B Life Ritual Access to Shonai, Yamagata Prefecture 5 from Olden Days - 6 JR Uetsu honsen 7 The Dewa Sanzan, By Plane the East Sanctuary Tokyo Shonai Haneda Airport （Approx. 60 min.） ANA ◀︎ ◀︎ Airport D C Long time ago, people believed 8●Sakata that the Ise (located in Mie By Train (JR *Japan Railways) 2 ● Aomori Prefecture) in the west was ● Shonai Airport "yin" and the Dewa Sanzan Tokyo Yamagata Shinkansen Shinjo Rikuu Saisen ◀︎ ◀︎ Tsuruoka/ was "yang", and that one must Sta. （Approx. 3 hours 30 min.） Sta. （Approx. 1 hour） Sakata 7 10 Mogami River sta. F pay visit to both sanctuaries at 4 least once in their life time. Tokyo Joetsu Shinkansen Uetsu honsen Niigata ◀︎ ◀︎ Tsuruoka/ E 9 Akita● Sta. （Approx. 2 hours） Sta. （Approx. 2 hours） Sakata Shonai ● Morioka Photo: The Five-story Pagoda sta. in Mt. Haguro, Tsuruoka● the oldest pagoda in Tohoku By Highway Express Bus A Sakata H 3 ● Tsuruoka● Shinjo Sendai ◀︎ ◀︎ Tsuruoka/ ● （Approx. 3 hours） Sakata G 1 ● Sendai Nihonkai- Yamagata Yamagata ● Tohoku Expressway Yamagata （Approx. 2 hours） ◀︎ ◀︎ Tsuruoka/ 7 Expressway Niigata ● Sakata ● 345 Fukushima Joetsu Shinkansen Tokyo Shibuya/Ikebukuro/Omiya/ （Approx. 9 hours） ◀︎ ◀︎ Tsuruoka/ Shinjuku/Akihabara/Ueno Sakata Tohoku Kan-Etsu By Car Expressway Shinkansen Asahi Nerima IC Kan-Etsu Niigata Nihonkai-Tohoku 庄内 Expressway Expressway Mahoroba ◀︎ (Tokyo) Chuo JCT ● （Approx. 3 hours 30 min.） （Approx. 50 min.） IC Omiya National Route 7 Asahi Nihonkai-Tohoku Tsuruoka ● Tokyo etc. Mahoroba Expressway Nishi IC ◀︎ （Approx. 50 min.） IC （Approx. 15 min.） National Route 7 etc. Tsuruoka/ （Approx. 15 min.） ◀︎ ◀︎ Sakata Visiting the Mummies Nangakuji Temple to Reach the Height Address: 3-6 Sunadamachi, Tsuruoka city, Yamagata Tel: 0235-23-5054 of Mountain Worship Opening hours: 9am to 6pm Between Edo and beginning of Meiji Honmyoji Temple period, some monks mummified Address: 388 Uchino, Higashiiwamoto, themselves. Wishing for peace, Tsuruoka city, Yamagata they did so by voluntarily entering Tel: 0235-53-2269 Reservation required underground stone room at the end of Dainichibo Temple（Yudonosan） their strict training. In Shonai, there Address: 11 Nyudo, Oami, Tsuruoka city, are six mummies in five temples. Yamagata Tel: 0235-54-6301 Opening hours: 8am to 5pm World Class Churenji Temple（Yudonosan） Gastronomy City Address: 92-1 Nakadai, Oami, Tsuruoka city, Yamagata Tel: 0235-54-6536 Tsuruoka has nurtured and promoted Opening hours: over 50 kinds of local food and has 9am to 5pm (May - October), not only protected but also developed 9am to 4pm (November - April) their gastronomical traditions and Come to Shonai! A Fun Place with Delicious Food Kaikoji Temple culture by integrating with other Shonai Address: 2-7-12 Hiyoshimachi, Sakata city, industries in the city. In 2014, Yamagata Tel: 0234-22-4264 Tsuruoka was the first Japanese Opening hours: city to be appointed as UNESCO 9am to 5pm (April - October), Creative City of Gastronomy. 9am to 4pm (November - March) Contact: Shonai Visitors Association Tel: 0235-68-2511 Fax: 0235-66-4728 Mail: [email protected] Yamagata Prefecture Where You can Climb the Mt. Haguro A Sakata Maiko D (The Dewa Sanzan Shrine) (geisha in training) Sacred Mountains and The sanctuary where the gods High class restaurant culture of Mt. Gassan, Mt. Haguro, in Sakata represents the city's Taste the Gifts from Nature and Mt. Yudono meet, offers success in sea trade business a lot to see with brilliant during the Edo period. Soumaro Mountain worship has been part of Tohoku architectural designs. Also offers cultural attractions such culture for centuries. The Three Mountains at an extra cost, you can as traditional performances by "Sakata Maiko" . of Dewa - Mt. Gassan, Mt. Yudono, and Mt. experience monk training at Ideha Cultural Memorial Contact: Soumaro Haguro - are visited from around the world. Hall while wearing the white Address: Maikozaka, 1 Chome Mt. Haguro welcomes its visitors with the shroud. Hiyoshimachi, Sakata-city, Yamagata Tel: 0234-21-2310 Contact: The Dewa Sanzan Shrine astonishing five-story pagoda, which is the Open: 10am to 5pm Address: Touge Haguromachi, Closed: Wednesday oldest in Tohoku. The snow will turn into Tsuruoka-city, Yamagata fresh river water, providing Shonai Plain with Tel: 0235-62-2355 Contact: Ideha Cultural Memorial Cruising down rich rice and vegetables, which in turn is Hall Address: 72 Injuminami, Mogami River produced into sake and food. Touge Haguromachi, Tsuruoka-city, Yamagata Tel: 0235-62-4727 The valley between Furukuchi and Kiyokawa offers spectacular scenery every season. Wild Shonai, Yamagata Prefecture Profile Japanese Sake cherry trees blooming in spring, Population: 281,506 (as of October 1, 2014) followed by fresh green in Shonai is a leading sake Land: 2,405.2k㎡ summer. Golden leaves in producing region with many autumn, and ink painting-like Noted Products: Rice（TSUYAHIME, HAENUKI, etc.）, winning sakes in national sake scenery in winter. Dadachamame beans, red onions, tasting competitions. The secret turnips, bamboo shoots, red pepper, lies in the pure underground Contact：Mogami Kyo Basho eggplant, cucumber, potatoes, melon, water from the surrounding Line Kanko Furukuchi port strawberry, persimmon, pork, trout, mountains and the rich rice Address: 86-1 Furukuchi, oyster, flounder, shrimp, crab, sea for sake making. You may find Sankyo Warehouse C Tozawa-mura, Mogami-gun, comparing sake from different Yamagata bream You can find the symbols of local producers to be very Tel: 0233-72-2001 Sakata, the twelve warehouses entertaining. Open: 9:30am to 3:30pm at built in 1893, as you walk Furukuchi port Mt. Chokai B among the rows of beautiful URL: http://www.blf.co.jp Mt. Chokai, also called "Dewa Zelkova trees. Inside the Fuji" for its phenomenally property has souvenir hall and Yunohama Hot Spring F beautiful volcanic peak, is the rice history museum of the port highest mountain in Yamagata city. Atsumi Hot Spring G Prefecture. It is perfect for Yutagawa Hot Spring Contact: Sakata Tourism and H hiking, offering seasonal Products Association Shonai is gifted with quality sceneries. When the weather Address: 1-1-20 Sankyomachi, hot springs. Yunohama, is beautiful, you can see Mt. Sakata-city, Yamagata Atsumi, and Yutagawa each Chokai's shadow reflecting Tel: 0234-24-2233 one has its own history. They over the Japan Sea at dawn. Open: 9am to 6pm (souvenir hall), offer options in location (sea, 9am to 5pm (museum) Contact: Yuza Chokai Tourist river, and mountain) and spring Closed: January 1st Association quality to choose from or you Tel: 0234-72-5666 10 Gourmet Stops Recommend by the Locals can enjoy them all! Al-ché-cciano 1 Men-kobo 2 Hagurosan Saikan 3 Ooi-mochiya 4 “Flat Genkina Hamamise” 5 Yuza Curry 6 Koeido Seikaho 7 Kumura no Sakaba 8 Mogamigawa 9 Amarume Hotel 10 Where Italian Meets Sarashina Sacred Vegetarian Enjoy the Local Grandma’s at Chokai Road Station Healthy Curry Fresh and Fruity Gelato Using Slip into Nostalgic Oshin Bento(boxed lunch) Heartwarming Incredible Shonai Ingredients When in Sakata, Cuisine in Historical Serenity Traditional Cooking Fresh Fish, Grilled or Fried! with NO Preservatives Local Natural Ingredients Time and Place It’s worth reserving! Home Cooking Using Locally Eat as the Locals Eat with a Glass of Sake Sourced Ingredients This Italian restaurant Sakata Ramen is a signature Inside one of the rebuilt parts Traditional Japanese café This shop Yuza-machi is noted for The gelato is made mainly Locals have cherished this Filled with signature food of This Japanese style inn was showed Japan that Shonai dish in Shonai. Sarashina”is of the Dewa Sanzan Shrine, provides confectionary using offers delicious vegetable production such as with local ingredients, using “izakaya” (Japanese bar) Mogami and Shonai, it will be founded a 100 years ago with has incredible food. The a unique restaurant that you can enjoy the local food “mochi” (glutinous rice) as the tempura, red peppers, and this restaurant no additives or preservatives. since its opening in 1961. a great accompaniment, as a reputation for delicious home locally sourced ingredients serves rich and creamy passed down for generations. main ingredient. The combo grilled fish, serves“Seasonal Vegetable A happy dessert for all Japanese bar favorites you gaze at the river scenery. cooking. The young owner, daily delivered to Chef “tonkotsu" (pork broth) You can stay overnight. set is highly recommended. as well as other Curry”. This healthy curry has family members. One cup accompany a variety of local Reservation required 3 days Ms. Nami Kawamura entices Okuda, write a seasonal ramen. fresh seafood caught from the over 10 kinds of vegetables is 380JPY (including tax). “sake”. Ask Toshie-san for in advance. her guests with Japanese menu each day. Address: 33 Toge, Address: 220 Yokoyama, local fishing cooperatives. as toppings. Offered only between July recommendation. Mogami Kyo Basho Line Kanko home cooking menu. Address: 5-4-40 Kamegasaki, Haguro-machi Toge, Mikawa-machi Yokoyama, Lines of fresh seafood deli to mid-October. at Furukuchi Port Address: 83 Yamazoe Sakata city, Yamagata Tsurukoka city, Yamagata Higashitagawa-gun, Yamagata made by the local moms Address: 1F at Yuza JR station, Address:1-41 Address: 86-1 Furukuchi, Address: 114 Sawada, Amarume, Ichirizuka, Tsuruoka city, Tel: 0234-24-2258 Tel: 0235-62-2357 Tel: 0235-66-2050 brighten up the shop. 19-18 Ishida, Yuza, Address: 187 Kaidoomote, Kotobuki-cho, Sakata Tozawa-mura, Mogami-gun, Shonai-machi, Higashitagawa-gun, Yamagata