Festivals

Yamagata Snow Festival

Yamagata hosts a winter festival on the first weekend of February 2017.

By Mandy Bartok

Temples & Shrines

Yamadera in Winter

Yamadera in Winter. Scenic beauty of a mountain temple in snow and ice

By Alena Eckelmann

Culture

Ginzan Onsen in Winter

Taisho era-style Ginzan Onsen in Yamagata Prefecture let's you travel back in time

By Alena Eckelmann

Culture

Things to Do in Tsuruoka City

By Tom Roseveare

Culture

Tsuruoka Park

Tsuruoka Park is a lovely place for a cherry blossom-viewing party.

By Rashaad Jorden

Culture

Conquering Yamadera in Winter

Yamadera is a location of a mountain temple. Climb to the top and view the entire valley below. Get detailed direction to the location for those traveling by train and those by car. Find out about the temple's long history and even its special spiritual power.

By Brian Takahashi

Historical

The Mummy of Dainichibo Temple

The Dewa Sanzan area is a mystical land of mountain ascentics and of "living Buddhas"- monks who mummified themselves in order to achieve enlightenment.

By Alena Eckelmann

Festivals

Green Tourism and Sugegasa Hats

An account of a visit to the beautiful village of Iide in Yamagata to make a sugegasa: a traditional Japanese conical hat.

By Imogen Riethmuller