• Yamagata

Travel back in time to classical Japan in Ginzan Onsen! The town is home to wooden hot s…

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Located on the border of Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures, the Zao Mountain Range has bee…

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Tsuruoka City Kamo Aquarium is located in an impressive modern white-walled building on …

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Yamagata Castle was constructed in 1592 by Yoshiaki Mogami, one of Tohoku’s promin…

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Facing the Japan Sea, the unique topography of Mount Chokai rises dramatically from sea …

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Mount Haguro, Mount Gassan and Mount Yudono, known as the Three Mountains of Dewa, have …

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Risshaku-ji Temple is popularly known as Yamadera (Mountain Temple). The rocky mountain …

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Imoni is a traditional Tohoku stew of taro and meat. It is particularly popular in Yamag…

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Zao Onsen features abundant sulphuric hot spring water with strong acidity. The town&rsq…

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The Uesugi Snow Lantern Festival is held over two day on the second Saturday and Sunday …

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Mogami River is famous throughout Japan for its appearance in the poem “Samidare w…

• Yamagata

Mount Haguro, Mount Gassan and Mount Yudono, known as the Three Mountains of Dewa, have …

• Yamagata

These frost covered trees can only be found in specific regions and are unique in all of…

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Kumano Taisha Shrine in Nanyo City, Yamagata Prefecture worships the deity of good relat…

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This building, which was once used as a hospital, was relocated to inside Kajo Park and …

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Nanyo Chrysanthemum Festival is held around Kumano Taisha Shrine and Nanyo Chuo Flower P…

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Tendo in Yamagata Prefecture is famous as a producing area of shogi pieces. One of the m…

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Takahata, where the Takahata Winery is located in the fruit kingdom of Yamagata, boasts …

• Yamagata

Mount Haguro, Mount Gassan and Mount Yudono, known as the Three Mountains of Dewa, have …

• Yamagata

Yunohama Onsen offers luxurious hot spring experiences at hotels facing the Sea of Japan…

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The Midagahara Wetlands are wetlands located at an elevation of 1,400 meters at the eigh…

• Yamagata

Kaminoyama Onsen is called one of the three top hot springs in Ou together with Higashiy…

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Uesugi Jinja Shrine was built on the grounds of the former Yonezawa Castle to enshrine K…

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Yamagata Hanagasa Festival is one of the four major festivals in Tohoku. It is the leadi…

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Built in 1893, the Sankyo Soko Storehouses continue to function today as rice storehouse…

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Jakushoji Temple is a historic temple that was founded by Gyoki approximately 1,300 year…

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Matsugasaki Park is located on the grounds of the former Yonezawa Castle. The water-fill…

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Sekiyama Waterfall is a 15-metre wide waterfall dropping 10 metres over a unique rocky s…

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At Mt. Haguro, you can climb the cedar tree-lined stone staircase with 2,446 steps&mdash…

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Eat warm ramen inside a large kamakura (a type of igloo residence with an altar enshrini…

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Shuhei Fujisawa is known as the writer of the original works of numerous movies includin…

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The Murayama Tokunai Festival takes place in Murayama city in Yamagata prefecture over t…

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This plan includes a two-hour unlimited pass to Snow Park Donden in Iide Town, as well a…

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Ichinotaki and Ninotaki Waterfalls Valley is a magnificent valley. It gathers the clear …

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Legend has it that the renowned priest Kobo Daishi discovered and named Tamasudare (bead…

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Shonai Sand Dunes are Japan’s longest dunes stretching 35 kilometres along the Sea…

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The Ken Domon Museum of Photography collects and displays approximately 70,000 works by …

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There are six sokushinbutsu (monks who practice austerity to the point of death and mumm…

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Hijori Onsen is a hot spring district that still today retains the atmosphere of a tradi…