Kiyosato, Yamanashi
{{Infobox settlement
| name =
| official_name = Kiyosato
| native_name = 清里
| image_skyline = In front of Kiyosato Station03n4592.jpg
| imagesize = 220
| image_caption = The Main Street of Kiyosato.
| subdivision_name = {{Flag|Japan}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name2 = Hokuto
| subdivision_type2 = City
| subdivision_type1 = Prefecture
| subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Yamanashi}}
| coordinates = {{coord|35|55|5|N|138|26|6|E|region:JP-19|display=inline,title}}
}}
{{nihongo|Kiyosato|清里|Kiyosato}} is a locality in the city of Hokuto, Yamanashi, Japan. At over 1,200m in elevation with views south towards Mount Fuji, it is a popular highland resort area and location for second homes.{{cite web|url=http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/regional/yamanashi/kiyosato.html|title=Kiyosato清里|publisher=Japan National Tourism Organization|access-date=24 July 2011}}
After the opening of the Koumi Line in 1933, Kiyosato rose to prominence as a resort center and as the home of Camp Seisen Ryo, an Anglican youth mission center prior to the Second World War, rededicated in 1946 as the Kiyosato Educational Experiment Project (KEEP).
Geography
File:KEEP Farm01n4592.jpgThe KEEP farm with its focus on dairy farming, initially served as a local community and agricultural development center.{{cite news|last1=Ishiguro|first1=Kana|title=There's cows in them there hills|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2002/12/08/general/theres-cows-in-them-there-hills/#.VEslyWIaySM|access-date=25 October 2014|publisher=Japan Times|date=December 8, 2002}} Herds of Jersey cows are still a feature of the area, but KEEP is now better known as a year-round resort and conference center and as the home of the Paul Rusch Memorial Museum and the Japan, American Football Hall of Fame.
The original farm property is the focus of the popular Yatsugatake County Fair and Paul Rusch Festival held each October.{{cite web|title=Paul Rusch Festival - Yatsugatake County Fair|url=http://www.pref.yamanashi.jp/english/report/2012/topic022.html|website=Yamanashi Close Up|publisher=Yamanashi Prefectural Government|access-date=13 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913075926/http://www.pref.yamanashi.jp/english/report/2012/topic022.html|archive-date=13 September 2014|url-status=dead}}
Transportation
It is serviced by Kiyosato Station on the Koumi Line.
See also
References
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External links
{{Wikivoyage|Kiyosato Plateau}}
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Category:Tourist attractions in Yamanashi Prefecture
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