The vehicles in Hall A each played a key role in the automobile's development. They include the world's first motor vehicle (built by Carl Benz), a Ford Model T, a Bugatti, prewar Japanese models from Datsun and Ohta, a Jeep used by US forces during occupied days 1945 from Volkswagen and MG, and a Mercedes-Benz 300SL. Hall B is a nostalgic look at a Daihatsu tricycle or Mazda from the 1950s. The exhibits include models from Austin-Healey and a Triumph TR3, Alfa...

The Kawaguchiko Music Forest (河口湖オルゴールの森, Kawaguchiko Orgel no Mori) is a small theme park and museum devoted to automatic musical instruments. Its main hall displays antique music boxes, mechanical organs and other automatic musical instruments mostly from European countries. The largest of them is a French fairground organ from 1905 which takes up an entire hall and plays every 30 minutes. The main building also houses a concert hall where c...

The Fuji Five Lakes (富士五湖, Fujigoko) are made up of Lake Kawaguchiko, Lake Yamanakako, Lake Saiko, Lake Shojiko and Lake Motosuko at the northern base of Mount Fuji. The five lakes were formed hundreds of years ago by lava flows which dammed up rivers during Mount Fuji's multiple eruptions. Interestingly, three of the lakes, Saiko, Shojiko and Motosuko are still connected with each other by underground waterways and consequently maintain the same surface...