Best around Yamagata Spot List

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

A nostalgic masterpiece of Taisho-period architecture

The three-story pagoda is the symbol of Takahata

A roadside station with Forest and Sea zones

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

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

A hotel with Yonezawa beef, spa services and private baths

The most sacred of the three Dewa Sanzan

Appreciate masterpieces of French Impressionism

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

A hotel featuring handpicked Yamagata beef

A ski resort with ice-covered trees and hot springs

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

A ryokan with a view of a silvery waterfall

The centerpiece of the sacred Dewa Sanzan

Boasting the largest variety of jellyfish in the world

A boutique inn with plenty of privacy

The thatched Haiden hall is magnificent

A complete kaiseki course highlighting konnyaku

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