Best around Yamagata Spot List

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

A hotel featuring handpicked Yamagata beef

A museum housing the entire collection of photographer Ken Domon

A nostalgic masterpiece of Taisho-period architecture

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

Boasting the largest variety of jellyfish in the world

Appreciate masterpieces of French Impressionism

A boutique inn with plenty of privacy

The centerpiece of the sacred Dewa Sanzan

A ryokan with a view of a silvery waterfall

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

The three-story pagoda is the symbol of Takahata

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

The thatched Haiden hall is magnificent

A hotel with Yonezawa beef, spa services and private baths

A complete kaiseki course highlighting konnyaku

Savor some low-temperature aged Yonezawa steak

The most sacred of the three Dewa Sanzan

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

A roadside station with Forest and Sea zones