Culture Millennium Corridor 2025 Late Oct - Late Nov From late October until early December, one of the Tohoku region's most popular winter illumination events is set to take place...
Culture Blessing of the Yamabushi Featured After a traumatic injury at school, 12-year old Satoshi falls into emotionally difficult times. In an effort to figure out how she..
Five Days in Yamagata Prefecture Paul McInnes The landscape of mountains, rivers and rice fields are ingrained in the very nature of the people and culture of Yamagata. The relationship..
Activities Iris Festival at Nagai Ayame Park Kim Bergström Each year from around mid-June to the first week of July, Yamagata's Nagai Ayame Park is filled with the color of around a million..
Activities Sakura Season at Eboshiyama Park Kim Bergström Yamagata's Eboshiyama Park is one of the prefecture's top destinations to enjoy sakura season, and for good reason. The..
Activities Nanyo Chrysanthemum Festival 2025 Oct 15th - Nov 5th The Nanyo Chrysanthemum Festival takes place from early October to mid-November every year at two venues: the Kumano Taisha Shrine..
Activities Mamurogawa Plum Festival Kim Bergström Each year from around late April until early May, Yamagata's Mamurogawa Park hosts a plum blossom festival where visitors can..
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 stay in..