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Hoshuyama Risshakuji Temple

4.5

903 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Yamadera 4456-1

A temple of the Tendai sect, Hoshuyama Risshakuji is located across the Tachiya River from JR Yamadera Station on the Senzan Line. Normally called “Yamadera”, it was opened by Ennin in 860 by decree of Emperor Seiwa. Currently, it is designated a Zao Quasi-National Park, with 1,090,000 square meters green lot with about 30 towers—the most historic holy mountain in the Tohoku region. A famous haiku poet Matsuo Basho wrote “Shizukasa ya iwa ni shimiiru semi no koe (Such stillness / The cries of the cicadas / Sink into the rocks)” here. Its remnants remain as “semi-zuka,” and many poets like Mokichi Saito have poems inscribed here.

The pictures you find on the internet from this place looks better than the actual place. Most of the climb is just stairs with a few small statues along the way. Most of the path is covered in...
Zao Onsen Ski Resort

4.5

336 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Zaouonsen 708-1

This is a ski resort located in Zao Onsen Yamagata City Yamagata Prefecture boasting the largest land area in Tohoku. The courses have a wide variety of length and inclines and it is also enjoyed by school excursion parties as well as families and couples. The upper ice-field course offers a wide view of the signature frost-covered trees. Seeing the magical frost-covered trees illuminated at night is a must. The Zao Onsen town spreads out from the mountain’s foot.

Such a great ski resort and all is great. You can spend 4 days for skiing and enjoy the speed and scenery passing by you when skiing. After the daily ski, in the evening you can enjoy the hot spring...
Zao Ropeway

4.0

233 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Zaouonsen 229-3

This is a ropeway operating at Zao Onsen, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture, running from Zao Sanroku Station in Zao Onsen town to Juhyo-Kogen Station, and from Juhyo-Kogen Station to Jizo Sanchou Station in Zao Jizoson. Winter season demand is high from skiers who want transport and visitors to the Juyo Light Up Event, and in summer it is used by many mountain climbers. By using a gondola named “Funitel” one can have a pleasant ride without any harsh humps or bumps. In all four seasons, from autumn leaves to frost-covered trees to new spring ones, a visitor can enjoy all of the splendid nature Zao has to offer.

Its one of great sightseeing spot either autumn or winter. Sunset at Juhyo Kogen station is the best. Cable car is very well organized. It must visit place in Zao
Zao Onsen Dai Rotenburo

4.5

191 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Zaouonsen Arai-ku 853-3

A famous big open-air bath at the highest point in Zao Onsen town. An open-air bath for men and women made alongside the mountain stream, with capacity for 200 people. An open construction surrounded by Zao’s nature, it is a popular spot for enjoying the hot spring or peaceful walk through the woods. The hot spring water is of the highly acidic sulfur variety, also called the “beauty maker.” It is closed from December to the following March. Take the Yamako Bus to its last stop in the “Zao Onsen” direction.

How wonderful to soak in the Hot Springs breathing in the fresh air and listening to the river while enjoying the autumn colors. Awesome experience! No showers or washing, and very minimal changing...
Yamagata Prefecture Local Museum Bunshokan

4.5

193 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Hatagomachi 3-4-51

Yamagata Prefecture Local Museum Bunshokan is located along Prefectural Route 49 in Hatagomachi in the city of Yamagata. It is housed in the remodeled and repurposed former Prefectural Office and Prefectural Assembly Hall (built in 1916). This English Gothic Revival-style building has been designated an Important Cultural Property by the national government. The museum contains exhibits about the remodeling of the building and the history and culture of the prefecture. In addition, it is possible to rent the hall, the meeting rooms, the central courtyard and other areas for various events.

We walked in and no one asked for an entrance fee. Interesting exhibition of the history of the building with many authentic details still present.
Roadside Station Tendo Onsen

4.0

132 Reviews

Transportation

Yamagata Pref. Tendoushi Kuwanomachi 2-3-41

"Michi-no-Eki (roadside rest facility with many services) Tendo Onsen is a spot where visitors can enjoy ""Shogi piece"" called koma and a pear ""La France"", of which Tendo City boasts the largest production in Japan. ""Shogi piece"" production is demonstrated, and the works of koma artisans, etc. are displayed. As for ""La France"", they sell limited version of sweets such as pies and tarts with processed fruit pulp of ""La France"", as well as gelato using seasonal fruits. A multipurpose outdoor space with playground equipment and a footbath with free-flowing spring water are available, and a fountain rises in the summer, making it a great stopover for families."

WE stopped by to stretch our legs on a long drive. Everyone was lined up for the gelato ice cream made from the local fresh fruits so we decided to try them. There were some Interesting flavors so we...
Cherryland Sagae

4.0

74 Reviews

Transportation

Yamagata Sagae-shi

This roadside station is located along National Route 112 in Kawara, Yakuwa, Sagae City. The largest roadside station in the Tohoku region, Cherryland Sagae is centered around a souvenir store that sells a wide range of Yamagata specialties, such as famous sweets, agricultural produce, local sake and handicrafts. There is also a restaurant and a food court that serve food made using Yamagata beef and Shonai pork. Also, on the other side of the road there is a large cherry orchard called “Hakka Orchard Onuma.” There are also products only available at Cherryland, such as “Jion-ji Temple Golden Sesame Walnut Yubeshi.”

寒河江市にある道の駅。山形空港周辺にある道の駅では、一番広くてきれいでした。土産物も多く販売されています。産直コーナーもあります。
Yamagata City Folk Museum (Former Saiseikan Hospital Main Building)

4.0

93 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Yamagata Yamagata-shi Kajomachi 1-1

This museum is located inside Kajo Park in Kajo-machi, Yamagata City. Built in 1878 as the prefectural hospital, the “Saiseikan” was relocated and restored, and is now used to exhibit items related to local history and medicine. The building is designated as a National Important Cultural Property.

A beautiful building with a lovely garden in the middle. The exhibits cover medicine in Japan. I was most impressed by the eye chart that used animals.
Yamadera Basho Museum

4.0

55 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Yamadera Minamiin 4223

This is a memorial museum for Matsuo Basho, the renowned haiku poet, located along Prefectural Route 19 in Yamadera, Yamagata City. The museum host various events such as haiku contests along with the permanent exhibit displaying drafts written in Basho's own hand, letters, and other archival materials pertaining to his life, as well as a theater corner documenting his life. The museum has tatami mat training rooms and tea rooms available for seminars or tea ceremonies and other traditional cultural art events.

Basho is considered one of the best, if not the best, Haiku poet. If one is really, really interested in this art form, this museum is well worth a visit. If Haiku is not your thing, visiting the...
Yamagata Museum of Art

4.0

54 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Otemachi 1-63

This museum is located across the way to the east of Kajo Park in Ote-machi, Yamagata City. Exhibited here are not only the Japanese works of Matsuo Basho's Three Mountains of Dewa writings, Yosa Buson's The Narrow Road through the Provinces scroll, but also a collection of Modern French works including Monet and Renoir. The museum also hosts various planned exhibits related to the collections, the Yamagata General Art Exhibits, local art exhibits, photography exhibits, and calligraphy exhibits.

Living in Paris, I go quite often to Orsay or marmottan museums. The 40 paintings exposed (monet, pissaro, van dongen, Chagall,... ) are very fine. There are very well representating the period...
Tendo Park

4.0

46 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamagata Tendo-shi Tendo Shiroyama

This park is in Tendoaza Shiroyama in Tendo City. Familiar to locals as a symbol of the city, there's an outlook on the summit with views of Mt. Gassan and the Mogami River, as well as a barbecue area. It's a popular cherry blossom spot, and they hold the Tendo Sakura Festival in the spring along with its famous Human Shogi (Japanese Chess) tournament.

We were lucky enough to be there in Cherry Blossom Season. Not only were the Cherry Blossoms stunning, the view overlooking the city was lovely. A lovely walk and if you don’t want to walk too far...
Lina World

3.5

29 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamagata Pref. Kaminoyamashi Kanakame Mizukami 108-1

The largest comprehensive leisure land in the Tohoku region is approximately one kilometer from Yamagata-Kaminoyama Interchange. It has a total of 30 attractions on an extensive site such as the Ferris wheel painted in a Hello Kitty design popular with small children and thrilling roller coasters, some of the many cute rides made in collaboration with Sanrio. There is a variety of food available at the restaurant & cafe, such as curry and hamburgers. The park is closed during the winter from late November to early March.

山形県で唯一の遊園地であり、東北三大遊園地です＾＾日本一暑い夏の記録を出した山形には必須のレジャー施設です
Honzan Jionji Temple

4.5

38 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Yamagata Pref. Sagaeshi Jionji Cadastral 31

Honzan Jionji Temple is located in Jionji in the city of Sagae. It is said to have been founded in 746 by Baramon Sojo. During the Edo period (1615-1868) it controlled 18 villages and land that produced about 505,095 liters of rice, making it the most powerful temple in the Tohoku region. Even though its influence has shrunk in the present day, its former precincts have been designated a National Historic Site, and it contains many Important Cultural Properties, including its main building and collection of Buddhist statues, as well as Jionji Bugaku, a type of dance performed during the Issai Kyoe Festival, held on May 5 every year.

As a previous noted, visit the museum at the bottom of the hill for an overall understanding of this mountain complex going back well over a thousand years. There are artefacts, some explanations in...
Roadside Station Nishikawa

4.0

29 Reviews

Transportation

Yamagata Pref. Nishimurayamagunnishikawamachi Mizusawa 2304

Roadside Station Nishikawa is located on the Gassan Hanagasa Line Road in Mizusawa in the town of Nishikawa. Its shop sells local fresh vegetables, seasonal fruit, tsukemono (pickled vegetables), sweets, local beer, and natural spring water. In addition to lunch dishes, such as beef cooked in local beer and soba noodles with greens and meat, the restaurant also serves limited-time lunch menu items, such as the Gassan Seasonal Tray.

山形市から車で1時間位でつきます。広い駐車場で、県産品や食事もできます。隣には温泉も併設されていて、良かったです。
Mogami Yoshiaki Historical Museum

4.0

56 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamagata Yamagata-shi Otemachi 1-53

This museum is on Koen-dori Street in Otemachi, Yamagata City. Located on the ruins of Komyo-ji temple, which was the Bodaiji temple holding the remains of first Mogami Clan lord Shiba Kaneyori, and holds materials connected to the first Yamagata domain lord, Mogami Yoshiaki, and other members of the clan. They display martial pieces like swords and armor, as well as scrolls, paintings, and other valuable items.

山形城跡の東側にあります。山形繁栄の基礎を築いた最上義光を中心に最上家関係の資料を収集、展示がされています。前には庭園があり、銅像もあります。文翔館といい、メジャーな文化歴史関係の施設が無料なのは山形はいいですね。
Yamagata Marugoto-kan Beni-no-Kura

4.0

54 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Tokamachi 2-1-8

Located a 10 minute walk from JR Yamagata Station, this tourism and shopping facility focuses on seasonal Yamagata treats, delicacies, and products. The building was originally constructed as a warehouse and home for the Hasegawa safflower merchant family. In addition to restaurants, a souvenir shop, and direct farm shop selling local Yamagata agricultural products, the facility also hosts a tourist information center. At Beni-no-Kura, you can enjoy stone ground, handmade soba noodles; Italian cuisine made with traditional and seasonal vegetables; sweets, and more. At the souvenir shop and direct farm shop, you can purchase traditional Yamagata crafts, rare Japanese legacy vegetables, and other fresh agricultural products.

山形駅から東に行った方向にあります。諏訪神社に行く途中に寄りました。かつて紅花商人であった長谷川家の蔵屋敷を活用した建物で、農産物の直売や観光情報の提供などをしています。建物は悪くないけど、何かを買うにはロケーション的に散策の途中であまり便利じゃないかも。
Yamagata Prefectural Museum

4.0

53 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Kajoumachi 1-8

Yamagata Prefectural Museum is made up of three facilities, the main building (Kajo Park, Yamagata City), the Educational Resources Museum (Midori Town, Yamagata City), and the Nature Study Park (Hataya, Yamanobe Town, Higashimurayama County). It’s an extensive museum where visitors can learn all about Yamagata. The main building exhibits the Jomon no Megami, a goddess figure from the Jomon period, and the Yamagata Daikaigyu, a mysterious looking sea cow fossil which swam the seas over nine million years ago, and exhibits of folk materials related to the production of rice. The museum is approximately 10 minutes by car from Yamagata Chuo Interchange on the Tohoku Chuo Expressway.

城址公園内にある県立博物館、展示室は2階、展示内容は山形の自然＆歴史の博物館。目玉の展示物は平成4年に道路工事現場で発見され平成24年に国宝指定された縄文の女神と小学生が見つけた大海牛のマナティやジュゴンの仲間のヤマガタダイカイギュウの化石。他には日本海の誕生と山形台地の成り立ちや出土された化石、植物や蝶・昆虫・鳥などの標本、縄文土器と弥生土器、古墳や稲作、律令体制下における出羽国、武士の台頭と最...
Yupia

4.0

24 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Yamagata Pref. Tendoushi Tounaishinden 1620-1

This day use hot spring facility has a view of Mt. Gassan and the Asahi mountain range from its outdoor baths, the largest in the prefecture. The hypotonic high temperature springs are said to be effective at treating muscle soreness and nerve pain. There are two different source springs, high temperature and low, for the large baths, full body bath with jets, saunas, and cold water baths. There is a physically challenged bath available by reservation as well.

温泉は無臭のアルカリ泉でお気に入りのお湯です。天童周辺を訪れた際には毎回利用しています。サウナはバスタオル持ち込みじゃないと利用出来ない制限がありますが、それ以外は格安で良い温泉です。特にプール並に広い露天風呂は素晴らしいです。
Tendo Municipal Shogi Museum

3.5

38 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Yamagata Pref. Tendoushi Honchou 1-1-1

The Shogi Museum in Tendo city, with a 95% share of Japan’s Shogi piece production, hosts exhibitions explaining how the game was born, how it came to Japan, Shogi around the world, how pieces are made, and displays of famous works by Shogi craftsmen, all to help visitors better understand and appreciate the game. It’s eight minutes’ drive from Tendo Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway.

「将棋」といえば「天童」。天童駅内の１Fに「天童市将棋資料館」があります。「将棋のルーツ、歴史」と「将棋の駒作りの職人技」の紹介展示が中心だったかな。ごじんまりとした資料館ですが良い感じでした。ちなみに、天童駅前の郵便ポストには将棋の駒（王将）のオブジェつきでした。まさに「将棋」といえば「天童」。「天童」といえば「将棋」ですね。
Roadside Station Murayama

3.5

27 Reviews

Transportation

Yamagata Pref. Murayamashi Tateoka 7635-1

This roadside station is located on the Yamagata north bypass in Tateoka, Murayama City. Along with direct to market produce and local souvenir, this station has a fast food corner serving Yamagata beef steak bowls and other regional menu items such as Torichuka, and itasoba noodles. A popular item at the cafe is the regional original specialty, kaimozu sticks, which are similar to French fries made with soba flour.

道の駅のフードコーナーでした。珍しいと感じた特徴的なメニューはチュロスと冷やしラーメンでしょうかね。冷やしラーメンは山形でしか食べられないですからね。

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Yamagata Areas

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.