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山形県 · Regional selections

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.

山形県 · Regional selections

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.

山形県 · Regional selections

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.

山形県 · Regional selections

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.

山形県 · Regional selections

Zao Chuo Ropeway

村山地方

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

山形県 · Regional selections

Tengendai Kogen

置賜地方

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

山形県 · Regional selections

Shirogane Falls

村山地方

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

山形県 · Regional selections

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.

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Shiraito Falls

最上地方

A waterfall in the Mogami gorge at Tozawa, one of Japan's hundred finest, seen from the river boat.

山形県 · Regional selections

Kaminoyama Onsen Tourist Information Center

村山地方

An information desk in front of Kaminoyama Onsen Station, opened in 2018.

山形県 · Regional selections

Kameoka Monju-do

置賜地方

A Monju hall in Takahata, counted one of Japan's three great Monju, where people come to pray before examinations.

山形県 · Regional selections

Shinjo Station

最上地方

Shinjo's station, where the Yamagata Shinkansen and three local lines meet — the gateway to the Mogami district.

山形県 · Regional selections

Nakano Fruits (Nakano Kanko Orchard)

村山地方

An orchard in Tendo with seasonal fruit picking and its own shop.

山形県 · Regional selections

Former Takahata Station

置賜地方

A former station building made of local Takahata stone, with rolling stock, track and period tools preserved.

山形県 · Regional selections

Ushu Kaido Narageshuku

村山地方

A post town on the Ushu highway in Kaminoyama, kept from the era of the lords' processions, with the main inn and lodging houses preserved.

山形県 · Regional selections

Sakuranbo-Higashine Station

村山地方

Higashine's station. The Yamagata Shinkansen stops here, the gateway to cherry-growing country.

山形県 · Regional selections

Shogi Mura Tendo Tower

村山地方

A shop for shogi pieces and a viewing tower in Tendo, marked by a giant king piece.

山形県 · Regional selections

Nishi-Azuma Sky Valley

置賜地方

A mountain road linking Shirabu Onsen in Yonezawa with the north shore of Lake Hibara in Fukushima, closed in winter.

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Sagae Dam (commonly known as Gassan Lake) and Gassan Lake Great Fountain

村山地方

A reservoir made by damming the Sagae River, with what is held to be Japan's tallest fountain rising from the water.

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Sagae Cherry Land Roadside Station

村山地方

A roadside station along the Sagae River, dealing in cherries and other prefectural goods.

山形県 · Regional selections

Grave of Kanji Ishiwara

庄内地方

The grave of an army officer in Yuza. Born in Tsuruoka, he moved here after the war.

山形県 · Regional selections

Momiji Park

村山地方

A park in Yamagata City. Once the garden of a Shingon temple, it was laid out and opened by the city.

山形県 · Regional selections

Yamagata Zao Roadside Station

村山地方

A roadside station in Yamagata City, with a plaza for eating imoni stew and bays for sleeping in your car.