Best around Yamagata Spot List

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

A ski resort with ice-covered trees and hot springs

The three-story pagoda is the symbol of Takahata

A roadside station with Forest and Sea zones

A hotel featuring handpicked Yamagata beef

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

Savor some low-temperature aged Yonezawa steak

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

A hotel with Yonezawa beef, spa services and private baths

The thatched Haiden hall is magnificent

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

A ryokan with a view of a silvery waterfall

Appreciate masterpieces of French Impressionism

A nostalgic masterpiece of Taisho-period architecture

The centerpiece of the sacred Dewa Sanzan

Boasting the largest variety of jellyfish in the world

The most sacred of the three Dewa Sanzan

Symbolizing the sacred mountain Haguro

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

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