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山形県 · Regional selections

Yamagata Sake Meguri Chetto

村山地方

A place to compare prefectural sake and wine for a fee, opened in 2024.

山形県 · Regional selections

上杉神社

置賜地方

A shrine on the main enceinte of Yonezawa Castle, honouring Uesugi Kenshin.

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Zao Mountain Range (Mount Zao)

村山地方

A range across Yamagata and Miyagi. Mount Kumano is its highest point, and the crater lake Okama lies among the peaks.

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Uruwari Sekitei Park

置賜地方

A former quarry in Takahata, where a stone wall about 30 metres high stands vertical.

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Sekiyama Otaki Falls

村山地方

A waterfall in Higashine, 10 metres high and 15 wide. The water in the basin looks green.

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Nobesawa Silver Mine Ruins

村山地方

A silver mine in Obanazawa. Worked from the Muromachi period, it was one of the leading silver mines of the Edo era.

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Yamagata Castle Ruins and Kajo Park

村山地方

A park on the site of Yamagata Castle, near the centre of the city, where moat and stone walls remain.

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Yamagata Station

村山地方

The station of the prefectural capital, where the Yamagata Shinkansen and four local lines meet — the starting point for seeing the city.

山形県 · Regional selections

Domeki Onsen

村山地方

A hot spring among the fields of western Yamagata City. Free-flowing, neither diluted nor reheated, with the Zao range straight ahead.

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Yamagata Prefectural Museum "Bunshokan"

村山地方

The former prefectural office, built in 1916. A brick building in the English neo-Renaissance style, open free inside.

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Kosugi-no-Osugi (Totoro Tree)

最上地方

A cedar in Sakegawa said to be a thousand years old, known for the two trunks that stand side by side.

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Yonezawa Castle Ruins / Matsugasaki Park

置賜地方

A park on the site of Yonezawa Castle. The moat holds water, and Uesugi Shrine stands within.

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蔵王の樹氷

村山地方

White towers formed as sub-zero droplets and snow build up on Aomori fir. Late January is the time to see them.

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Mogami River Sannansho Boat Ride

村山地方

A boat run through the three places held to be the hardest passages on the Mogami River, with the boatman singing the river songs.

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Budogari

村山地方

Grape picking in the Murayama district. Large-berried varieties can be picked from late August to late September.

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Tamasudare Falls

庄内地方

A 63-metre waterfall in Sakata, the tallest in the prefecture, said to have been found some 1,200 years ago.

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Submerged Forest of Lake Shirakawa

置賜地方

A forest that appears in Lake Shirakawa in Iide from late April into May, when snowmelt fills it. The trees seem to grow out of the water.

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Mogamigawa Boat Ride Mogamikyo Basho Line Kanko

最上地方

A boat trip on the Mogami River from Tozawa, descending the Mogami gorge to the boatman's songs.

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Zao Ropeway

村山地方

A two-stage ropeway from Zao Onsen to the summit of Mount Jizo, passing over the frost-covered trees in winter.

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Hijiori Onsen

最上地方

A hot spring in the hills of Okura. Said to have opened in 807, it still keeps inns where guests cook for themselves.

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Mizu-no-Machiya Nanokamachi Gotenzeki

村山地方

A stretch of Yamagata City centre where an irrigation channel has been rebuilt in stone, with shops along the water.

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熊野大社

置賜地方

A shrine in Nanyo. Three rabbits are said to be hidden in the carving behind the worship hall.

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飛島

庄内地方

The only inhabited island in the prefecture, 39 kilometres northwest of Sakata port, 75 minutes by scheduled boat.

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(National Treasure) Haguro-san Five-Story Pagoda

庄内地方

A pagoda among the cedars of Mount Haguro. Held to be the oldest pagoda in Tohoku, it is a national treasure.