Sightseeing in Shonai
When Mogami river shoots the rapids of Mogami gorge, there planted the Shonai Plain.
The harbor town Machida city is at the mouth of a river, and there are many sights at the port such as marine museum, Ken Domon memorial museum, and the old house of Honmas; one of the greatest landowners of Japan. The castle town Tsuruoka city is in the south of Hirano, where there are Chido museum displaying the historical buildings, and also Han school (educational institution in the Edo period).
Mount Chokai rises to the north of Hirano, then Mount Haguro, Mount Tsuki, and Mount Yudono to the southeast.

Tourist attractions
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Visit
·Chokai Blue Line
·The old main building of Aoyamas
·Old Abumiya
·16Rakan rocks
·The old main building and annex of Honmas
·Sankyo storehouse
·Soko temple
·Tsuruoka park
·Mount Haguro
·Churen temple/ Atsushi Mori library
·Gyokusen temple
·Mount Yudono
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Learn
·Sakata city art museum
·Honma art museum
·Ken Domon memorial museum
·Matsuyama Noh
·Kuromori Kabuki
·Ohgikan, the villege of Kurokawa Noh
·Amarume painting storehouse
·Ideha culture memorial museum
·Museum of Amazons
·Taihokan
·Higashi tagawa culture memorial museum
·Chido museum
·Kurokawa Noh
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Leisure
·Tobishima
·Maiko tea house/ Somaro
·Hiyoriyama park
·Chokai no mori picnic land
·Kamo aquarium
·Gassan loadside station Aashi museum villege
·The folkcraft Kagaya
·Gassan wine grapes institute
·Syonai product center
·Sanchoku Aguri