Yamagata Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
About Yamagata
Yamagata has been best known by outsiders forMount Zao's hot springs and Yamadera for centuries. In fact, Matsuo Basho stopped by Yamadera on July 13, 1689 as part of his poetic journey,Narrow Road to the Deep North, and penned the following famedhaikupoem: The meaning of this will be instantly apparent should you visit the temple (or most anywhere in Japan) during the late summer - judging from the date, it is considered Basho heard a quieter kind of cicada,niiniizemi(Platypleura kaempferi). (though other kinds' shrilling does sometimes get intense enough to sound like it is drilling through rock!) To this day, for many visitors to Yamagata, it is the desire to visit Yamadera that compels them to come in the first place and from there branching out to discover other gems of the city and p
Top Attractions in Yamagata
Explore the best things to see and do in Yamagata:
- ★Bunshōkan
- ★Hanagasa Festival
- ★Japan's Top Imoni-kai Festival
- ★Karamatsu Kannondo
- ★Kyōdokan
- ★Mogami Yoshiaki Historical Museum
- ★Momijigawa Ravine
- ★Museum of Yamagata University
Where to Eat in Yamagata
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Classic Cafe
- 🍴Gran Rock
- 🍴Hanazen
- 🍴Jai
- 🍴Ramen Uchoten Evolution
- 🍴Ryushanhai
Where to Stay in Yamagata
- 🏨Hotel Alpha-1 Yamagata
- 🏨Hotel East One
- 🏨Hotel Green Tohoku
- 🏨Hotel Limoges
- 🏨Hotel Route Inn Yamagataekimae
- 🏨Toyoko Inn Yamagataeki Nishiguchi
Yamagata Travel Guide Sections
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