About Mount Yudono
♦The last site for mountain priests' training.
The last destination for those who visit three mountains for training..
Mt. Yudono is the most solemn place among three mountains. The rule of visitors is to take off shoes and receive purification.
There is no temple, and a shintai (an object of worship housed in a Shinto shrine and believed to contain the spirit of a deity.) is dark brown colored giant rock.
Taking picture is prohibited. The bus leaves from parking lot (100 yen for one way).
Details Mount Yudono
- Address:Rokujurihama, Tamugi, Tsuruoka city, Yamagata
Telephone:0235-54-6133
Opening hour:8:00 ~ 16:00
Closed:From November 4th to the end of April
Fee:500 yen for purification
Pick up service:Available
Parking:(free) 200 cars
Access to Mount Yudono
Access:1 hour and 30 minutes by bus from JR Tsuruoka station, 5 minutes by bus from the last stop.
About Yamagata info.
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
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!
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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Links related to Yamagata
Yamagata Prefecture official web site
Yamagata Airport
Japan Railways in eastern Japan
About information in the site
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To use the hot spring and tourist information, please confirm with the local institutions.
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