Local Cuisine Spots in Yamagata Area

  • Yamagatada
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    4.0
    39 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Jounanmachi 1-1-1 Kasagi Central 1F
    A one minute walk in an area directly connected to Yamagata Station. An izakaya Japanese-style bar where you can enjoy local Yamagata cuisine and sakes. Relax in the sunken kotatsu-style seating area modeled after a cherry orchard. The Yamagata native chef prepares delicious cuisine using local fish and vegetables with an emphasis on freshness. The restaurant’s courses are particularly popular, giving diners the chance to enjoy seasonal dishes and a main course of pork shabu-shabu made with SPF (specific-pathogen-free) pork. Other seasonal Yamagata cuisine on offer includes imoni taro and meat stew, a local Yamagata specialty, and Yonezawa beef.

    場所は山形駅前、ワシントンホテルの1階にある。 訪問は5月、旅行も自粛傾向から完全に開放されたわけではないので客もそこそこ。 日本酒飲み比べ、山形・米沢牛食べ比べ。芋煮・玉こんにゃく、あけび。 飲み食べ比べ、言うことなし!しいて言えばどれもちょっと辛め?傾向。 玉こんにゃく、こんなに味がしみ込んでいるとは。 アケビ、初めて食す、おいしかった。 値段ちょっと高めかな?と思うも山形の味に満...

  • Restaurant Marubun
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    Yamagata Pref. Yonezawashi Ekimae 3-2-18
    A well-established restaurant with a history of over 60 years, Marubun is located a one-minute on foot from Yonezawa Station. They offer many dishes, such as Yonezawa beef dishes, as well as local dishes using local ingredients, and soba and udon which use locally-produced soba (buckwheat).
  • Ogiya Beef Meat Pia
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    4.5
    35 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Pref. Yonezawashi Chuou 1-11-9
    This restaurant is proud to serve Yonezawa beef, which is famous all over Japan as a leading beef brand, matured at low temperatures. Customers can enjoy this superb beef even for a casual lunch at any time and at a reasonable price. Customers can feel peace of mind with the detailed information provided concerning the beef that is on sale from producers to individual identification. It is around seven minutes by car from JR Yonezawa Station.

    ビーフカツを食べたことがなく、調べてみたところ、こちらで食べられることを知り訪れました。 すぐ隣に有料駐車場があり、そちらに駐車。 無料駐車場がないのは、ちょっと残念。 1階がお肉屋さんで、2階が食事の出来るミートピアとなります。 お目当てのビーフカツ定食と牛扇漬け定食にメンチカツを単品で1つ追加。 どちらの定食もこの店の人気メニューかと思いますが、お値段的に見てさすがに米沢牛ではないと思いま...

  • Yamagata Nagaya Sakaba
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    4.0
    38 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Kasumichou 1-8-8 Yamagata Daiichi Building 1F
    A place for indulging in Yonezawa beef, local Yamagata sake, and seafood auctioned at the Yamagata City Central Wholesale Market, the Yamagata Nagaya Sakaba features a menu and interior so thoroughly imbued with Yamagata culture, you could get to know the whole prefecture by visiting. You may have trouble deciding which local dish to try first. Every Sunday features a Hanakasa Odori performance as well. As for the local sake, 49 brands of Yamagata sake are available—great for the connoisseur. Four minutes on foot from JR Yamagata Station.

    古風な感じの居酒屋で、郷土料理に地酒が楽しめます。お通しが湯豆腐にしゃぶしゃぶと、豪勢です。途中、花笠音頭を踊ったりと山形を楽しめました。

  • Koi no Rokujuri
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Pref. Yonezawashi Higashi 1-8-18
    At this tastefully decorated restaurant, you can eat cuisine using the best quality carp carefully selected by experts and grown in the clear mountain waters of the castle town, Yonezawa. The restaurant is a traditional Japanese structure, opulent and calm, created by purchasing a 200-year-old merchant hotel in Nakatsugawa and decorating it with old wood. The restaurant’s three special dishes are wonderful, not to mention the lunchtime-only set meals. It is around 11 minutes on foot from JR Yonezawa Station.

    脂はすっかり抜けているが、魚の旨味はしっかりと凝縮されている。シャクシャク...と言うかなんと言うか、洗い独特の食感。もし、何も言わずに供されたら、スズキの洗いと判別が付かない方も多いのではないだろうか。それくらい川魚特有のクセを感じない。鯉...こんなに美味しかったっけ?刺身がふた切れほど添えられているが、身が締まって旨味の塊になっている洗いに比べて、刺身はやわらかく、脂も残っている。臭みもとく...

  • Robata
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    4.5
    45 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Yamagata-shi Zao Onsen Kawahara 42-5

    This restaurant is a “yaki-niku” or “grilled-meat” place where you grill your own meat and vegetables at the table. My husband and I each ate the Ghengis Khan meal. It was delicious and fun to cook...

  • Satoya
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    3.5
    6 Reviews
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    Yamagata Yamagata-shi Sakuracho 5-6
    This soba noodle restaurant is located in Sakura-cho, Yamagata City. They serve soba, ramen and the local Yamagata-style imoni hotpot. Their “imoni soba,” “imoni ramen” and the seasonal “cold imoni ramen” are particularly popular.

    霞城公園東大手門を背に右側、公園との境にある蕎麦屋さんです。名物は芋煮そば。 山形の名物芋煮と蕎麦が両方味わえる一品です。11時30分からの営業で、土日は近県や首都圏からの観光客が並びますので早めに行くことをお勧めします。芋煮と蕎麦。 各々に味がシッカリ染み渡り美味しかったです。店内はコロナ対策も十分に取られています。少々時間が掛かるのと、メニューが少ないですが、一挙両得でした。月曜日が定休日だそ...

  • Inafune
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    4.5
    7 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Tsuruoka-shi Honcho 2-18-3
    This storied izakaya (Japanese-style pub) has been in business for more than 50 years. It offers cuisine made with local ingredients from the Shonai region including local seafood such as littlemouth flounder and local vegetables such as Minda eggplant. Regional dishes such as Kodai no Sakamushi (sake-steamed small red snapper), Hatahata no Yuage (boiled sandfish), and Dongarajiru (pacific cod soup) are especially popular. The pub also has a full selection of local sakes that pair well with their food. Many customers choose to finish off a night of drinks with their Benkeimeshi, a large grilled rice ball wrapped in leafy greens, or their Mosojiru, a bamboo shoot soup made with sake lees.

    昨年11月に訪問し、今年4月再訪問しました。 何と言ってもお目当ては、庄内の郷土料理と庄内言葉の 美しい女将さんとの会話です。 もともとが魚屋さんが起源だそうなので、豊富な日本海の 魚貝類はハズレ無し! ユネスコ食文化創造都市に恥じないお店かと思いました。 お値段も良心的ですし、相方はコース料理をお願いして お腹いっぱいになりました。(コースには季節のお野菜やフルーツが付きます) そこそこ飲んで...

  • Megasuzu
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Higashine-shi Honmaru Higashi 2-27
    Megasuzu is a local cuisine restaurant in a corner of Kogo no Satoa large, older neighborhood in Higashine City, Yamagata Prefecture. The restaurant's cuisine is centered on vegetables and freshwater fish harvested in Yamagata and prepared according to traditional local recipes. Megasuzu is located in the remodeled home of the old established Yokoo family, and instead of feeling as if they are going to a restaurant, customers are attracted to an atmosphere that makes them feel as if they are guests in a Kominka old Japanese-style house, Under Megasuzu's unique serving system, customers place their orders in the main hall of the house, and when their meal is ready, they are led to private tatami rooms in the back. The gracious service and historic atmosphere make for a pleasant dining experience.

    [梅ヶ枝清水=めがすず]と読みます。予約必須の人気店。 東根市の築150年以上の古民家で味わう[田舎料理]のフルコース。 雰囲気・料理・感じの良い接客するかなり年配女性たちと全ての満足の店であった。牛肉入り芋煮・焼き魚・漬物・こんにゃく・昆布・ソバとメニュー豊富で料金も2,200円と良心的。何よりかなり年配の女性たちの接客がフレンドリーで楽しかった。一番奥の座敷部屋が名物で風もないのに吊るした和服...

  • Yonezawa Beef Restaurant Abcys
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    Yamagata Yonezawa-shi
    This restaurant is about 15 minutes from the Yonezawa-Hachimanpara Interchange off the Tohoku Chuo Expressway via National Routes 13 and 121. Located inside the Uesugijoshien, one can enjoy Yonezawagyu beef at a reasonable price. In addition to the favorite Yonezawa beef dishes, steak, sukiyaki, and shabu, one can also enjoy local cuisine made with fresh seasonal produce. The Uesugi Castle garden specialties are the steak-don bowl, and the Uesugi hanazen set with ukogigo rice, cold-washed carp slices, hiyajiru miso rice porridge, and shio-biki sushi, all served as beautifully as a flower on a tray. Private rooms for parties or the 'frenchful course’ are available with reservations.
  • Yamagata
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Yamagata Nanukamachi 2-7-34
  • Kitanosuisan Yamagata Sta. Mae
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Kasumichou 1-8-8
  • Grilled Eel Local Cuisine Age Tsu Ma
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    3.5
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Yamagata-shi Midoricho 3-chome 7-48

    鰻重の 松 をいただきました。まず画像の通り焼きが足りないし割れてるし味も美味しくなかったです。同じ市内の○六さんはとても美味しかったです。小骨もチラホラありましたし専門店で食べる美味しい鰻には到底思えませんでした。100円プラスで肝吸も頂きましたが、お吸い物の素に麺つゆを香り付けに入れたような単調なお味でした。期待しすぎたのかなぁ。

  • Koiyoshi
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Pref. Yonezawashi Omachi 5-1-38
  • Nibanchiyo
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    4.5
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Pref. Sakatashi Nibanchou 3-22

    ちょっと分かりづらい場所にある穴場スポット。飲み物、食べ物一通り揃ってます。なす焼きがオススメです。

  • Koinomiyasaka
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Pref. Yonezawashi Aioichou 7-130
  • Yamagata Oshoshinaso Honten
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Tokamachi 4-2-2

    映画祭参加後の22時前に利用しました。 日本酒の種類がすごいのと、割とお安めで、のん兵衛には助かります。 隣のキャッスルホテルに宿泊していたので、そのままふらふらと帰ることができたのもポイント高めです。 また山形に来るときには伺います!

Yamagata Areas

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Although often overlooked, Yamagata prefecture by no means lacks appeal: the Yamadera temple trail through the mountains, deliciously tender Yonezawa wagyu, and over 100 steaming hot springs, most notably Zao Onsen, await visitors. When winter comes, the snowcapped peaks become dotted with skiers by day and onsen-goers by night, while summer brings the celebration of juicy Yamagata cherries.

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