Yamagata-ken Travel Blogs

The height of this mountain is 2000m. There are still snow covered trees though the end of March. It's awesome!

I often enjoy short trips enjoying hot spa. I visited two fancy ryokans recently in Yamagata, which was so relaxing...! A ryokan is a type of traditional Japanese inn dating from the Edo period (1603–1868), when they served travelers along Japan's highways. They typically feature tatami-matted rooms, communal baths, and other public areas where visitors may wear yukata and talk with the owner. I visited relatively modern ones this time!

Zao is a famous place to sightseeing of snow covered trees in Japan. These trees seem to put on a coat. We enjoy both alpine skiing and cross country skiing here.

We took a tour from YH to Mt. Haguro and on a way we stopped by a temple, Gyokusenji. The temple had a nice Japanese garden and we could enjoy several kinds of cherry blossoms. In Tokyo cherry blossoms were finished some weeks ago, but there were some kinds still blooming since spring com…

In one more trip organized by Ashmore we were taken to Sakata once again, this time for a festival with Kagura performances in the Koromori temple. That day it was freezing cold outside, so it wasn't very nice for an open-air festival... After Koromori we headed once again for the temple with the b…