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About Hiyoriyama park

♦Let's go for a ramble with a remnant of port town.
Located on the height looking down the Sakata port with Japan's oldest lighthouses. There are concourse to follow the monuments of men of letters, and a half sized miniature of Sengoku ship on the premises. The season of cherry blossom become crowded with people.
Good old dishes can be enjoyed at the restaurant located at the entrance of the park.


Details Hiyoriyama park



Address:1-10, Minamishinmachi, Sakata city, Yamagata
Telephone:0234-26-5745
Parking:(free) 80 cars


Access to Hiyoriyama park

Access:5 minutes by bus from JR Sakata station for Tsuruoka, and 5 minutes on foot from the busstop "Hiyoriyama park".


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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

Links related to Yamagata Links related to Yamagata

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

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