When you think of grapes, you might imagine them as autumn fruits, but did you know that there are delicious grapes that reach their peak in time for the Obon festival in August? In Okitama, where grape cultivation is popular, high-grade grapes are...
The Natsugaseki, which is said to have been passed by Matsuo Basho, was located in the southwestern part of Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, on the border with Niigata Prefecture, and when Yamagata Prefecture was called Oshu (Mutsu Province, Dewa Province), it was a place where the Oshu three-seki centre, Shirakawa Seki...
Mt. Chokai is a rare mountain with two peaks (East Chokaisan Shinzan and Nishichokaisan Nabemori) that continue from 0m above the Sea of Japan to the summit at 2,236m. The beauty of that appearance...
The Shinjo Festival is a summer festival held for three days from August 24th to 26th in the former castle town of Shinjo, located in northern Yamagata Prefecture. The mountain is so gorgeous that it is said to be the "biggest float line in Japan"...
Tsuruoka City has four national resort resorts: Yudagawa Onsen, Atsumi Onsen, Yunohama Onsen, and Yura Onsen...
No matter how many things you make, have you given up on the annual summer heat that is renewed every year, and no matter what you do, you've given up on it, that's wasted? I want to do something about the summer heat, and at least I can't get cooler around me...
Risshakuji is located in Yamagata Prefecture. Commonly known as Yadera, Yamadera, is a Tendai sect, which is said to have been founded by Jikaku Daishi Ennin in 860 at the request of Emperor Seiwa...
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All beaches in Yamagata Prefecture are located in Yusa Town, Sakata City and Tsuruoka City in the Shonai region on the Sea of Japan. This area is surrounded by the Dewa Mountains in the east, the Asahi Mountains in the south, and the Chokai Mountains in the north, and from each of them...
Daiwa Consilio
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. A row of soba noodles made with the famous soba noodles.
Tobishima is the only remote island in Yamagata Prefecture, floating in the Sea of Japan off Sakata City. The area is approximately 2.75 square km and the surrounding area is about 10 km. The population is 169 (December 2022), and fishing is the main industry...
