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Cherry (Sato Nishiki)

The cherry "Sato Nishiki" has a 100-year history! New products such as large grains and frozen grains are also available! ...

Sato Nishiki, a cherry tree in Yamagata Prefecture, is famous for its high-quality, delicious cherry blossoms. It is popular as a fruit that will brighten up early summer. "Sato Nishiki" is a high-class fruit, but...

tryworks.okatryworks.oka2022.01.03

Takahata Winery sign

Have a blissful drink at Takahata Winery! Discover carefully selected wines [Yamagata Prefecture]

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 a year. Takahata Winery's 100-year-old structure...

Motoharu KahashiMotoharu Kahashi2021.12.16

Stations are still on sale now | What is Yonezawa City's hidden specialty, "Toge no Rikimochi"? 【mountain...

Do you know about stand-up sales at stations? As the name suggests, standing sales are a style in which a salesman hangs around his neck on a station platform sells bento boxes and other items. It must be an old picture...

Motoharu KahashiMotoharu Kahashi2021.12.15

[Yamagata Prefecture] Yamagata's sake "SAKE" drunk in a wine glass is very popular among women!

editorial staffeditorial staff2021.12.02

Namegawa Valley

[Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture] Enjoy Namegawa Onsen at Fukushimaya Ryokan, an unexplored area deep in the mountains! Enjoy the 80m waterfall...

Namegawa Onsen is located near the prefectural border with Fukushima Prefecture. This hot spring resort is embraced by the Azuma mountain range, which is representative of Yonezawa City. It is known nationwide as Yonezawa Tenyu. This time, that...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2018.12.28

[Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture] Introducing 3 traditional sweets that are perfect as souvenirs! Pick up some famous historical stores...

In Yamagata, there are many traditional sweets such as kitsune han, sake bean paste, and kiri sansho pepper. This time, we've picked out three most popular sweets and perfect souvenirs...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2018.11.30

winery vineyard

[Nishimurayama, Yamagata Prefecture] “Asahi Town Wine Castle” is like a French winery! free...

Asahi Town Wine Castle is a winery with a Western-style landscape. A castle stands in front of a vineyard grown in hedges, which is rare in Japan. You can feel like you've come to a foreign country. This post...

sugarsugar2018.10.04

school

The Domain School Chi Dokan and the Todo Museum are historical drama spots in the Shonai region! [Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture]

Chidokan is the only surviving feudal school in Tohoku. At the feudal school, I was able to learn about the current content from elementary school to graduate school. The building on the premises is open to the public. Audio guidance...

sugarsugar2018.09.20

Harakata sashiko

[Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture] Harakata Sashiko is a symbol of Yonezawa's tradition and culture!

Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture is a home to handicrafts. A variety of traditional crafts have been produced since ancient times, including safflower dyeing and woodworking. One of them is Yonezawa Tsumugi, which I previously introduced on NEFT. ...

Chimon2018.09.10

Dutch rice crackers

[Sakata City, Yamagata Prefecture] Enjoy Tohoku's famous sweets at "Holland Senbei FACTORY"! by myself...

When it comes to specialty dishes in Sakata City, Yamagata Prefecture, the limited express Inaho and Dutch Senbei are the limited express. If you're in Tokyo, you're probably probably the first time you've heard of both. The express train is from Niigata, along the Sea of ​​Japan...

sugarsugar2018.09.09

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