About Maiko tea house/ Somaro

♦Enchanting dance of female dancers.
The building is used to be a high-class Japanese style restaurant "Somaya" since Edo period.
In the mud-walled storehouse, dolls, works of Yumeji Takehisa, Tessai Tomioka, and Shigeru Mori are displayed in turn. There is a saloon where Sakata girls perform traditional dance. The performance is practiced everyday from 2 p.m. Meals can also be enjoyed (reservation needed), weekly lunch box "Maiko Bento" (3500 yen) is cooked by 5 high-class Japanese restaurant.



Details Maiko tea house/ Somaro



Address:Maiko zaka, 1 Hiyoshi town, Sakata city, Yamagata
Telephone:0234-21-2310
Opening hour:10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (close at 5 p.m. between December and February)
Reservation:Needed/ meals
Closed:Wednesdays
Entrance fee:700 yen, 630 yen (group of more than 15)
Parking:(free) 20 cars

Access to Maiko tea house/ Somaro

Access:5 minutes by taxi from JR Sakata station toward Hiyoriyama park.


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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