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About Chihitsudo library (Library of Hisashi Inoue)

♦Check out their vast, extensive and unique collections of 130,000 books!
The library is chocked up with books of wide genres such as linguistics, arts, social customs, religions, chemistry, comics, magazines and so on. All the books including rare and old books are donated by Hisashi Inoue, the writer hailed from the town.



Details Chihitsudo library (Library of Hisashi Inoue)





Address:1037-1 Kamikomatsu, Kawanishi town, Okitama county, Yamagata
Telephone:0238-46-3311
Opening hour:10a.m. - 6p.m. (close at 5p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays)
Closed:Mondays (the end of the months, the next day of national holidays and the period of books arrangement)
Entrance fee:free
Parking:(free) 114 cars

Access to Chihitsudo library (Library of Hisashi Inoue)

Access:An hour and 30 minutes from Tohoku highway Hukkushima Izaka IC via R13, R287.


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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.


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.


About Yamagata info. 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.


Map of Yamagata Japan.
Map of Yamagata Japan.


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