Grand Hotel Yamagata

The hotel is suitable not only for business but also for sightseeing. It is filled with cultural elements inside and outside the hotel. It is only two blocks away from both Yamagata Museum and Bunshokan, a national heritage building build at the beginning of the twenty-century. In Yamagata, Yamadera is also a tourist attraction that should not be missed. The temple in a mountain is known for haiku (Japanese traditional poem) composed by the Haiku master, Basho, in Edo era. Zao area is also popular among tou...(see more)rists due to the hot springs, hiking route amid rich nature in summer and winter sports and silver frost in winter. It is accessible by bus in front of JR Yamagata station. (09/08 HT) It is a modern, 8-storey white building on the Nanoka-machi street. The hotel is located in the heart of Yamagata City, at the centre of Nanoka-machi street where the famous Hanagasa Festival is held every summer. It takes 15 minutes by walk or 5 minutes by car from JR Yamagata station, where the Bullet Train (Yamagata Shinkansen) serves. From Tokyo, it takes approximately 150 min by the Bullet Train. From Yamagata Airport, it takes 30 minutes by car or 45 minutes by the airport bus to the nearest station.