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Yamagata
A thousand-year-old mountain temple reached by 1,015 stone steps, with cliffside halls and sweeping valley views immortalized by the poet Basho.
A weathered wooden five-story pagoda standing alone in an ancient cedar forest, the spiritual gateway to the sacred Dewa Sanzan mountains.
A leisurely wooden-boat cruise through the forested Mogami Gorge, complete with a boatman's traditional song and waterfalls tumbling to the water.
A cluster of restored merchant storehouses in central Yamagata now filled with restaurants, cafes and craft shops serving regional food and safflower crafts.
A nostalgic Taisho-era hot-spring town of wooden ryokan lining a river, glowing under gas lamps and especially enchanting under winter snow.
The moated ruins of a great feudal castle, now a spacious park famed for cherry blossoms and home to a reconstructed gate and city museums.
A hilltop park in Japan's shogi-piece capital, famous for a spring festival where costumed players enact a giant game of living chess among the cherry trees.
A two-stage ropeway climbing to the summit of Mount Zao, where winter transforms fir trees into the surreal frozen figures known as snow monsters.
The private art museum of Sakata's great merchant family, pairing classical Japanese art with an exquisite strolling garden and a historic villa.
A grand British-style former prefectural office of brick and stone, now a free heritage museum with an ornate clock tower and elegant period interiors.
