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Arakawa in Shosenkyo

The Arakawa in Yamanashi is not the same as the Arakawa in Tokyo. This one runs through Shosenkyo and then joins up with the Fujikawa (富士川).

昇仙峡園地

shosenkyo sign

Should you ever stumble upon the above sign, be sure to look around as you will find yourself in one of the most spectacular natural scenes in the world.

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昇仙峡

Strangely, I was the only person there. Given the heat (humid and over 100 degrees), I wasn’t too surprised. I’m guessing this location is rather crowded on a weekend in spring or fall.

There is a picnic table next to the Arakawa River at this spot. Bring a bento, and enjoy the view.

Sunflower fisherman

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Shosenkyo Sunflower Fisherman (near Kofu, Japan)

覚円峰

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Kakuenbo (覚円峰)

The beauty of the Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G lens is you can take today’s photo and this prior one without changing lenses.

Kakuenbo

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Shosenkyo Gorge (昇仙峡) and the Arakawa River

As previously mentioned, Kakuenbo (覚円峰) is the most common photo you see in advertisements for Shosenkyo (昇仙峡). After seeing it only in photos for 25 years or so, today’s photo shows my first glimpse of it in the flesh.

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Shosenkyo near Kofu, Japan

Kakuenbo (覚円峰) is the normal “face” of Shosenkyo (although I have yet to post a photo of it on here–soon maybe), but the rocks in today’s photo have a similar appearance, even from this different angle. Maybe this is the backside of Kakuenbo; I’m not sure.

When I took this photo I had just come from more than a month of looking at and hiking through somewhat similar rocks in the mountains above Gwangju in South Korea.

BTW, I took today’s photo from a place called Yasaburotake (弥三郎岳), a giant rock you can get to easily from the top of the Shosenkyo Ropeway (昇仙峡ロープウェイ). Most people doing the ropeway are heading to this spot so just follow the Japanese people.