Tsuru Pass (鶴峠, Tsuru-tōge) is a mountain pass in

Kosuge, Yamanashi is a village located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 701, and a population density of 13 persons per km2. The total area of the village is . Geography Kosuge is located in the mountainous far north ...

, Kitatsuru District,

Yamanashi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 817,192 (1 January 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2 (1,724 sq mi). Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the n ...

, at an

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of 870 m. Yamanashi Prefectural Road 18 runs through the pass. KosugeTsurutoge_05b4554s

Outline

The Shirasawa River (part of the

Tama River The is a major river in Yamanashi, Kanagawa and Tokyo Prefectures on Honshū, Japan. It is officially classified as a Class 1 river by the Japanese government. Its total length is , and the total of the river's basin area spans . The rive ...

system), flows north of the mountain pass, and the Tsuru River (part of the

Sagami River The is a river in Kanagawa and Yamanashi Prefectures on the island of Honshū, Japan. The upper reaches of the river in Yamanashi prefecture are also sometimes known as the , and the portion near the river mouth as the . The river overall was ...

system) flows to the south. The pass is a watershed dividing

Tokyo Bay is a bay located in the southern Kantō region of Japan, and spans the coasts of Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Chiba Prefecture. Tokyo Bay is connected to the Pacific Ocean by the Uraga Channel. The Tokyo Bay region is both the most populous ...

and

Sagami Bay lies south of Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshu, central Japan, contained within the scope of the Miura Peninsula, in Kanagawa, to the east, the Izu Peninsula, in Shizuoka Prefecture, to the west, and the Shōnan coastline to the north, while ...

and is also the source of Tokyo's water supply. Several trails start here, including those to Mount Mitō,

Matsuhime Pass Matsuhime Pass (1,250 m) is a mountain pass in between Otsuki and Kosuge(Yamanashi Prefecture/ Japan). Outline The mountain pass is named ''Matsuhime Tōge'', because Matsuhime who is a daughter of Shingen Takeda passed through the m ...

and Mount Narakura. The old road, passes through the pass, connects Tabayama and

with Uenohara, wasn't open to vehicular traffic. Yamanashi Prefectural Route 18 has been built by

Yamanashi prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 817,192 (1 January 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2 (1,724 sq mi). Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the n ...

for the use of motorists. Nagasaku Kannon Hall, was built in the

Heian period The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kanmu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means "peace" in Japanese ...

, is in the pass and is an

Important Cultural Property (Japan) An The term is often shortened into just is an item officially classified as Tangible Cultural Property by the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs ( Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) and judged to be o ...

.Nagasaku Kannondo
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Transportation

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