Mt. Chokai has two peaks (Higashichokaisan Shinzan and Nishichokaisan Nabemori) that extend from 0m above sea level in the Sea of Japan to the summit at 2,236m...
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"Shinjo Festival" is a summer festival held for three days from August 24th to 26th every year in Shinjo City, a former castle town in northern Yamagata Prefecture. “The best float in Japan...
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Tsuruoka City has three hot springs: Yutagawa Onsen, Atsumi Onsen, Yunohama Onsen, and Yura Onsen.
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Oishida Town is located almost in the center of Yamagata Prefecture, and is a town with a prosperous agricultural industry, represented by rice and watermelon, which flows through the central part of the Mogami River. Specialty...
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Tobishima is Yamagata Prefecture's only remote island, floating in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Sakata City. The area is approximately 2.75 square km and the circumference is approximately 10 km. Population is 169 people (December 2020...
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Narageshuku is a post town on the Ushu Highway. Ushu Kaido is the Edo Five Road, which connects Edo and Mutsu Province on the Pacific side...
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The Okitama region, which was ruled by the former Yonezawa clan, including Yonezawa City, is dotted with hot springs connected to the Uesugi family. The Uesugi family is the first...
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Sokushinbutsu. Even if life ends, they remain forever and watch over people. At the end of their training, monks voluntarily eat only nuts and wild vegetables...
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At Kasuga Shrine in Kurokawa, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, at the foot of Mt. Gassan, it was passed down as a ritual by parishioners (peasants) for 500 years and was designated as an important intangible folk cultural property in the country...
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Nagai City, located in the southern part of Yamagata Prefecture, is centered around the former Nagai Town, which developed during the Edo period through shipping on the Mogami River, as well as Nagai Village, Nishine Village, Hirano Village, Isazawa...
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