Culture 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...
Culture 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...
Culture 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...
Culture Shinjo Matsuri 2024 Hannah Warren Shinjo, in Yamagata, hosts this annual festival in which giant floats are paraded through the city.
Culture Hanagasa Matsuri 2024 Hannah Warren Hanagasa Matsuri is a dance festival which originiated in Obanazawa but is now celebrated across Yamagata every summer.
Culture 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...
Culture Cultural Discoveries in Yamagata Tom Roseveare Yamagata is a fantastic cultural destination to discover some of Tohoku's varied treasures. Explore some of its cultural high...
Culture The Mummy of Dainichibo Temple Alena Eckelmann The Dewa Sanzan area is a mystical land of mountain ascentics and of "living Buddhas"- monks who mummified themselves in orde...
Culture Conquering Yamadera in Winter Brian Takahashi Yamadera is a location of a mountain temple. Climb to the top and view the entire valley below. Get detailed direction to the...
Culture 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...