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Denkoku-no-Mori Yonezawa City Uesugi Museum

3.5

90 Reviews

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Yamagata Pref. Yonezawashi Marunouchi 1-2-1

A museum dedicated to the Uesugi clan. Take a bus from Yonezawa Station and get off at the “Uesugijinja-mae” stop. The museum building incorporates traditional Japanese elements and is designed to mesh well with the surrounding scenery. Its collection of several thousand items relating to the Uesugi clan includes National Treasure-designated folding screens depicting the streets of Kyoto at the time from overhead, and the Uesugi-ke Monjo, a large collection of ancient writings and documents. Highlights include an exhibit in the museum’s permanent display collection which uses CG to give visitors a glimpse into the culture and lifestyle of the world of the Uesugi foling screens, as well as the Yozan Theater exhibit, which dramatizes the reforms Uesugi Yozan implemented in the domain’s government.

かなり久しぶりに米沢市に来たら、立派なホールができていて、驚きました。このホールは、山形県立の「置賜文化ホール」と米沢市立の「米沢市上杉博物館」からなる県と市の合築施設との事です。常設展示室では、上杉の歴史と文化をテーマに構成されていました。「上杉本洛中洛外図屏風」の中を疑似体験できる「洛中洛外図の世界」があり、また鷹山公の実像や改革の苦難時代を紹介する「鷹山シアター」を体験しました。初め...
Yuzuru no Sato

4.5

4 Reviews

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Yamagata Pref. Nanyoushi Urushiyama 2025-2

This cocoon warehouse is on the grounds of a silk mill, and is now a museum dedicated to carrying on folk tales like Tsuru-no-Ongaeshi (The crane returns the favor). It displays folk tale videos, and offers some tablets for viewing as well. In addition, it has displays on sericulture and silk thread production, and displays with materials, costumes, and documents from the opera Yuzuru.

赤湯温泉に宿泊した折に、民話「鶴の恩返し」を語り部が土地の言葉で話してくれるということで訪ねた。製糸工場で使われていたまゆ蔵”を利用してつくられた資料館には、民話の映像や古くからの蚕糸業に関する資料、戯曲「夕鶴」関連の資料などが展示されている。ひととおり資料館を見てから、語り部の館のホールに案内されたが、コロナ禍のウィークデーとあって観客は僕ら夫婦だけの貸切状態。訥々した地元言葉で話す語り部の口演...
Shikinen Suto Winery

3.5

3 Reviews

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Yamagata Pref. Nanyoushi Akayu 2836

This vineyard has been operated by a long-established winery since the Taisho period. In addition to wine varieties of grapes, they cultivate a number of grape varieties for picking too. Visitors come from all around the country during grape-picking season—early August to mid-October. From grape cultivation to fermentation, the family does every step for themselves, creating a limited number of bottles of their original wine brand, which you are unlikely to find through normal distribution channels.

JRの赤湯駅から車で、10分ほどでしょうか。こちらのワイナリーは大正時代からワインを作っている老舗です。100%手作りで手間ひまをかけています。自家畑で育てられたぶどうが大切に作られてます。市場に出回らない希少なワインもありますよ
Uriwari Sekitei Park

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Yamagata Higashiokitama-gun Takahatamachi Akutsu
Eboshiyama Park

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Yamagata Pref. Nanyoushi Akayu 1415

Just about 10 minutes from the Nanyo Takahata Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway, this park was built during the Meiji period by local volunteers, who planted around 160 trees of double weeping Edo-higanzakura cherry, making it one of the few sites in the world with such a grove. The park is located at a higher elevation that overlooks the Yonezawa basin with a panoramic view of the Akayu hot springs district, and the Agatsuma and the Iide Asahi mountain ranges in the distance. Along with the weeping Edo-higanzakura cherry, this site, having many trees over 100 years old and around 1000 weeping and Yoshino cherry varieties, is called the Eboshiyama 1000 Cherry Trees and has been selected among Japan’s Top 100 Best Sakura Sites.
Donden-daira Lily Garden

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Yamagata Pref. Nishiokitamagunidemachi Hagyu 3341

This botanical garden is located in the Hagyu area of Iide-machi, Nishiokitama County. It is the largest lily garden in eastern Japan, and has a vast site that is more than four times the size of Tokyo Dome, with approximately 500,000 plants of different lily varieties. Besides the observation deck and recreational facilities with water in the garden, there is a rest house where you can enjoy Iide beef barbecue.
Kawanishi Dariya Garden

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Yamagata Pref. Higashiokitamagunkawanishimachi Kamikomatsu 5095-11

The first dahlia-only tourist plant garden in Japan with 650 different kinds of dahlias and around 10,000 flowers in bloom, this is a spacious garden with a total area of around 4 hectares with grass and trees where you can take your time and enjoy the surroundings. In addition, there is a hot spring facility next door, and you can enjoy panoramic views of Dahlia Garden from the observation terrace. It is open every year from around August to November.
Naoetei Park

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Yamagata Pref. Yonezawashi Akakuzure

Naoe Kanetsugu was a famous chief retainer of the Yonezawa domain who displayed great skill in supervising irrigation works, developing local industries, etc. The Naoe Embankment (Levee) was built by Naoe Kanetsugu to control the Matsukawa River (now called the Mogami River), which was prone to severe flooding. The Naoe Embankment had a total length of approximately 10 kilometers. The Naoetei park has been developed in a section of the former riverbed that contains surviving remnants of the Naoe Embankment. Visitors can enjoy a pleasant stroll while viewing the many stone monuments that celebrate Naoe Kanetsugu’s great achievement.
Shiroi Mori Auto Campground

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Yamagata Nishiokitama-gun Ogunimachi Gomizawa 511-8

This auto campground is in Gomizawa, Oguni Town, Nishiokitama County. It offers camping fun in the natural scenery of the Arakawa River source. The river's opposite bank holds the lodging and community center Shiroi Mori Koryu Center Rifure, where campers can use the bathing facilities at a discount, as well as enjoy wood crafting classes (reservations required).
Shirataka Town Furusato Forest Park

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Yamagata Nishiokitama-gun Shiratakamachi Juo 5687-8

This park is in Juo, Shirataka Town, Nishiokitama County. Adjacent to Taka no Yu Onsen Palace Matsukaze, it is outfitted with tennis courts, golf practice ranges, field activity equipment and a large play installation. There is also a campground, and you can use Palace Matsukaze for day-use onsen bathing.
Bunkyo no Mori

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Yamagata Nagai-shi Tokamachi 1-11-7

This multi-purpose facility is in Toka-machi 1-Chome, Nagai City. It encompasses the buildings of the prefectural Important Cultural Asset Marudai Ogiya, with 350 years of merchant family history, and the cultural facility Kozakurakan in the former Nishiokitama County Hall. There are also exhibits of work by woodcarver Naganuma Kozo, third son of family leader Naganuma Kozo, as well as his collection of folk and farm implements in the Naganuma Kozo Gallery.
Matsugaike Park (Shirotsutsuji Park)

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Yamagata Nagai-shi Shinmeicho 3-38

This park is on national route 287 in Shinmei-cho, Nagai City. It is famous for its approx. 3,000 white globe azaleas, including the municipally registered Natural Monument Shichibe Tsutsuji which is about 750 years old. The sight of all these pure white blossoms in May is well worth seeing. There is a fountain pool and playground, as well as a local specialty shop, Tsutsujikan.
Hagi Park

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Yamagata Nagai-shi Narita 2170-2

This park is attached to ryokan Hagien and onsen facility Unohana Onsen Haginoyu. It's famous for its approx. 20,000 bush clover (or hagi) blossoms. In most years, the park runs in season from late August through late September, when the Hagi Festival runs.
Mahoroba Ancient Village Historical Park

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Yamagata Higashiokitama-gun Takahatamachi Akutsu 2117

Mahoroba Ancient Village Historical Park is one of many archeological sites from the prehistoric Jomon Period that has been excavated in the area, and it is located along the Yashiro River on National Route 113. It is a re-creation that shows what the lives of ancient people must have been like. Visitors are attracted by the possibility of taking nature walks while seeing pit dwellings and burial mounds and other examples of ancient lifestyles, with the three-story pagoda of Akutsu Hachiman Jinja Shrine, a local landmark, in the background. In autumn, the entire area is transformed into a forest of flaming red leaves. Azuma-ya, on the premises, is a facility where people can enjoy barbecuing or making Imoni, a stew of meat and taro root. All kinds of people, from tourists to local residents, enjoy coming here and socializing.
Mahoroba Tourism Fruit Orchard

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Yamagata Higashiokitama-gun Takahatamachi Niijuku 183-1

Located in the town of Takahatanear Gyokuryuin Temple, Mahoroba Tourism Fruit Orchard is a place where visitors can enjoy all-you-can-eat cherries and grapesat reasonable rates. Many varieties of cherries, including Sato Nishiki, Beni Sayaka, and Napoleon are available, along with Delaware, Takao, and Takasumigrapes,depending on the season. This orchard is unusual in that visitors are under no time limit, so that they can walk around the grounds, sampling fruit at their leisure without worrying about the time. Fruits can be packed in boxes and shipped as souvenirs. Grape juice and La France pears are also sold on the premises and make appropriate souvenirs.
Kikusui Kogeikan

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Yamagata Higashiokitama-gun Kawanishimachi Nakakomatsu 2911-5

Kikusui Kogeikan is an art museum located near the intersection of the Kawanishi-Oguni Line in Kawanishi Town and National Route 287. It was founded in 1932 by Inoue Shoshichi, the tenth generation owner of the former Inoue Sake Brewery (now the Taruhei Brewing Company). The collection consists of more than 600 ceramic pieces of theImportant Cultural Properties mainly from Japan, China, and Korea. Since the exhibits are arranged in chronological, they provide a good introduction to the history of ceramics. The two buildings, the main building in earthen-walled storehouse style (Dozo-zukuri), and the stone building for Japanese exhibits, have both been designated as Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of the country. The surrounding garden with its seasonal plants and trees is an attractive place for taking a stroll.
Sosho Park

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Yamagata Nanyo-shi Miyauchi 4396-1

Sosho Park is located a fifteen-minute walk from Miyauchi Station on the Flower Nagai Line, near the Kumano Taisha Shrine. Since it is located on a hill, visitors can enjoy a panoramic view of the Okitama Basin. Two red pines, the so-called “Imose no Matsu” are the source of the park's name, which means “couple pines.” In the spring, two large weeping cherry trees, both more than 100 years old, named “Choyo-zakura” and “Keikai-zakura,” produce an impressive array of blossoms, making Sosho Park a famous spot for viewing cherry blossoms. The park also contains a rose garden with over 300 varieties of roses.
Sosho Rose Garden

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Yamagata Nanyo-shi Miyauchi 4396-2

Sosho Rose Garden is located near the top of the hill in Sosho Park, a fifteen-minute walk from Miyauchi Station on the Flower Nagai Line. About6000 roses, representing 340 varieties, are planted there. The winds blowing out of the Okitama Basin carry the fragrance of the roses far and wide, giving the garden the affectionate nickname of “the fragrant rose garden.” Many of the plants are old varieties of roses that are now hard to obtain, so the garden is popular with rose aficionados. The Nanyo Rose Festival is held from June to July.
Nanyo Sky Park

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Yamagata Nanyo-shi Akayu 2841-1

This is a V-tail flight area for hang gliding and paragliding, just about 10 minutes by car from the JR Akayu Station. There are flight areas for beginners and intermediate visitors at an elevation of 500 meters, and for advanced fliers at 700 meters. One can enjoy high-altitude, extended flight times due to the wind currents arising from the Lake Hakuryu and its surrounding hills. The landing area is free of any obstacles for safe and easy landings. Under ideal conditions, one may have the opportunity to soar above a ‘sea of clouds’, which are known to form in the Nanyo Skypark area.
Wagatsuma Tourist Orchard

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Yamagata Yonezawa-shi Banseicho Zusayama 1882

About a two-minute drive from the Hachimanpara Interchange off the Tohoku Chuo Expressway, this fruit orchard is open to the public. Here, one can enjoy picking cherries and grapes. The fruit picked can be eaten directly off the trees, as the orchard uses low chemical and pesticide organic materials for cultivations. The Sato-nishiki cherries, and all of the Delaware, kyoho, pione, and stuben variety grapes are all-you-can-eat. The fruits are grown in rain protected houses, so visiting the farm during inclement weather is no problem. The orchard is wheelchair accessible and also pet friendly.

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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.