Best around Yamagata Spot List

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

A boutique inn with plenty of privacy

A roadside station with Forest and Sea zones

The three-story pagoda is the symbol of Takahata

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

Appreciate masterpieces of French Impressionism

A ryokan with a view of a silvery waterfall

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

A hotel with Yonezawa beef, spa services and private baths

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

Boasting the largest variety of jellyfish in the world

The thatched Haiden hall is magnificent

The centerpiece of the sacred Dewa Sanzan

A ski resort with ice-covered trees and hot springs

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

A museum housing the entire collection of photographer Ken Domon

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

The most sacred of the three Dewa Sanzan

Symbolizing the sacred mountain Haguro

Savor some low-temperature aged Yonezawa steak