This Japan Today article introduces several of the highlights of a visit to the Yamanashi Prefecture wine-producing region of Katsunuma. It's only a couple of hours from Tokyo, with beautiful landscapes, interesting wineries, and surprising history. (Archived article originally published in Japan Today)
Grapes have been cultivated in Japan since at least the eighth century, but it was not until 1879 that the first grape wine was produced. By lucky coincidence, the location of Japan's earliest wine production, and still one of Japan's major wine producing regions, Katsunuma in Yamanashi Prefecture, is just an hour and a half … Continue reading A Winter Weekend in Wine Country
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