[Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture] Yamagata City, at the foot of the Zao Mountain Range, is a treasure trove of “Senbero Bars”!

Yamagata City, the castle town of Kajo (Yamagata Castle), is known for Yamadera Temple (Risekiji Temple) and the ``Yamagata Hanagasa Festival'' that is held every summer, and there are many public bars where you can drink at the corner.

In this article, we will introduce five of them that we particularly recommend.

Yamagata City has a variety of shops, including standing bars and popular bars, but many of them carry a wide selection of Japanese sake, and are places where you can enjoy famous local sake at reasonable prices, such as the nationally popular Yamagata Jizake Juyondai. There is also.

Autumn is the season for Yamagata's famous ``Imoni'', so how about enjoying ``Senbero'' while enjoying the ``Imoni''?

What is the definition of “senbero”?

The word originally referred to a bar where you could get very drunk for 1,000 yen, but now it has come to mean a bar where you can get 2 to 3 drinks and snacks for 1,000 yen.

In this article, we have defined the criteria for certification as a "Senbero" bar as follows.

  • You can order two glasses of alcohol (type and quantity are free) and one snack in addition to the appetizer and drink it for less than 1,000 yen.
  • Set prices such as "Senbero Set" are available for less than 1,000 yen.
  • Family restaurants where you can eat rice crackers are not eligible.

We also introduce sets that cost less than 1,500 yen as "high-priced rice crackers," but we appreciate your understanding.

Please note that prices in the article include tax unless otherwise stated and are as of the end of September 2023.

Standing drink yen

Located about a 2-minute walk from Yamagata Station, which is lined with pubs, this is a standing bar where you can enjoy Yamagata local sake Mokkiri for 550 yen.If you tell them your preference, they will choose the local sake that matches your taste.

Snacks are also reasonably priced, such as potato salad and ham cutlet for 300 yen, whale bacon and grilled squid for 630 yen, and seasonal wild vegetable tempura and Yamagata specialty imoni for around 500 yen .

You can opt out of the 220 yen appetizer, but depending on the season you may be served rare items such as ``Oka Hijiki'', which is unique to Yamagata, so it might be better to consider that you can enjoy delicacies for 220 yen.

Senbero Sakaba is a standing bar, so it's not suitable for staying long, but you can enjoy local sake while enjoying once-in-a-lifetime encounters with other customers at the counter.

Standing bar yen＜Information＞

  • Store name: Standing bar Yen
  • Address: 1-6-1 Kasumicho, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture
  • Phone number: 090-6222-1474
  • Business hours: Mon-Sat 17:30-24:00
  • Closed: Sunday
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Standing bar beckoning pork

This is also a standing bar located in the downtown area about a 3-minute walk from the east exit of Yamagata Station , but it's a bit unusual, with a large quantity of shelled peanuts served as an appetizer, and a large number of LP records and jackets displayed inside.

As the name suggests, the main focus is pork skewers, and the skewers start at 180 yen, and the standard vegetable-wrapped skewers with pork are 280 yen.If you order the omakase platter, the price per skewer will be a little cheaper.

Recommended drinks include a variety of highballs, which he boasts are ``the best in Yamagata!'' The Kaku Highball is 450 yen, and the Toris Highball is 300 yen, so you can enjoy it at a reasonable price.

There is also a great value set menu, where you can choose either the popular ``minced meat cutlet'', ``deep-fried liver'', or ``beef tendon stew'' with a highball.The kaku high set is 950 yen, and the tris set is 800 yen.

Standing bar beckoning pork＜Information＞

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Kigaruni public bar

Kigaruni Taitai Sakaba is a popular bar that sells ``Yamagata chicken shumai'' in front of Yamagata Station , where there are many izakaya bars.The origin of the name ``Yamagata'' is due to its shape and Yamagata's shumai.

The chicken shumai, priced at 99 yen each, is so juicy that the juices overflow in your mouth when you bite into it, and the unusual shumai (5 pieces for 682 yen) and pork bamboo steamer (836 yen) are also popular .

Drinks are generally in the 500 yen range, but what we recommend to Senbero lovers is the all-you-can-drink highball and lemon sour for 550 yen per hour .

It's a popular bar where you can almost get a ``Senbero'' (rice cracker) if you combine it with 5 pieces of chicken shumai.

Kigaruni Public Bar＜Information＞

  • Store name: Kigaruni public bar
  • Location: 2F, 1-1-1 Kasumicho, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture
  • Phone number: 023-674-7220
  • Business hours: 17:00-24:00
  • No regular holiday
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Snack shop bar

When you think of Yamagata's famous B-class gourmet food, many people think of "Dondon-yaki."

``Dondon-yaki'' is a type of okonomiyaki-like food that is made by putting ingredients such as seaweed, green seaweed, and fish sausage on wheat dough, then wrapping it around a chopstick and coating it with sauce.

This shop is located near Kajo Park, the ruins of Yamagata Castle, from the west exit of Yamagata Station, and is a Dondon-yaki specialty shop with an eat-in space during the day.

From 17:00 to 22:00, it transforms into a public bar where you can enjoy Senbero with grilled rice crackers and draft beer.

From Oyatsuya Sakaba official Facebook

The recommended evening drink set is 1,300 yen, which comes with two mugs (draft beer, highball, sours), meat tofu, and two small side dishes of your choice. ” or less .

Oyatsuya Sakaba＜Information＞

  • Store name: Oyatsuya Sakaba
  • Address: Bellcity Kajo, 2-6-16 Jonancho, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture
  • Phone number: 023-646-1344
  • Business hours: Sun/Mon 9:30-19:00, Tue-Sat 9:30-21:30
  • No regular holiday
  • URL: Oyatsuyasan official website
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Kanamori Liquor Store

Lastly, we would like to introduce you to a liquor store that holds a kaku-uchi event where you can enjoy local sake at Senbero, although the atmosphere is a little different from Senbero Sakaba.

Located between the west exit of Yamagata Station and Kajo Park, this is a long-established liquor store with a history of 106 years, where you can enjoy locally brewed sake and wine from all over Japan.

Alcohol and wine are priced from 200 yen per glass, and snacks from 100 yen, so you can casually stop by during the day and enjoy Senbero.

In addition to local residents, there are many tourists who use the bar to take a break while sightseeing in Yamagata City or to sample local sake as souvenirs, and reservations can be made in advance when waiting times for the Shinkansen are short.

Kanamori Liquor Store＜Information＞

  • Store name: Kanamori Liquor Store
  • Address: 1-9-10 Jonancho, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture
  • Phone number: 023-647-2484
  • Business hours: Mon-Sat 10:00-19:00, Sun 10:00-18:00
  • No regular holiday
  • URL: Kanamori Liquor Store Official Website
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summary

Recently, in Yamagata City, the number of ``Senbero Sakaba'' has been increasing in the downtown area in front of the east exit of Yamagata Station.

In addition to the ones introduced here, there are also canned food bars where you can enjoy "senbero" (rice crackers) with many canned goods displayed in the store as snacks, and it is becoming one of the leading "senbero" towns in Tohoku. there is.

All of them are within walking distance from Yamagata Station, so why not enjoy some bar hopping?

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