Kofu, 13 years later

Kofu nestles in a basin valley near Mt. Fuji
Tod & I visited Kofu on our very first visit to Japan on a referral appointment from his eye doctor. We were such newbs back then we had a hard time directing the taxi to the hospital. Nothing much from those trips stuck with us, so we decided to give Kofu another visit.
It was a nice day trip. We had lunch at and a tour of Japan’s oldest winery, Sadoya, then clambered up the local castle hill and around town for some photos.

The view of Mt. Fuji is framed by technology

These strange ice needles rose straight out of the ground

Cherry husks

sunlight in a kendo practice hall

Doesn’t this look like a good place to hoop?

Chilly sunset view from a shrine