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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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. ...
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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...
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When we think of the three Dewa mountains in Yamagata, we refer to Mt. Haguro, Mt. Yudono, and Mt. Tsukiyama. These three mountains are famous places for the Shugen Festival all over the country. The core of this site is Mt. Haguro (market) which has the shrine of Dewa Shrine, which worships the three gods of the mountains.
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One of the famous spots in Yamagata Prefecture is Juroku Arakhan Rock. These 16 Arachan rocks are a cliff Buddha that has endured rough waves for over 150 years, and are extremely rare in Japan...
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The shogi world has been very passionate these days. Popular people have appeared, such as Kato Kazumizo and Fujii 4th Dan, and it's truly a shogi fever. A live-action manga called "March Comes in Like a Lion," based on shogi...
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Hirashimizu is known as a pottery village among Yamagata. In this area, there is a spot where you can experience pottery at Hirashimizu ware, which has a history of 200 years. Hirashimizu ware originated in E...
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