Obanazawa City

[Yamagata Prefecture] The roots of Yamagata Hanagasa are in Obanazawa! Labor born from embankment construction...

Yamagata Prefecture's Hanagasa Festival is known as one of the six major festivals in Tohoku. Its trademark is a hat decorated with safflower, the flower of Yamagata Prefecture. Hanagasa Ondo “Yashi...

NEFT Editorial Department2024.07.09

history

[Yamagata Prefecture] I went to the Hanagasa Festival! Introducing a photo book and festivals in Yamagata Prefecture that are still available in time

The Yamagata Hanagasa Festival was held from August 5th, so we arrived early and got excited by seeing the photo panel exhibition commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Hanagasa Festival...

ikoke2022.08.15

local cuisine

[Yamagata Prefecture] Pickle the whole watermelon! Local pickles ``Watermelon pesora (pecho...

With summer in full swing, the season for delicious watermelon has arrived! In Yamagata Prefecture, which boasts the third largest production volume of watermelons in Japan (*), whole watermelons are pickled with their skins on...

naka2022.08.04