Warabe no Sato Historical and Cultural Art Museum

Reference/Local/Exhibition/Literature Museum

4.5

This museum is on prefectural route 21 in Doshidaira, Zao Onsen, Yamagata City. It encompasses five warehouses and buildings of historical value, including an Anzaisho, or stopping point, used by the Meiji emperor during an official tour of the Tohoku region. The buildings have a variety of materials on display, including items donated by the Imperial family, pieces related to the lords of Yamagata Castle, and papers and texts left behind by artists and writers who have visited Zao. There is also a dining room serving Jidori Soba, made with Zao-grown organic buckwheat and free-range chicken.

Spot details

Warabe no Sato Historical and Cultural Art Museum

Address: Yamagata Yamagata-shi Zao Onsen Doji Daira 1138 Map
Area: Murayama Area
Phone: 0236930093
Hours: 9:00-17:00
Closed: Tuesday(Open on public holidays)
Fees: [Admission fee] General800yen, Junior High School Students and below 400yen
Parking Lot: Available(20spaces)
Credit Card: Not available
Smoking: Not available
Wi-Fi: Not available
Can be enjoyed even on a rainy day: Yes
Average budget: [Lunch] 1-1,000yen
Estimated stay time: 60-120 minutes
Wheelchair accessible: Yes (advance contact required)
Infant friendly: Available

Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN

Review

The museum’s restaurant:attractive location, food is OK

Reviewed : 2019.09.23

We didn’t have time to go to the museum, but we had a good lunch at the restaurant that is in an old house on the museum grounds. Although the food at this restaurant was rather ordinary, the place...
西蔵王高原ラインに入る目印です。

Reviewed : 2022.09.19

小３の息子とパパと通りかかりました。オープン前だったのにも関わらず対応できる学芸員さんのスタッフがいたので嫌な顔もせず対応して頂きました。説明も詳しく子供には難しいかなと思っていましたが臨機応変な対応で意外に子供も楽しんでました。博物館や美術館であると同時に宿泊業のスタッフなんだなぁと思うような丁寧でありながら楽しい花◎応対でした。山形のおもてなし、心がこもっています偶然でしたが本当に来...
温泉街からは少し離れた場所にあります

Reviewed : 2019.12.18

旅館が立ち並ぶ温泉街からは離れた場所にあります。入館料は見学前は少し高めかなと思ったのですが、明治天皇が休息された建造物等もあり、結構見ごたえがありました。