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| | Settling In Yamanashi |
 | | Kofu is on the Yamanashi plain and surrounded by mountains.Yamanashi means "pear mountain" and the plain is profuse with orchards - pears, apples, peaches and kiwi -- and vineyards. |
 | | From our second floor windows and the balconies we have views of a shrine, two temples, the former prefectural silk inspection building, (which even our Japanese friends thought was a school), a coke machine (of great importance), a pharmacy, tofu shop, barber shop, a restaurant, and other assorted shops and homes. |
 | | It is listed as one the ten most beautiful gorges in Japan and should be seen by anyone visiting Kofu.We started out with the intention of walking along the bus route until we got tired and then ride to the gorge.Well, we didn't get tired and walked all the way to the gorge. |
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