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Mount Haguro
One of the Three Mountains of Dewa. A stone stair of 2,446 steps climbs through cedars to the shrine at the top, a mountain of ascetic practice.
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Yamadera and Hojusan Risshakuji Temple
A mountain temple said to date from 860. Climb steps cut into the rock and halls appear on the cliff face.
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Tarumizu Ruins / Minenoura
Grottoes beyond Yamadera. A gate and a small shrine are set into a sheer rock face.
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Mifuchi Gorge Passage Worship
A gorge on the Nagai dam lake. The banks close in and it can be entered only by boat.
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Yamagata Sake Meguri Chetto
A place to compare prefectural sake and wine for a fee, opened in 2024.
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Zao Mountain Range (Mount Zao)
A range across Yamagata and Miyagi. Mount Kumano is its highest point, and the crater lake Okama lies among the peaks.
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Sekiyama Otaki Falls
A waterfall in Higashine, 10 metres high and 15 wide. The water in the basin looks green.
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Nobesawa Silver Mine Ruins
A silver mine in Obanazawa. Worked from the Muromachi period, it was one of the leading silver mines of the Edo era.
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Yamagata Castle Ruins and Kajo Park
A park on the site of Yamagata Castle, near the centre of the city, where moat and stone walls remain.
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Yamagata Station
The station of the prefectural capital, where the Yamagata Shinkansen and local lines meet — the starting point for seeing the city.
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Yamagata Prefectural Museum "Bunshokan"
The former prefectural office, built in 1916. A brick building in the English neo-Renaissance style, open free inside.
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Yonezawa Castle Ruins / Matsugasaki Park
A park on the site of Yonezawa Castle. The moat holds water, and Uesugi Shrine stands within.
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Mogami River Sannansho Boat Ride
A boat run through the three places held to be the hardest passages on the Mogami River, with the boatman singing the river songs.
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Tamasudare Falls
A 63-metre waterfall in Sakata, the tallest in the prefecture, said to have been found some 1,200 years ago.
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Submerged Forest of Lake Shirakawa
A forest that appears in Lake Shirakawa in Iide from late April into May, when snowmelt fills it. The trees seem to grow out of the water.
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Mizu-no-Machiya Nanokamachi Gotenzeki
A stretch of Yamagata City centre where an irrigation channel has been rebuilt in stone, with shops along the water.
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Kumano Taisha Shrine
A shrine in Nanyo. Three rabbits are said to be hidden in the carving behind the main hall.
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(National Treasure) Haguro-san Five-Story Pagoda
A pagoda among the cedars of Mount Haguro. Held to be the oldest pagoda in Tohoku, it is a national treasure.
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Mount Gassan
One of the Three Mountains of Dewa, 1,984 metres high, long climbed in prayer for ease after death.
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Zao Echo Line
A 26-kilometre mountain road linking Kaminoyama with Zao town in Miyagi, closed in winter.
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Amphibious Bus in Nagai Hyakushu Lake
An amphibious bus on the Nagai dam lake, driving straight from land into the water.
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Kaminoyama Castle Local History Museum
A museum inside the rebuilt Kaminoyama Castle, showing the history of the castle town.
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Ramen-no-Seichi, Yamagata
Yamagata City is among Japan's top consumers of ramen and has many shops, known for what the owners do together.
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Sake Museum Toko-no-Sakagura
A museum attached to a sake brewery in Yonezawa, showing the tools and the stages of brewing.