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Overhead pergola-trained Koshu vineyard in Katsunuma

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Yamanashi, in the Koshinetsu region. On record: Japanese Wine, Craft Beer.

Photographed in Katsunuma, Koshu, YamanashiPhoto: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0

REGIONAL CONTEXT

Sunlit basins and snow-bound plains.

Yamanashi, Nagano and Niigata: mountain-ringed basins alongside snowy plains opening onto the Sea of Japan — vineyards and rice paddies within a single region.

HokkaidoAomoriIwateMiyagiAkitaYamagataFukushimaIbarakiTochigiGunmaSaitamaChibaTokyoKanagawaNiigataToyamaIshikawaFukuiYamanashiNaganoGifuShizuokaAichiMieShigaKyotoOsakaHyogoNaraWakayamaTottoriShimaneOkayamaHiroshimaYamaguchiTokushimaKagawaEhimeKochiFukuokaSagaNagasakiKumamotoOitaMiyazakiKagoshimaOkinawa
YAMANASHIN 35.66°  E 138.57°
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WINE FROM JAPAN

  1. 01Château Mercianシャトー・メルシャン—
  2. 02Chuo Budoshu (Grace Wine)中央葡萄酒（グレイスワイン）EST. 1923
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CRAFT BEER JAPAN

  1. 01Fujizakura Heights Beer (Fuji Kanko Kaihatsu)富士桜高原麦酒（富士観光開発）—

Drinks

Geographical Indications

  • GI YamanashiWINE · 2013-07-16
  • GI YamanashiSAKE · 2021-04-28

SOURCES

  1. 1酒類の地理的表示一覧国税庁 National Tax Agency · Government · accessed 2026-09-26

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PHOTO CREDITS

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  1. 1Koshu vineyard — Asturio Cantabrio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons