<p>Welcome to Bunshokan or Yamagata Prefecture Local Museum</p>

Welcome to Bunshokan or Yamagata Prefecture Local Museum (Photo: Febry Fawzi)

Yamagata Prefecture Local Museum

Scenic English Renaissance building in Yamagata City

Febry Fawzi Jan 07, 2014 - 1 min read

<p>Welcome to Bunshokan or Yamagata Prefecture Local Museum</p>

<p>The scenic English Renaissance building and its beautiful garden</p>

<p>Information office with free English brochures available</p>

<p>To the second floor</p>

<p>Hall for art performances and events</p>

<p>Exhibition</p>

<p>Unique artifacts and traditional dress</p>

<p>Exhibition of local traditional dress</p>

<p>Unique artifacts and traditional dress</p>

<p>Unique artifacts and traditional dress</p>

<p>Visitor and photo exhibition</p>

<p>Classic meeting room</p>

<p>Diorama of former activity in this prefectural office building</p>

<p>Beautiful yard at the center of the complex</p>

<p>Veranda with view of Yamagata City</p>

Yamagata city is a former castle town now turned into a beautiful city in the south-west Tohoku region. Besides the scenic traditional Japanese buildings, you can also find a national treasure quite unlike any other: the Bunshokan, or Yamagata Prefecture Local Museum. This English Renaissance building was established in 1916 as a Yamagata prefectural government office and a prefectural assembly hall. The current building was restored in 1995. This beautiful architecture building is free of charge to visitors and can easily be reached by bus from Yamagata station.

Things to Do in Yamagata

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