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山形県 · Regional selections

Mount Haguro

庄内地方

One of the Three Mountains of Dewa. A stone stair of 2,446 steps climbs through cedars to the shrine at the top, a mountain of ascetic practice.

山形県 · Regional selections

銀山温泉

村山地方

A hot-spring street where three-storey wooden inns face each other across the Ginzan River. The Taisho-era buildings are still in use.

山形県 · Regional selections

蔵王温泉

村山地方

A strongly acidic sulphur spring. The flow is generous, and in winter it fills with people who come to see the frost-covered trees.

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Yamadera and Hojusan Risshakuji Temple

村山地方

A mountain temple said to date from 860. Climb steps cut into the rock and halls appear on the cliff face.

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Kaminoyama Onsen

村山地方

A hot spring in the castle town of the Kaminoyama domain, counted among the three pleasure resorts of Ou.

山形県 · Regional selections

Tarumizu Ruins / Minenoura

村山地方

Grottoes beyond Yamadera. A gate and a small shrine are set into a sheer rock face.

山形県 · Regional selections

Yamagata Epson Aquarium Kamo-sui

庄内地方

An aquarium in Tsuruoka holding more jellyfish species than anywhere in the world, refitted in April 2026.

山形県 · Regional selections

Kuki Shrine

村山地方

A shrine in Asahi built in 1990, whose object of worship is the air itself.

山形県 · Regional selections

Mifuchi Gorge Passage Worship

置賜地方

A gorge on the Nagai dam lake. The banks close in and it can be entered only by boat.

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.

山形県 · Regional selections

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.

山形県 · Regional selections

Uruwari Sekitei Park

置賜地方

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

山形県 · Regional selections

Sekiyama Otaki Falls

村山地方

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

山形県 · Regional selections

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.

山形県 · Regional selections

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.

山形県 · Regional selections

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.

山形県 · Regional selections

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.

山形県 · Regional selections

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.

山形県 · Regional selections

Budogari

村山地方

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