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We list 1 places in Yamanashi where yokai, cryptids and legends are told or sighted, and 1 related encyclopedia entries.
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Positions on the map are a rough guide to the area where a legend or sighting is set. Most pins are placed at representative points of a municipality or prefecture (outside Japan, a city position rounded to about 10 km, or the country), not at the exact place.
Municipality points: Geolonia address data (CC BY 4.0), based on the Address Base Registry (Digital Agency of Japan) / Country points: Natural Earth
An incident in 1975 in which two elementary school boys in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, said an alien emerged from a UFO that landed in a vineyard and tapped one of them on the shoulder. It is known as Japan's best-known close encounter with aliens.
