Kiyosato rose to prominence as a resort center and as the home of Camp SeisenRyo, an Anglican youth mission center prior to the Second World War, rededicated
is most widely known for his work in founding the rural Camp SeisenRyo (清泉寮, SeisenRyo) at Kiyosato, on the slopes of Mt. Yatsugatake, Yamanashi Prefecture
(1963) Paul Rusch - Anglican lay missionary to Japan, founder of Camp SeisenRyo (1965) Arthur Frank Burns - American economist (1965) Edwin O. Reischauer
in 1947 Paul Rusch, (1897–1979) Lay missionary, educator, founder of SeisenRyo (KEEP), Yamanashi Prefecture Masayoshi Ōhira, (1910–1980) Prime Minister