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Yatsugatake Club

Yatsugatake Club", built in the forest at an elevation of 1,360 meters above sea level, is a very popular Cafe-Restaurant & Gallery with a long line of people waiting to park on weekends and holidays. The late Hiroshi Yagyu, an actor and president of the Wild Bird Society of Japan, purchased the land more than 40 years ago and began creating a forest of deciduous broadleaf trees with his family and Staff/staff members. On the premises there is a café restaurant, gallery store, exhibition stage, and garden store, where visitors can enjoy food and desserts made with ingredients from Yatsugatake, experience art, or take a leisurely walk along the walking trails. Visitors from children to adults can enjoy spending their time in their own way.

In December 2025, the forest was certified as a "nature symbiosis site" promoted by the Japanese government to maintain a forest rich in biodiversity, and guided tours and retreat tours are held in the forest.

Enjoy the forest as it changes from season to season

What you can enjoy at this brick-built Restaurant is a food menu including curry, stew, and plates, as well as sweets such as cakes and waffles. The menu uses seasonal vegetables and fruits from Yatsugatake and Yamanashi, and all the dishes are generous in volume. A must order when visiting this restaurant is the fruit tea made with seven kinds of fruit. Served in a glass pot, the tea changes its rich flavor over time and is reputed to be delicious to the last drop.

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It is a cozy place to visit in any season. The fruit teas are beautiful to look at and are not only delicious but also enjoyable.

Yatsugatake Club

• 8240-2594 Nishiide, Oizumi-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi MAP
• 3 minutes drive from JR Kai Oizumi Station
• On season 10:00-17:00 (L.O.)
  Off-season: 11:00 - 16:00 (L.O.)
• Wednesdays (except G.W. and New Year holidays)
• 0551-38-3395
• Free of charge

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Maruyama Coffee Hoshino Resorts RISONARE Yatsugatake

Since its establishment in Karuizawa in 1991, Maruyama Coffee has been delighting coffee connoisseurs. Maruyama Coffee Countryside resort hotel "RISONARE Yatsugatake" is the second branch of this popular coffee specialty store, located in front of the central plaza in the "RISONARE Yatsugatake" resort hotel overlooking the Yatsugatake Mountains.
The store serves high-quality coffees from all over the world, purchased directly from the coffee-producing regions. The most popular coffee is the "Maruyama Coffee Blend," which has a deep and rich flavor. We use a metal-filter French press to extract all of the coffee's natural oils, so that our customers can enjoy the true flavor of the coffee.

Relaxing coffee time on the terrace on sunny days

On sunny days, we recommend sitting on the terrace where you can enjoy the pleasant breeze. In addition to drinks, the restaurant offers a full lineup of food items, including daily sandwiches made with local ingredients and shortcakes made with strawberries from local farms. The "Hot An Butter Sandwich" using anko (sweet bean paste) from Ishizakaya, a Japanese sweets shop in Kofu, is a popular menu item that you must try.

Café time with a view of the stylish corridor that looks like a European townscape is so elegant that you will be tempted to linger for a while. At this store, you can also purchase coffee beans only available here, such as "Yatsugatake Blend - Full Sky of Stars" and "RISONARE Original Mild Blend," which make great souvenirs.

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The coffee is served in a French press to bring out the full flavor of the coffee, making it a must for coffee lovers! We also recommend the cappuccino, made with fresh milk from the Yatsugatake plateau to make it creamy.

Maruyama Coffee Hoshino Resorts RISONARE Yatsugatake

• 129-1 Kobuchizawa-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi MAP
• 5 min. drive from JR Kobuchizawa Stn.
• 8:00-17:00
• Same as Hoshino Resorts RISONARE Yatsugatake
• 0551-36-6590
• Free of charge

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Peach Cafe Nakanishi

Even if you have to wait in line, you must try the peach parfait, the farm's specialty!

This café is directly managed by Nakanishi Farm, a peach farm that has been in operation for generations in Ichinomiya-cho, Fuefuki-shi, the largest peach-growing area in Japan. In summer, many people from all over Japan visit the cafe for parfaits and smoothies made with fresh peaches picked in the morning. Because peeling the skin causes the peaches to bruise faster, only peaches picked that day are used, and the peels are peeled only after receiving orders. Only a farm-direct operation can offer fresh peaches that are sweet and ripe, yet still have a nice firmness to them.
Yellow peach parfait and grape parfait are available from September, and parfait with peach compote and jellied peaches from October. You can also check the recommendations for the season on the website.

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You can taste the fresh crunch, flavor, and sweetness of freshly picked peaches.

Peach Cafe Nakanishi

• 544-1 Sueki, Ichinomiya-cho, Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi MAP
• Approx. 15 min. by car from JR Ishiwa Hot Spring Station
• 10:00-17:30 (L.O.17:00) *Open from 11:00 in winter
• Closed for farm work in May and June, closed by reservation only from July to September (irregular holidays), closed Tuesdays through Thursdays from October to April (open on different days depending on the peach production that year).
• 0553-47-1948
• Free of charge

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Annie's Cafe

Shiny fruit tarts that keep repeat customers coming back!

Visitors can enjoy tarts made from seasonal fruits: strawberries and kiwi in winter and spring; peaches, melons, and grapefruit in early summer and summer; and figs, grapes, chestnuts, and pears in autumn. There are always about 20 types of tarts on display in the showcase, but the annual lineup also includes many unique items, such as a local specialty cherry tart sold only during limited periods and tarts made with ingredients such as sweet potatoes and pumpkins. All of these tarts have a perfect balance of tart dough, cream, and fruit, and it is no wonder that many customers are repeat customers.

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Just looking at the beautifully arranged fruit tarts will make you happy.

Annie's Cafe

• 435-1 Kami-Imasuwa, Minami-Alps City, Yamanashi MAP
• 10 minutes drive from JR Ryuoh Station
• 11:00-18:00 (Cafe space 11:00-17:00)
• Mondays and Tuesdays (subject to change depending on the season)
• 055-284-5232
• Free of charge

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Confectionery Workshop Le Cattle Saison

Enjoy local ingredients in a delicious and stylish way

A small confectionary store located in a residential area in Fujimi-cho, Suwa-gun, Nagano Prefecture. As the name of the store means "four seasons" in French, it uses seasonal ingredients purchased from local farmers as much as possible to create different cakes, pies, and baked goods for each season. The tart made with Suzuakane strawberries from Fuji is especially popular for its gorgeous appearance and fresh flavor that fills the mouth with sweetness and sourness. The pie made with local rhubarb is an addictive combination of the freshness of the rhubarb jam and the crunchy dough. The marron pie made with Obuse chestnuts simmered in astringent skin, and cookies made with buckwheat flour and buckwheat seeds ground on a millstone from buckwheat grown in Fuji, are also unique to this store.

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This confectionery store is adjacent to Soba-nishimura. The shop offers a variety of cakes depending on the season, as it places importance on "encountering the season's best.

Confectionery Workshop Le Cattle Saison

• 3679-18 Fujimi, Fujimi-cho, Suwa-gun, Nagano MAP
• 4 minutes drive from JR Fujimi Station
• 11:00-18:00
• Sunday, Monday
• 0266-78-1708
• Free of charge

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Cologne Coffee Hakushu

Cologne Coffee Hakushu Main Store has been in business for over 50 years in Hakushu, located at the foot of the famous "Kaikomagatake" mountain in the Southern Alps. At the time of its opening, it was rare to find a specialty coffee shop that roasted its own coffee, and through repeated trial and error, the store advanced its own roasting process.
High-quality coffee beans carefully selected from around the world are carefully roasted in a roasting machine manufactured by Diedrich Coffee Roaster in the U.S., which is used by many famous home-roasting stores in Seattle. Of course, coffee is brewed with Hakushu's famous water. The mellow water enhances the rich flavor of the coffee.

Enjoy original blends inspired by the Hakushu region

The "Hakushu Blend" is a must-try when visiting the store. The coffee is an original blend created to "express the wonderful scenery of Hakushu, such as the murmuring of the clear Oshira River and the majestic peaks of Mount Kaikomagatake, through coffee. There are two types of coffee: "Horoniga," with a perfect balance of bitterness and sweetness, and "Mellow," with a berry-like acidity and soft taste, both of which go well with Japanese food and sweet confections. We recommend tasting them with cakes that change daily, such as rare cheese cake and chocolate cake.

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Supporters

The menu is so extensive that it is hard to decide what to order each time. One of the charms of Kopi Ruak is that you can enjoy Kopi Ruak.

Cologne Coffee Hakushu

• 2913-228 Torihara, Hakushu-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi MAP
• 15 minutes drive from JR Kobuchizawa Station
• Open 10:00-17:00
• Wednesday
• 0551-35-4110
• Free of charge

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Artisan Palais d'Or

Enjoy bean-to-bar chocolates in a sweet treat

Artisan Palais d'Or, located in Kiyosato, is the store of Shunsuke Saegusa, one of Japan's leading chocolatiers. The concept is "Bean to Bar," in which he handles the entire process from the selection of cacao beans to the completion of the chocolate. In addition to a wide variety of tablets (chocolate boards) made according to the origin of the cacao beans and their cacao content, the shop sells chocolate sweets and drinks. The shop also sells a wide variety of chocolate sweets and drinks, including cream-colored soft-serve ice cream that tastes like chocolate and "Chocolanespa," a transparent carbonated drink that tastes like chocolate. a transparent carbonated drink that tastes like chocolate, and other strange and fun sweets available only at the Kiyosato store. All of them are fragrant and deep in flavor, and showcase the insatiable passion of chocolate professionals.

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From around May, we recommend sitting on the terrace where you can feel the green and wind of Kiyosato. From the terrace, you can watch the chocolate being made in the workshop.

Artisan Palais d'Or

• 3545 Kiyosato Asahigaoka, Takane-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi MAP
• 7 min. drive from JR Kiyosato Station
• 10:00-18:00
• Tuesdays (open all summer, closed irregularly in winter)
• 0551-48-5381
• Free of charge

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KINSEIKEN, Daigahara

Premium Japanese sweets available only in season and on certain days of the week

Available only on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays from June through September each year, Kinseiken’s “Mizu Shingen Mochi” is a summer specialty you’ll definitely want to try at least once.Shirazu Town, home to the Daigahara branch of Daigahara Kinshoken, is renowned as a town of famous spring water, boasting the highest mineral water extraction volume in Japan.Mizu Shingen Mochi is a simple confection made by setting this pure water with just a small amount of agar. It’s popular not only for its refreshing appearance but also for its juicy texture—so moist you can almost hear it sloshing. Since it begins to rehydrate at room temperature in about 30 minutes, it cannot be taken home, ordered for delivery, or reserved in advance.Since they often sell out by mid-morning, we recommend visiting early.

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The "mizu-shingenmochi" (water shingen cake), which can only be tasted on the spot, has a delicate texture that makes it melt in your mouth!

Daigahara Kinseiken Daigahara Store

• 2211 Daigahara, Hakushu-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi MAP
• Approx. 15 min. from JR Nagasaka Station by car
• 9:00-17:00
• Thursdays
• 0551-35-2246
• Free of charge

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Kafu & Gohan Sora

Located on a hill along the national highway leading to Kiyosato Plateau, "Cafe & Gohan Sora" is a café decorated with seasonal flowers. Under the magnificent Yatsugatake sky, you can enjoy a relaxing meal with a Japanese flavor, using plenty of fresh local vegetables. Deck seating is recommended on sunny days when the air is clear. The spacious deck is the perfect location from which to enjoy a panoramic view of the Yatsugatake Mountains, the Southern Alps, and even Mt. Pets can also dine together, making it especially popular on holidays.

Taste the half-baked melt-in-your-mouth sponge cake

The popular menu is a one-plate lunch that makes the most of the flavors of fresh ingredients. You can choose either meat or fish as your main dish, which is served with a nostalgic egg omelet or simmered dish. The set includes dessert and coffee, and is highly satisfying. During café time, try the limited three-piece half-boiled sponge cake set. The homemade ice cream and melt-in-your-mouth half-boiled sponge cake are superb. Dinner time with a view of the stars in the sky is also recommended.

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The at-home atmosphere allows you to enjoy the dishes that change with the seasons, with a focus on local vegetables. It is nice to be able to eat a little bit of many different things!

Cafe & Gohan Sora

• 4986-885 Higashi-ide, Takane-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi MAP
• 18 min. walk from JR Kai Oizumi Station
• 11:30 - 14:00, 17:30 - 20:00 (open by reservation only in the evening)
• Tuesday-Thursday from December to March, Wednesday and Thursday from April to November (occasional closing, please check website)
• 0551-45-9610
• Free of charge