Experience Hall / Accommodation Experience (Training) Facility Spots in Okitama Area Area

  • Iki-Iki Miyama-go Nodoka-mura
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    Yamagata Nishiokitama-gun Shiratakamachi Miyama 2537
    This lodging facility is in Miyama, Shirataka Town, Nishiokitama County. It's in an old farmhouse, and it offers hand-made soba made from locally grown buckwheat flour and local mountain vegetable. There is also a wide range of activities available, including soba cooking, washi making, farm activities, wild vegetable picking, and more (reservations required). They also have seasonal events like the Nodoka Village Festival in June, and the Fresh Soba Festival in November.

    お婆ちゃん一人で接待しててメニューも出て来ないので注文にも来ない・・・三組位のお客と一緒に食べずに出て来ました(-_-;)

  • Dyeing and Weaving Workshop Wakuwaku-kan
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    Yamagata Yonezawa-shi Gobyo 1-2-37
    About a10-minute drive from the JR Yonezawa Station, this interactive facility promotes the over 200-year old art industry of Yonezawa weaving and benibana dyes extracted from the Yamagata prefectural flower, the safflower. During the Yonezawa weaving experience one can make silk table centers or coasters, and with the Benibana dying experience one can enjoy dying such items as silk scarfs, Reservations are not required, and you can take your own creations home. The facility also sells small items or bags of the Yonezawa-weave, and benibana dyed original accessories and shawls. At the adjoining cafe, visitors can enjoy a beverage in a peaceful atmosphere.

    When you visit Yonezawa, this is a must do ! It is a small factory where they also make kimonos. The family provides an experience that you can weave yourself. Our daughter had the best experience...

  • Hana no Yakata
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    Yamagata Nishiokitama-gun Shiratakamachi Juo 1707-1
    This activity center is in Juo, Shirataka Town, Nishiokitama County. This lodging house lets you experience life on a farm in this safflower farming village, with seasonal activities like picking the safflowers and using them in dyeing, fruit picking, making taro hotpot imoni, skiing, and more. They also have a safflower field ownership system, and you can also join some activities without staying as a guest (reservations required).
  • Genryu no Mori Center
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    Yamagata Nishiokitama-gun Iidemachi Sugo 669-3
    This information center is in forest park in Genryu no Mori, in Sugo, Iide Town, Nishiokitama County. They have an exhibit of materials related to the forest, a shop selling handicrafts, a playground with wooden play equipment, a rest area, and a film hall. They also offer a full program of activities with forestry classes, adventure classes, pottery classes, and craft classes.
  • Yuki no Sato Sansan
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    Yamagata Higashiokitama-gun Takahatamachi Kamiwada 1282
    Yuki-no-Sato Sansan is a community information center located in Takahata Town, Yamagata Prefecture, at the intersection of the Budo Matsutake Line and Prefectural Route 236. It offers experiential learning in making miso and Yubeshi (a type of traditional sweet) and other processed agricultural products, and nature tours in the local fields and woodlands. Visitors can also interact with local residents in a 230-year-old farmhouse and can hold barbecues or stay overnight in log cabins. The Yuki-no-Sato Sansan Festival is held every October, featuring local autumn cuisine, such as 100% buckwheat soba noodles and Imoni (taro root stew with meat and vegetables) with matsutake mushroom

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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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