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Tendo Ningen Shogi 2025

Tendo Ningen Shogi 2025

Celine Ong

Tendo Ningen Shogi is a “Human Chess” event that occurs every April in the city of Tendo, Yamagata. Set under rows of bloomin...

Yamagata
Yamadera Temple

Yamadera Temple

Yamadera is a temple complex on a mountain top northeast of the city of Yamagata in the prefecture of the same name. Its offi...

Yamagata
Yutagawa Onsen Plum Festival 2025

Yutagawa Onsen Plum Festival 2025

Kim

The Yamagata hot springs town of Yutagawa Onsen has many good reasons to visit, and if you're a flower lover the Yutagawa Ons...

Yamagata
Millennium Corridor 2024

Millennium Corridor 2024

Kim

From late October until early December, one of the Tohoku region's most popular winter illumination events is set to take pla...

Yamagata
Japan Sea Cold Cod Festival 2025

Japan Sea Cold Cod Festival 2025

Kim

Cold cod soup or dongara jiru is a popular winter dish in the Shonai region of Yamagata Prefecture, and the Japan Sea Cold Co...

Yamagata