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Yamanashi

Administrative unit (prefecture) in the Chūbu region on the main island of Honshū (Japan) with the city of Yamanashi (Japanese: Bergbirne) located about 100 km west of Tokyo. However, the seat of the prefectural government is in the city of Kōfu. According to legend, in the year 718, the saint Gyoki planted the grapevine given to him by Buddha Nyorai in the city of Katsunuma and built the Daizenji Temple. In honor of Buddha, Gyoki created a statue still standing in the temple today, named Budo Yakushi (Budo = wine, Yakushi = teacher of medicine; wine was long considered a healing medicine in Japan). During the Meiji era (1868-1912), Japan began to open up to Western ideas and techniques.

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