Area Yamagata City Yamagata City and Yamagata Prefecture share the same name: "mountain shape". Yamagata City is surrounded by mountains indeed and its main attractions are actually to be found in these mountains..
Culture Kurokawa Noh Alena Eckelmann Kurokawa, a small village near the mountains of Dewa Sanzan in Yamagata Prefecture, is preserving a 500-year-old tradition of Noh theater
Activities Yutagawa Onsen Alena Eckelmann Yutagawa Onsen has been a popular hot spring resort in the Dewa Sanzan... Ryokan), Yutagawa Onsen is worth the trip from Tsuruoka City or from the Dewa
9 Culture Chikeiken's Hidden Treasures Alena Eckelmann are farmers in a so-called "fruit village" at the foot of the Dewa... Sanzan mountains.
Activities Gyokusen-ji Temple Justin Velgus Gyokusenji is a temple at the base of Dewa Sanzan (three sacred peaks) in Yamagata prefecture.
10 Activities Yumiharidaira Snowshoe Trekking Alena Eckelmann If you like the Dewa Sanzan area during warm weather, then consider a trip
14 Culture Yamadera in Winter Alena Eckelmann mecca for Shugendo and this spiritual tradition is well alive around the Dewa... Sanzan mountains, yet here in Yamadera there don't seem to be anymore
Culture Wara Craft Master Saito-san Alena Eckelmann Naruse-san from the Haguro Tourism Office, who is also a Dewa Sanzan yamabushi... children and interested groups of people as well as to visitors to the Dewa