Takahata Town is located in Higashiokitama District, Yamagata Prefecture. Takahata Winery, which continues to operate in this town, produces over 700,000 bottles of wine annually. Winery...
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Do you know about stand-up sales at stations? As the name suggests, standing sales are salespeople selling bento boxes on station platforms with banju (banju) hanging from their necks.
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Namegawa Onsen is located near the prefectural border with Fukushima Prefecture. It is a hot spring village nestled in the Azuma mountain range, which represents Yonezawa City. Nationally known as Yonezawa Tenyu...
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Yamagata has many traditional sweets such as Okitsunehan, Sake-tane Anpan, and Kiri Sansho. This time, we will introduce three that are especially popular and perfect as souvenirs...
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"Asahicho Wine Castle" is a winery with a Western-like landscape. A castle stands in front of a vineyard grown under hedges, which is rare in Japan. To a foreign country...
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Chidokan is the only existing domain school in Tohoku. At the domain school, I was able to learn about the content of today's elementary school to graduate school. Buildings on the premises...
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Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture is a hometown of handicrafts. Various traditional crafts such as safflower dyeing and wood crafts have been produced since ancient times. Yonezawa, which was previously introduced on NEFT...
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The specialties of Sakata City, Yamagata Prefecture are the limited express Inaho and Dutch rice crackers. If you live in Tokyo, it's likely that this is the first time you've heard of either. Special...
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Speaking of Yamagata's Dewa Sanzan, it refers to Mt. Haguro, Mt. Yudono, and Mt. Gassan. This Sanzan is a famous place for Shugen ascetic practices throughout the country. Its core is dedicated to the god of the three mountains...
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