Accommodation Shukubo Temple Lodging at Mount Haguro Alena Eckelmann Stay at a temple overnight and try Shojin Ryori, a vegetarian cuisine eaten by Buddhist monks, at Dewa Sanzan in Yamagata Pre...
Activities Matsugaoka Alena Eckelmann At the dawn of Japan’s Meiji Era (1867-) samurai lost their warrior jobs but some of them made a swift transition and became ...
Activities Trekking on Mount Zao Alena Eckelmann Zao Mountain - Trekking across a volcanic landscape in summer and skiing in winter, plus winding down in hotspring waters.
Area Zao Onsen Alena Eckelmann Zao Onsen (Zao hotspring) is one of the oldest hot springs in the northeastern part of the Tohoku region, in Yamagata Prefect...
Food Somaro in Sakata City Alena Eckelmann If you ever want to be entertained by some maiko (apprentice geisha) while eating lunch, make your way to Somaro in Sakata City.
Culture On the Movie Set of “Okuribito” Alena Eckelmann “Okuribito” (Departures), a movie shot in Sakata City in Yamagata Prefecture, won the Best Foreign Language Oscar in 2009. Th...
Accommodation Kuhe Ryokan Alena Eckelmann Kuhe Ryokan in Yutagawa Onsen, a small hot spring village near Tsuruoka City in Yamagata Prefecture, is well-suited for a sta...
Activities Nanyo Chrysanthemum Festival Kim The Nanyo Chrysanthemum Festival takes place from early October to mid-November every year at two venues: the Kumano Taisha S...
Activities Mount Haguro Mount Haguro is one of the Three Mountains of Dewa in the city of Tsuruoka, the ancient province of Dewa, Japan. As the lowes...
Activities Mount Zao Mount Zao is a 1,841-meter-high volcano between Yamagata and Miyagi prefectures in the northern Tohoku region. It is one of T...
