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山形県 · Regional selections

山居倉庫

庄内地方

Rice warehouses built in 1893. Zelkova trees were planted so the afternoon sun would not strike the walls.

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上杉家廟所

置賜地方

Where the lords of the Yonezawa domain are buried. The mausolea of the first lord Kenshin through the twelfth stand among cedars.

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Sakata Station

庄内地方

Sakata's station, where the Uetsu and Rikuu-West lines meet — the starting point for walking the port town.

山形県 · Regional selections

Roadside Station Shirataka Yana Park and Ayu Chaya

置賜地方

A roadside station in Shirataka, beside a fish weir on the Mogami River, serving sweetfish dishes.

山形県 · Regional selections

Yamagata Uwano Onsen Tenjin-no-Yu

村山地方

A hot spring in Yamagata City with a free-flowing open-air bath of gypsum-mirabilite water, rare in Japan.

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月山神社

庄内地方

The shrine on the summit of Gassan, the inner sanctuary of the Three Mountains of Dewa.

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Tendo Onsen

村山地方

A hot spring in Tendo. The town makes more shogi pieces than anywhere in Japan and often hosts title matches.

山形県 · Regional selections

Semi Onsen

最上地方

A hot spring along the Oguni River in Mogami town, long called the inner parlour of Shinjo.

山形県 · Regional selections

Kahoku Children's Zoo

村山地方

The only zoo in the prefecture, in Kahoku. Small, but it keeps unusual birds.

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Paragliding Experience / Nanyo Sky Park

置賜地方

A launch site on Mount Jubuichi in Nanyo. You can drive to the top, and a sea of clouds forms on autumn mornings.

山形県 · Regional selections

Lina World

村山地方

An amusement park in Kaminoyama, about ten minutes by car from Kaminoyama Onsen.

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Takahashi Fruitland HATAKE STYLE

村山地方

An orchard in Tendo growing organic fruit through the seasons, its greenhouse cherries ripening early.

山形県 · Regional selections

Shimo-Oyu Public Bath

村山地方

The oldest public bathhouse among the outer baths of Kaminoyama Onsen, used daily by local people.

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Omoshiroyama Kogen

村山地方

Uplands east of Yamadera on the Miyagi border, reached on foot from an unstaffed station.

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Namegawa Otaki Falls

置賜地方

A waterfall in Yonezawa with a drop of about 80 metres, chosen among Japan's hundred finest falls.

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湯殿山神社

庄内地方

The shrine that honours the sacred body of Mount Yudono. The custom of not speaking of what one sees there is still kept.

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Sakata Kaisen Ichiba

庄内地方

A market near Sakata port. Buy fish landed from the Sea of Japan on the spot; there is an eating house too.

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Ubayu Onsen “Masugataya”

置賜地方

The highest hot spring in the prefecture, in Yonezawa. Said to date from 1533, a single inn at the end of a mountain road.

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Eboshi-yama Park

置賜地方

A park in the Akayu hot-spring quarter of Nanyo, looking down on the Okitama basin and known for its cherry blossom.

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Zao Chuo Ropeway

村山地方

A ropeway from Zao Onsen to the summit of Mount Torikabuto, 1,787 metres in total length.

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Tengendai Kogen

置賜地方

Uplands at 1,300 metres in Yonezawa. Ride up by cable and look out over the ranges around.

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Shirogane Falls

村山地方

A waterfall beyond Ginzan Onsen, visible from partway along the walking path.

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Mount Chokai

庄内地方

A 2,236-metre mountain across Yamagata and Akita, rising in one sweep from sea level.

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Nagai Dam / Nagai Hyakushu Lake

置賜地方

A dam completed in 2011 and its lake, where boats leave for the Mibuchi gorge.