Spots in Yamagata Area

  • Kaminoyama Castle Folk Museum
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    4.0
    7 Reviews
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    Yamagata Pref. Kaminoyamashi Motojounai 3-7
    The ruins of this castle are in the Tsukioka Park in Motojonai, Kamiyama City. Originally this castle was built during the reign of the Mogami as the most southerly fortress of the Yamagata clan, and then refurbished by the Toki clan, after which it acquired the name, The Famous Castle of Ushu because of its magnificent walls. The castle was destroyed upon a national edict in 1692, and today only the moat and stone walls remain. The reconstructed castle is used as a regional museum. In addition to the displayed items, a wonderful view can be had from the uppermost tower.

    歴史から自然に関することなど さまざま資料があって勉強になりました。 城の一番上から見える景色は最高です。 上山市内が一望できます。 上山市に来たならば ぜひ立ち寄りたいスポットです。

  • Sagae Hanasaka Onsen Yu-cherry
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    4.5
    7 Reviews
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    Yamagata Pref. Sagaeshi Sagae Kubo 15
    This day-use hot spring bathhouse is just a one-minute drive from the Sagae Interchange off of the Yamagata Highway. Both the women's and the men’s facilities have two indoor baths and an outdoor bath. Each bath having a differing water quality with its own spring of constant source water. One bath, called the Bihada-no-Yu, for beautiful skin has, waters high in sulfur, sodium, calcium and chloride. Another bath called Kenko-no-Yu's waters are high in sodium, calcium chloride and is a simple alkaline spring water. Finally, the Attamari-no-Yu's bath waters are rich in sodium, calcium, and chloride. The facility also has eateries, shops, and a relaxation lounge.

    1人350円で入浴できます。温泉は屋内に2つと、露天風呂ひとつです。地元の方が多い印象ですが、ゆっくりのんびりできます。朝6時からやっているので、朝風呂に最適です。朝日を浴びながら気持ちよく入浴することができます。

  • Hiroshige Museum of Art
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    3.5
    21 Reviews
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    Yamagata Pref. Tendoushi Kamatahonchou 1-2-1
    This museum is in Tendo City, Yamagata Prefecture. The museum preserves and displays the work of Utagawa Hiroshige, the famous artist know for the 53 historic stages on the historic Tokaido Road. Utagawa Hiroshige had connections with the Tendo domain and this relationship is introduced at the museum, where one can also take in drawings in his own hand and ukiyoe prints created on behest of the Tendo clan. There is a sword archive corner and a collection of engraved stamps by Kataoka Ginsaku as well as displays of valuable inscribed Gassan style swords. The museum shop sells Utagawa Hiroshige related ukiyoe goods, as well as other artists' items, and the specialty, Gassan washi paper goods.

    こじんまりしていて良かったが、イメージしていたのとちょっと違って、もう少し展示と説明があったらなお良かったと思いました。

  • Yamadera Goto Museum of Art
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    4.0
    20 Reviews
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    Yamagata Yamagata-shi Yamadera 2982-3
    This art gallery is located along Prefectural Route 62 in Yamadera, Yamagata City. The gallery features a collection from local industrialist, Suejiro Goto. The majority of the collection falls in the Academism style, Barbizon style or other European schools, but there are also sculptures, porcelain panel paintings, glass crafts and more split into two exhibits: “The world of European paintings” and “The art nouveau world of fantastic glass.” There is also an observation rest room overlooking the expansive nature of the Yamadera area.

    山寺ミュージアムめぐり共通チケットを利用しました。 出入口の近くに、イエスが小屋で生まれた絵画があります。博士達が天使に導かれて訪ねてくるのですが、その愛くるしい天使に引き込まれました。額縁も見入ってしまい、最後にもう一度見たい作品となりました。 モデスト・カルリエの花といちごのある静物、花は儚い人生を表すとともに果実をもたらすことから、キリスト教では望徳(後世において終わりなき幸福を得られ...

  • Miyasaka Archaeological Museum
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    3.5
    20 Reviews
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    Yamagata Yonezawa-shi Higashi 1-2-24
    Located about a seven-minute walk from the JR Yonezawa Station, this history museum introduces the history of Yonezawa City. This museum houses approximately 700 items and documents that the first director, the late Miyasaka Zensuke, spent about 80 years of his life collecting. In addition to the uninscribed sword said to be owned by Uesugi Kenshin, Naoe Kanetsugu's two-piece chain body armor with light blue cabling and rust-colored mail, Maeda Keiji's five-piece vermilion chain armor with purple-cabling with a namban helmet, on display other artifacts, such as earthen bottles, bamboo hats, and documents. There is a special corner with many books and manga open to visitors wanting to learn more about Maeda Keiji

    展示物が少ないのは、マイナス。 しかし、前田慶次、斎藤朝信、鬼小島弥太郎、武田信清の甲冑が展示されていたが、これらは相当に珍しい。 他では、滅多に見れないはずで、これが大幅加点。 武田信清はあの信玄の七男。武田家滅亡後は、姉の夫の上杉景勝に仕えた。 謙信と信玄は宿命のライバルと言われるが、子供同士が仲良くなったのが面白い。

  • TAKAHASHI Fruit Land HATAKE Cafe Main Restaurant
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    4.5
    16 Reviews
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    Yamagata Pref. Kaminoyamashi Amidachi Shiozaki Mae 1368-3
    This tourist fruit farm offers cherry, grape, and pear picking in their various seasons. The grounds also host the HATAKE cafe, which serves up seasonal fruit parfaits packed with fresh, juicy fruit. The terrace in back is popular for the feeling it gives of eating right in the middle of the fields.

    中心部からは離れた立地です。何度かうかがっていますが週末は混んでいます。果樹園ですがフルーツパフェもいただけて人気です。時間に余裕をもって行かれるといいと思います。

  • Daishoji Temple (Kameoka Monju Temple)
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    4.0
    17 Reviews
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    Yamagata Pref. Higashiokitamaguntakahatamachi Kameoka 4028-1
    This temple is in Kameoka, Takahata Town, Higashiokitama County. Its origin dates to 807 when a statue of the Bodhisattva Manjusri imported from China's Mt. Wutai was installed on imperial order. The image in the temple's Kameoka Manjusrido is counted among Japan's top three Manjusri statues. Many people pray there for scholastic achievement. During exam season, Exam Passing Rice blessed by the temple's head priest is sold in limited quantities at area shops and supermarkets around the prefecture.

    日本三文殊の一つに数えられるのが亀岡文殊です。 知恵をつかさどる文殊菩薩をまつっています。 平安時代の大同2(807)年に当時の奈良東大寺住職が、中国五台山より伝来した文殊菩薩を、亀岡の地に移したのがはじまりと伝えられています。 高くそびえ立つ杉の木が参道の入り口で、文殊堂へは、10〜15分ほど歩きます(登り坂)。 古い石像がいくつもありました。 こちらの文殊堂は、直江兼続公のゆかりの地でもある...

  • Former Ariji Family Residence (Hojin no Ie)
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    4.5
    16 Reviews
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    Yamagata Mogami-gun Mogamimachi Sakai
    This historic building, designated as an Important Cultural Property, is located along National Route 47 in Sakaida, Mogami Town, Mogami County. It was the residence of the headman of the village on the border with the domain of Sendai; “Hojin” refers to an official who guards the border. It is considered to be the “House of the Hojin” (Hojin no Ie) described in The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Matsuo Basho, who stayed at this house and left behind the line of poetry “Bitten by fleas and lice, / I slept in a bed, / A horse urinating all the time / Close by my pillow.”

    松尾芭蕉が、蚤虱馬の尿する枕もと、と奥の細道に綴った、ゆかりの宿。宮城県と山形県の県境である境田にあり、昔は国境を守る役人の家だったそうです。内部見学は有料ですが、馬やが家の中にあり、芭蕉の句がしのばれます。

  • Shinzaemon no Yu
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    4.5
    7 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Zaouonsen Kawamae 905
    A day-trip bathing facility in Kawamae, Zao Onsen, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture, with four types of baths available for men and women to enjoy including the 100% source water “Mogami Takayu” and “Shiroku (4/6) no Yu” a blend of source water for people with weaker disposition. Both open-air and indoor baths are spacious with an open construction. There is also an attached restaurant where one can enjoy local specialties including Yamagata beef shabu-shabu and soba noodles. There is also a free rest room in which to spend the whole day relaxing.

    「湯の花茶屋 新左衛門の湯」に併設されているレストランです。 日帰り温泉のお風呂あがりにくつろぎながらおいしい食事をさせていただきました。ちなみに、私は食べなかったけど、蕎麦がおいしいということで有名らしいですよ。

  • Farmer's Market Yotteke Popora
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    4.0
    8 Reviews
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    Yamagata Pref. Higashineshi Chuouhigashi 3-7-16
    This is a farmer's market carrying fresh local produce. It is located across from Omoriyama park along Prefectural Route 122 in Chuohigashi, Higashine City. Here you can buy agricultural products of fruit, vegetables, and flowers, as well as freshly harvested rice, milled right on site, gelato made from local fruits, and other handmade crafts. During the peak cherry season, mid-June through mid-July, at least seven varieties of cherries are always available from over the 20 varieties grown.

    さて、こちらの販売所では、あれこれ考えてはいけません。他店との価格比較は無意味です。おつむが痛くなるだけでしょう。お買物戦争は、容赦のない決断力と実行力と戦略が勝敗を左右します。①買い物カートは、大きい物を選ぶ。②お買い物リストは、すぐ捨てる。③棚の上の物だけを見ない。④迷ったら両方買う。以上を守れば、大きな後悔はしないでしょう。良く分かったんですが、『袋入りの「訳あり」は、大した訳では無く、「傷...

  • Senshinan
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    4.0
    17 Reviews
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    Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Midorichou 1-4-28
    This is a gardening culture study center located in Midori Town, Yamagata City. Famous for his design of the Hotel Okura garden, one can enjoy this traditional Japanese garden style of a pond surrounded by meandering paths designed by Sentaro Iwaki. Another design trait is the many historic rock structures placed throughout the garden. Adjacent to the garden is a cultural studies center, equipped with a multi-purpose hall where exhibitions, concerts, and other events can be held.

    文翔館から東に行ったところにある山形県の施設です。多目的ホールや和室研修室があり、行ったときにも使用されていましたが、観光客にとっては見る価値があるのはその庭園だと思います。それほど広くはないですが、綺麗に整備されていて良かったです。

  • Oitama Onsen Tama no Yu
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    4.5
    6 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Yamagata Pref. Yonezawashi Kaminida 2300-1
    This day use facility is in Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture. It uses two sources of different water types: alkaline simple spring and sodium chloride spring, constantly supplied 100% “kakenagashi” style. It is equipped with a variety of baths, including wide indoor baths offer a view of natural scenery you can enjoy lying down, and black granite outdoor baths. Their steam sand bath, using extremely pure crystal sand, is quite popular.

    入浴料は非常に手頃。とてもきれいな温泉で、とにかく露天風呂から見える田園風景と山々が最高。休憩場所は広くない。地元の方との交流も楽しめる。とてもおすすめしたい!

  • Gyokusenji Temple Garden
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    4.5
    15 Reviews
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    Yamagata Pref. Tsuruokashi Haguromachitamagawa 35
    This garden at Gyokusen-ji Temple, also called the Flower Temple, was made in 1450. Centered around a large pond, with a natural waterfall on the stream flowing from the mountains, the park has a variety of flowering plants, azaleas, maples, and Japanese primrose in a Chisen Kaiyushiki Horai water-based promenade garden. Nationally recognized as a Cultural Asset Spot of Scenic Beauty, it is popular all year round for its scenery.

    国の指定名勝の庭園を楽しみました。 建物の中に入って庭園を見るスタイルなので鑑賞式庭園かとおもったら、 サンダルが用意してあり回遊することができます。 建物の柱の間からみる額縁鑑賞も、庭に降りる回遊鑑賞も楽しめます。 池のほとりに枝垂がありましたが、 私が訪れたときには、ほぼちっていて、葉桜でした。

  • Saito Mokichi Memorial Museum
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    4.0
    15 Reviews
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    Yamagata Pref. Kaminoyamashi Kitamachi Benten 1421
    This is a memorial museum to the poet, Mokichi Saito, a native of Yamagata, near the Mokichi Kinenkanmae Station. The permanent exhibit is divided into the four worlds of Mokichi, a theater room, and special exhibits honoring his nephew and his wife, Seijiro and Fumi Moriya who contributed to the creation of the museum, which also holds special exhibits are also held periodically. For the 50th anniversary, in April 2018, the museum renovated the exhibit hall making it completely accessible and barrier free.

    斎藤茂吉は上山市出身の日本の歌人であり精神科医で、歌集を発表する等の創作活動とドイツやオーストリア留学で精神病学研究を行った人物。斎藤茂吉記念館近くにはJR茂吉記念館前駅がある為、山形新幹線が近くを走って行く。 斎藤茂吉記念館と斎藤茂吉の銅像。斎藤茂吉記念館は1968年(昭和43年)9月開館した記念館で、東京国立近代美術館をはじめ、数多くの美術館や劇場・記念館を手がけた建築家「谷口吉郎」氏によっ...

  • Harusame-an
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    3.5
    18 Reviews
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    Yamagata Kaminoyama-shi Matsuyama 2-10-12
    This historical building is in Matsuyama 2-Chome, Kaminoyama City. This is a restoration of the housing built by Kaminoyama lord Toki Yoriyuki for monk Takuan Soho when he was exiled from Kyoto's Daitoku-ji temple in the Purple Robes incident. It is a designated prefectural Important Cultural Asset. It also has the tearoom Choutei.

    沢庵和尚が流刑により3年間居住した庵です。大根漬けのたくわんにはその発祥に諸説あるようですが、上山市ではここをたくわん発祥の地としているようです。実際、庵の庭にはそのような看板を見ることができました。保存状態もよく、歴史散策で訪問するには良い場所だと思いました。

  • Attamari Land Fukabori
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    4.0
    7 Reviews
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    Yamagata Kitamurayama-gun Oishidamachi Toyoda 884-1
    Just five minutes by car from the JR Oishida Station, this day-use hot spring facility is located along the Mogami River. The main bathing area is as big as a 50-mat tatami room, where one can peacefully enjoy a leisurely bath. There are many other types of baths such as a reclining bath, waterfall bath, jet baths and a sauna. In the open-air bath, one can both feel and see the beauty of the changing seasons while bathing, and there is a neko-bath, made from the Jinengo Gama Oishidayaki ceramic, that is designed and shaped to look like a male tortoiseshell cat that is said to bring good fortune. The waters are simple spring waters (sodium, chlorides, and hydrogen carbonate spring water), said to be beneficial for muscle and joint pains, and fatigue.

    近隣を通った時に立ち寄りました。入浴料は400円。地元の方の利用が圧倒的に多い感じの施設です。 大きな浴室には、設定温度が異なる2つの浴槽と、サウナ、それに水風呂があります。お湯は茶褐色をした単純温泉。内湯は循環ろ過で塩素消毒されています。塩素の臭いはハッキリと判ります。 外の露天風呂には、屋根付きの横長の浴槽と、同じく屋根付きの壺湯がひとつあります。源泉は同じようですが、こちらは源泉掛け流し...

  • Okitama Area Tourist Information Center ASK
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    3.5
    17 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamagata Yonezawa-shi Ekimae 1-1-43 JR Yonezawa Sta. Konai
    This is a tourist information center within the JR Yonezawa Station. On the first floor they have displays of pamphlets introducing the local activities and various events. The center also can help visitors find accommodations. This center is a certified tourist information center for foreigners (Category 1) by the Japan National Tourism Office (JNTO), which can provide visitor information in English. On the second floor, various local souvenir and artisanal craft items along with products from the surrounding towns and villages are introduced and are for sale. The center has a multi-purpose room which is available for seminars or meetings (by reservation).

    米沢駅構内にあります。チラシ、パンフレットがありましたが上杉神社の近くにあるものと重複していたので新幹線で来訪される人は重宝すると思います。

  • Yamagata Gokoku-jinja Shrine
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    3.5
    8 Reviews
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    Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Yakushimachi 2-8-75
    This is a shrine situated next to the Dewakokubunji Temple Yakushi Hall in Yakushi-machi, Yamagata City. It was founded in 1869. Enshrined here, by means of 40,845 pillars representing the spirits of the war dead from the Boshin War, the Satsuma Rebellion, the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars, the Pacific War, to the Meiji Restoration, and other wars, are the Patron Gods of the Land. With over 130,000 visitors for new years, this is one of Yamagata's representative shrines.

    ただただ圧倒させられました。 御朱印は2種類あり、敷地内にある敷島神社は一見見落とすほど小さい神社です。

  • Hirosuke Hamada Memorial Hall
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    4.0
    14 Reviews
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    Yamagata Higashiokitama-gun Takahatamachi
    The HirosukeHamada Memorial Hall commemorates the works of the author of children’s stories who was called “Japan’s Hans Christian Andersen.” The museum is located a five-minute drive from the Nanyo-Takahata Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway. The exhibits include some of Hamada’s personal possessions and original manuscripts,and his birthplace, a house built in the late Edo Period (1603-1868) has been moved to the property. In the garden are stone images of the Red Demon and the Blue Demon, a monument to “The Dream of the Starling,” a pond designed to evoke “The Tears of the Dragon,” and other exhibits based on Hamada’s stories, so that visitors can immerse themselves in his literary world to their heart’s content.

    県道7号沿い。4連休2日目昼過ぎ、高畠界隈有名ラーメン店ハシゴの腹休めに訪問。入館料500円。受付で住所(県市レベル)、氏名等記帳を求められます。展示室内撮影禁止。作者は「泣いた赤おに」ですが、当日童話ホールで上映されたのは「りゅうの目のなみだ」。自粛警察や県外ナンバー狩りなどコロナ禍の折、病や鬼より怖いのは人間であることを改めて痛感。鬼が滅びるのは決して刃が要因とは限りません。

  • Dewanoyuki Sake Brewery Museum
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    4.0
    14 Reviews
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    Yamagata Pref. Tsuruokashi Oyama 2-2-8
    This is a library museum in Oyama, Tsuruoka City. Annexed to the long-standing headquarters of choice Dewanoyuki Sake maker, this museum exhibits memorable equipment and documents for sake brewing. Aspiring to familiarize the residents with the history and culture of sake making, there are tours and sake-tasting available for all visitors. It's truly a museum of a different flavor.

    Our last stop in the Shonai area before travelling into the Mogami area, we managed to squeeze 30 mins out of our tight schedule to visit this interesting museum cum brewery where their sake was...

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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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