spits a grape at a contest held by the Koshu City Junior Chamber of Commerce in Koshu, central Japan, on Oct. 4, 2014. The chamber won a Guinness World Records certificate for organizing the largest number of participants for an event of its kind. (Kyodo)

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Yamanashi Pref.'s 'miracle wine' goes on sale

KOFU, Japan - Bottles of "Akaike Maboroshi Yeast 2013," dubbed the "miracle wine" made with yeast in the waters of Lake Akaike near Lake Shoji, one of the Fuji Five Lakes at the base of Mt. Fuji in Yamanashi Prefecture, are shown at Shirayuri Winery in Koshu in the prefecture. They were put on sale on Sept. 9, 2014. Lake Akaike makes an appearance only once in several years after heavy rain. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima nun bakes over 2,600 mud Buddhas for missing

IWAKI, Japan - Koshu Hirao (back), a Buddhist nun in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, shows on Aug. 9, 2014, some of the more than 2,600 mud Buddha figures she baked in memory of persons missing in the 2011 earthquake disaster that hit northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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7 recommended as Japan living national treasures

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken July 16, 2014, in Tokyo shows sword polisher Honami Koshu. On July 18, 2014, the government's Council for Cultural Affairs recommended Honami and six other people as Japan living national treasures. (Kyodo)

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Buddhist monk with jizo deity statue

SENDAI, Japan - Toshiaki Uda, the head priest of Buddhist temple Seiunji in Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows a palm-sized wooden jizo deity in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 12, 2012. Monks and a Buddhist icon craftsman have launched a project to deliver 1,000 compact jizo deity statues to areas affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Koshu wine tasting session in London

People sample Koshu wines from Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Feb. 1, 2017, at a tasting event at a London restaurant. Koshu wines have been gradually gaining popularity in Britain on the back of the boom for Japanese food. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koshu wine tasting session in London

People sample Koshu wines from Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Feb. 1, 2017, at a tasting event at a London restaurant. Koshu wines have been gradually gaining popularity in Britain on the back of the boom for Japanese food. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wine matured in Palau's deep sea tasted in Yamanashi Pref.

KATSUNUMA, JAPAN - Katsunuma Mayor Takehito Saegusa (L) in Yamanashi Prefecture tastes the Diana Mari 3000 wine made of Koshu grapes and matured in the deep sea off the Pacific island nation of Palau, where the wine was provided with the right temperature and no adverse effects from sunlight. (Kyodo)