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Japan: 'Fields of Color, Yamanashi Prefecture'. Japanese Railways, 1930s

Japan: 'Fields of Color, Yamanashi Prefecture'. Japanese Railways, 1930s

Yamanashi Prefecture (山梨県 Yamanashi-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of the main island of Honshu.

The prefecture is landlocked, and features a fertile central valley, the Kōfu Basin, surrounded by many of the highest mountains in Japan including the highest, Mount Fuji located on the southern border with Shizuoka. Kofu Basin, Kofu City and view of Mt. Fuji.

The capital of the prefecture is the city of Kōfu.

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