Beauty & Spa Yunohama Beach in Tsuruoka Rashaad Jorden Every summer, thousands go to Yunohama in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture to relax on the beach.
Culture Ishidan Marathon at Mount Haguro 2025 Late Oct The Ishidan Marathon is an event held in Haguro that takes runners to the summit of Mount Haguro.
Culture Kubota Castle Hitoshi Kawai Honor or wealth, which would you choose? Relive the dilemma of General Satake.
Culture Shonai Eigamura in Tsuruoka City Alena Eckelmann Hollywood in Japan at the Shonai Open-air Movie Set in Yamagata. Pretend to be a samurai for one day.
Culture Yamadera: The Temple in the Mountain Alena Eckelmann Yamadera - "temple in the mountain" - fully lives up to its name: famous haiku poet Basho penned a poem here in praise of the place...
Culture Exploring Yamagata the Basho Way Alena Eckelmann Matsuo Basho, an Edo Era Japanese haiku poet (1644-1694) undertook a five-month journey, mainly on foot, to the north of Japan.
Activities Morohashi Museum of Modern Art Ashley Cox A collection of sculptures and paintings by Salvador Dali, Paul Cezanne and Pablo Picasso in Fukushima.
Culture The Legend of Sendai Shiro Justin Velgus Sendai Shiro was a real man living in the late Edo/early Meiji era in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Through a series of almost ra..