Located in the southern part of Yamagata Prefecture, the Okitama region is divided into three cities and five towns: Yonezawa City, Takahata Town, Nanyo City, Shirataka Town, Nagai City, Kawanishi Town, Iito Town, and Oguni Town. Yonezawa city among them...
On June 10, 1689 (July 26, Gregorian calendar), Matsuo Basho and Kawai Sora were leaving Mount Haguro when Basho, perhaps due to fatigue, borrowed a horse to descend the mountain...
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On May 28th, 1689 (7/14th of the New Calendar), Matsuo Basho and Kawai Sora returned to Obanazawa from Yamadera (Tateishi-ji Temple), and Takano Kazue, where they were located next to Oishida Town...
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The Rokujurigoe Kaido is a highway that runs from Yamagata to Tsuruoka on the Ushu Kaido. It crosses several mountain passes at the foot of the Dewa Sanzan mountains, making it a "Rokuju...".
Matsuo Basho and Kawai Sora, who had a great purpose in visiting Hiraizumi Oshu all the way from Edo, were from Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, and...
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Tobishima, a small island floating in the Sea of Japan, is the only inhabited island in Yamagata Prefecture, located 39km northwest of Sakata City, Yamagata Prefecture. On nice weather from the island, Mt. Chokai...
We have soy sauce that has been loved for generations in Yonezawa City, southern Yamagata Prefecture. Its name is "Umaitere." Every citizen of Yonezawa knows about it, and I've heard that each family always has one bottle in their own...
During the Edo period, the largest source of income in the Yamagata domain was "Mogami safflower," which was cultivated within the domain. The red dye produced from safflower is essential for coloring Nishijin weaves in Kyoto. the...
Tsuruoka City has long been known for its traditional cuisine, which makes use of seasonal ingredients, including mountain delicacies such as wild vegetables and mushrooms, rural produce such as rice, edamame, turnips, and bamboo shoots, and seafood such as cod and flounder.
Kamiyama City is located in the southeastern part of Yamagata Prefecture, south of Yamagata City, and during the Edo period, a castle town of the Kamiyama Domain, a post town on the Ushu Kaido that connects to the Oshu Kaido from Dewa Province (Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture)...
