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Feeling the beauty of Japanese four seasons in Yamagata!




About Soyu pavillion

♦Watch, feel, and learn the balance and symbiosis of nature.
Soyukan is an eco museum core center located next to Asahi town house. Suitable for its modern exterior, the interior is 21 century type energy saving design utilizing solor energy. Inside the building, there are display related to natural environment, library with audio visual booth, and enormouse hall used for play and music performance.


Details Soyu pavillion



Address:2265 Miyajyuku, Asahimachi, Yamagata
Telephone:0237-67-2118
Opening hour:9 a.m. - 10 p.m. (Library: till 7 p.m.)
Closed:Mondays
Entrance fee:Free
Parking:(free) 130 cars


Access to Soyu pavillion

Access:20 minutes from Yamagata highway Sagae IC via R287 toward Nagai/Shirataka.


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Yamagata info is the web site to introduce Yamagata Prefecture of Japan, mainly about the tourist attractions and hot springs which may help those who are planning on a trip to Yamagata.

The place where beautiful Japanese nature and unique culture still remain.

Sightseeing in Yamagata Sightseeing in Yamagata

Spring:Cherry blossoms are at their best from April.
Summer:Hot. Visiting hamlet is recommended.
Fall:Beauty of the leaves when turned in autum. Imoni festivals everywhere!
Winter:Freezing cold with snow, and the trees will be coverd with them and ice.
Snow:Cold, but not as delicous as shaved ice.

So many things to see and experience throughout the year!

Gotta eat them! Gotta eat them!

Cherries:70% of cherries in Japan are produced in Yamagata Prefecture.
La France pears:The queen of the fruits is also Yamagata's best production.
Yonezawa Beef:As known as "Matsuzaka" of the west, and "Yonezawa" of the east.
Imoni:One of the local dishes of Yamagata which beef soup and taro roots are boiled and seasoned together.
Soba:Buckwheat noodles.
Cold ramen:Yamagata is the birthplace for cold ramen; the chinese noodle.

Yamagata food = delicacy of Japan

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Yamagata Prefecture official web site
Yamagata Airport
Japan Railways in eastern Japan

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