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About Chokai Blue Line

♦Refreshing driving through Dewafuji, or Mount Chokai
A road with outstanding scenery reaches from the Sea of Japan to the 5th stage of Mt. Chokai.
Seasonal scenery can be enjoyed such as fresh green from May to June, alpine plants from July to August, and colored leaves in October.
The Sinrokutunokiri festival is held in the beginning of October at the national lodge in the mountainside and the deer park in Taihei mountain villa.
Becautiful sunset and innumerable stars in the skiy can be seen from Taihei mountain villa.


Details Chokai Blue Line


Address:Fukiura, Yusa town, Hokai county, Yamagata
Telephone:0234-72-3311
Closed:From November to the end of April
Fee:Free
Parking:(free) 100 cars


Access to Chokai Blue Line

Access:15 minutes to the entrance of Chokai Blue Line from Yamagata highway Sakata minato IC via R7 toward Akita.


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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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