7 Sights in Yamagata, Japan (with Map and Images)

The Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum was established in 1989 as part of the cultural building boom in Yamagata, Japan celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the founding of the city. About 20 minutes by train from Yamagata Station, it sits on the south side of the steep river valley facing Yamadera to the north, the historic temple founded in 860, a sightseeing destination.

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The Mogami Yoshiaki Historical Museum is a museum in the city of Yamagata in northern Japan just outside the reconstructed Great Eastern Gate of Yamagata Castle. It focuses on the place in history of Mogami Yoshiaki and his role in building the foundations of present-day Yamagata. The museum opened on 1 December 1989 in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of modern Yamagata City. Its purpose is to preserve and study, display and make accessible to the public historical items from Yoshiaki's time when the Yamagata Domain was the fifth largest feudal domain in Japan. Armory, swords and firearms from the historic battles of the 16th century and later are exhibited, along with art works, old maps of the castle town and official documents connected with the Mogami clan and its history. Among the museum's most prized items exhibited are the large standing screen of the Battle of Hasedo, and Mogami Yoshiaki's helmet and battle command baton. There are also special exhibitions of old and modern swords. The museum has English information on the exhibits available. Admission is free. The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and is closed Mondays.

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Choukai Gassan Ryoshogu is a shrine located in Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture. Its former status was that of a prefectural shrine, and it is currently a designated shrine of the Association of Shinto Shrines. It is also known as Yoshikoto Shrine and Buke Yoshikoto Shrine.

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Gandozan is a mountain located on the border of Kawasaki Town in Shibata District, Miyagi Prefecture, and Yamagata City in Yamagata Prefecture. It forms a twin peak with Minami Gandozan, which has an elevation of 1486 meters.

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Yamagata Castle is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in the center of the city of Yamagata, eastern Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Edo period, Yamagata Castle was the headquarters for the daimyō of Yamagata Domain. The castle was also known as "Ka-jō" (霞城). The castle grounds are protected as a National Historic Site by the Japanese government

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Yamagata Museum of Art opened in Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, in 1964. The Museum's annex opened in 1968. In 1985 the new three-story main building opened; the annex was renovated the following year. The collection includes works by Manet, Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, and Takahashi Yuichi, as well as Yosa Buson's six-panel byōbu of 1779, Oku no Hosomichi. Many of these Impressionist works are from the collection of Yoshino Gypsum Co., Ltd , deposited at the Museum.

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The Shima ruins is an archaeological site containing the ruins of a Kofun period settlement located in what is now part of the city of Yamagata in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. The site received protection as a National Historic Site of Japan in 1966.

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