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Photo: Kuon-ji Temple · Yoshio Kohara / CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Minobu Town
Yamanashi Prefecture · Town
Official websiteYamanashi Prefecture page
Minobu Town lies along the Fuji River and is known as the temple town of Kuon-ji Temple on Mt. Minobu, the head temple of the Nichiren school. The "upside-down Fuji" reflected in Lake Motosu was the model for a banknote design. Other highlights are the Yunooku Gold Mine Museum and the Yagisawa Ohatsuki Icho, a ginkgo whose nuts grow on its leaves.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Places to visit
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Buddhist templeKuon-ji TempleBuddhist temple in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Hot spring (onsen)Shimobe Spaspa in Minobu, Yamanashi pref., Japan
Natural monumentYagisawa no Ohatsuki Icho
MuseumThe Yu-no-oku Museum of Gold Mining History
Buddhist templeHonnon-ji TempleBuddhist temple in Yamanashi prefecture, Japan
ParkFujikawa craft parkpark in Minobu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Buddhist templeNansho-in TempleBuddhist temple of the Myōshin-ji sect sect dedicated to Shakyamuni Tathāgata in Minobu, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Shimoberoadside station in Minobu, Minamikoma district, Yamanashi prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Nishijimawashi-no-Satokamisuki Park (Roadside station)
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki in Minoburoadside station in Minobu, Minamikoma district, Yamanashi prefecture, Japan
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
Mountains in this town
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
National parks in this town
Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Yamanashi Prefecture
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