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Yamanashi Prefecture

prefecture of Japan

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Yamanashi Prefecture is a region in Japan located in the central part of the country. It is notable for being home to Mount Fuji, Japan's highest and most iconic mountain, which makes it an important destination for tourism and cultural significance.

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Vinony's link graph records 1,649 inbound references to Yamanashi Prefecture, and connects out to Kyushu, Kofu and Pyrus pyrifolia.

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It sits within the topics Chūbu region, Prefectures of Japan and Yamanashi Prefecture.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: prefecture of Japan
Country: Japan
Located in: Japan
Contains: Kitatsuru district
Capital: Kofu
Population: 803963
Area: 4465.38
Time zone: Japan Standard Time
Shares border with: Nagano Prefecture
Official website: www.pref.yamanashi.jp
Image: Lake Kawaguchiko Sakura Mount Fuji 3.JPG

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foods traditionally associated: hōtō
coextensive with: Kai Province
topic's main category: Category:Yamanashi Prefecture
Commons gallery: Yamanashi prefecture
Commons category: Yamanashi prefecture
category for people born here: Category:Births in Yamanashi prefecture
category of associated people: Category:People from Yamanashi Prefecture
twinned administrative body: Saône-et-Loire
native label: 山梨県
water as percent of area: 1.3
official symbol: Serow
located in/on physical feature: Honshu
topic has template: Template:Yamanashi
OpenStreetMap zoom level: 8
name in kana: やまなしけん
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Encyclopedic overview

Yamanashi Prefecture (山梨県, Yamanashi-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 787,592 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km (1,724 sq mi). Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the northeast, Nagano Prefecture to the northwest, Shizuoka Prefecture to the southwest, Kanagawa Prefecture to the southeast, and Tokyo to the east.

Kōfu is the capital and largest city of Yamanashi Prefecture, with other major cities including Kai, Minamiarupusu, and Fuefuki. Yamanashi Prefecture is one of only eight landlocked prefectures, and the majority of the population lives in the central Kōfu Basin surrounded by the Akaishi Mountains, with 27% of its total land area being designated as Natural Parks. Yamanashi Prefecture is home to many of the highest mountains in Japan, and Mount Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan and cultural icon of the country, is partially located in Yamanashi Prefecture on the border with Shizuoka Prefecture.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yamanashi Prefecture” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.