Best around Yamagata Spot List

Head for Zao for the fantastical scenery of white rime, also known as snow monsters!

A hotel with Yonezawa beef, spa services and private baths

Appreciate masterpieces of French Impressionism

Magnificent views await at the end of the 1,015-step climb

A museum housing the entire collection of photographer Ken Domon

A Japanese confectionery shop popular for its joman and warabi mochi

All-you-can-eat inaka (country-style) soba

Ginzan Onsen's quintessential ryokan is also registered as a Tangible Cultural Property

A mystical, sacred place of Shugendo, or Japanese mountain asceticism-shamanism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts

Boasting the largest variety of jellyfish in the world

A boutique inn with plenty of privacy

The most sacred of the three Dewa Sanzan

A nostalgic masterpiece of Taisho-period architecture

The three-story pagoda is the symbol of Takahata

The thatched Haiden hall is magnificent

Featuring private baths that are the largest in size and number in the prefecture

The centerpiece of the sacred Dewa Sanzan

A roadside station with Forest and Sea zones

Symbolizing the sacred mountain Haguro

Savor some low-temperature aged Yonezawa steak