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Feeling the beauty of Japanese four seasons in Yamagata!




About Densyokan (Traditional hall)

♦Feel the lure of Ohizawa, living together with nature.
In this experiencing class, you can touch with the skill of workman who keeps maintaining their traditional techniques. At the snow fastival held every 4th Saturday of February, statues made of snow and 2000 fireworks can be seen therefore bustle with tourists.


Details Densyokan (Traditional hall)




Address:4110 Ohizawa, Nishikawa town, Nishimurayama county, Yamagata
Telephone:0237-76-2112
Opening hour:9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (10 a.m. - 4 p.m. between December and March)
Reservation:Needed
Closed:Mondays
Entrance fee:200 yen
Fee:Making Japanese paper (500 yen), Painting Kokeshi doll (800 yen)
Parking:(free) 100 cars


Access to Densyokan (Traditional hall)

Access:10 minutes from Yamagata highway Ysukiyama IC via national road 27 toward Ohizawa.


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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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