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Yamagata PrefectureUpcoming

Discover Yamanobe Town’s industries and food at the Yamanobe Marugoto Festival

Opening day202611.03Tue

Final day202611.03Tue

Around Yamanobe Town General Gymnasium

Please check official announcements for admission requirements.

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Yamagata PrefectureUpcoming

Discover Sasano Ittobori crafts and fire walking at the Sasano Kannon Jushichido Festival

Opening day202701.17Sun

Final day202701.17Sun

Grounds of Sasano Kannon Temple

Please check official announcements for admission requirements.

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Yamagata PrefectureCurrently ongoing

Visit 15 noodle restaurants in Kaminoyama, collect stamps and enter a year-end prize draw

Opening day202609.01Tue

Final day202612.31Thu

Participating members of the Kaminoyama Noodle Restaurant Association in Kaminoyama, Yamagata Prefecture

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Yamagata PrefectureCurrently ongoing

Compare chrysanthemum dolls with around 1,000 pots at the Flower Park venue of the Nanyo Chrysanthemum Festival

Opening day202610.20Tue

Final day202611.08Sun

1096 Sanmadori, Nanyo City, Yamagata Prefecture

Free

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Yamagata PrefectureCurrently ongoing

Take a substitute bus to Sakaida Station and visit Basho’s Hojin no Ie for free

Opening day202607.01Wed

Final day202611.30Mon

Mogami Town, Yamagata Prefecture

Admission is free for eligible passengers who hand the free ticket from the substitute bus to the attendant at Hojin no Ie.

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Family & Hands-on

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Yamagata PrefectureUpcoming

Skewers and a raffle at Michi-no-Eki Mogami “Attshe”’s 3rd Anniversary Festival

Opening day202611.07Sat

Final day202611.08Sun

1469-50 Yanaginohara, Shimo, Mogami Town, Yamagata Prefecture — Michi-no-Eki Mogami “Attshe”

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Yamagata PrefectureUpcoming

Yonezawa’s Uesugi Snow Lantern Festival, lit by snow lanterns and snow bonbori

Opening day202702.13Sat

Final day202702.14Sun

Grounds of Uesugi Shrine and the Matsugasaki Park area

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Yamagata PrefectureUpcoming

Year-end in Tsuruoka: Daruma Market at Nanokamachi Kannon-do, with lucky rakes and kiri sansho

Opening day202612.17Thu

Final day202612.17Thu

Nanokamachi Kannon-do

Free

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Yamagata PrefectureUpcoming

Take in snowy panoramas and night illuminations at Zao’s Snow Monsters

Opening day202612.25Fri

Final day202702.28Sun

Along the Zao Ropeway Sancho Line and around Jizo Sancho Station

Please check official announcements for admission requirements.

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Winter Illuminations

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Yamagata PrefectureUpcoming

Enjoy locally grown new soba and “kaimochi” at the Oishida Town New Soba Festival

Opening day202610.31Sat

Final day202611.01Sun

Special venue at Cross-Cultural Plaza “Keio Kaikan” (in front of the town office)

Advance and same-day ticket prices are listed for adults. Each ticket includes a soba exchange voucher.

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Yamagata PrefectureUpcoming

Prayers for giant torches and new fire at the summit of Mount Haguro

Opening day202612.31Thu

Final day202612.31Thu

Sanjin Gosaiden, summit of Mount Haguro

The listed price is “free,” but its scope is not specified.

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Yamagata PrefectureCurrently ongoing

Discover chrysanthemum dolls and a long tradition of cultivation at the 114th Nanyo Chrysanthemum Festival in Yamagata

Opening day202610.09Fri

Final day202611.08Sun

Miyauchi venue (around Kumano Taisha Shrine)

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Yamagata PrefectureUpcoming

Discover award-winning kokeshi and artisan skills at the 45th Michinoku Kokeshi Festival

Opening day202612.05Sat

Final day202612.06Sun

Exhibition Hall on the first floor of Yamagata International Exchange Plaza (Yamagata Big Wing)

Admission is free. Priority-entry tickets are to be distributed by lottery, according to the event information.

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Yamagata PrefectureUpcoming

Savor Tendo’s Hot Pot at the 32nd Tendo Winter Battle: Reiwa Nabe Gassen

Opening day202611.29Sun

Final day202611.29Sun

Multipurpose Plaza at Michi-no-Eki Tendo Onsen Wakuwaku Land

Admission is free. Food and drink cost extra, with prices varying by vendor.

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Food & Markets

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Yamagata PrefectureUpcoming

Yamagata’s Zao Juhyo Light-Up: Winter scenery glowing in the pitch-dark night

Opening day202612.26Sat

Final day202702.23Tue

Along the Zao Ropeway Jizo Sancho Line and near Jizo Sancho Station

A ropeway fare is required to view the juhyo, but the fare amount has not been confirmed.

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Winter Illuminations

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Yamagata PrefectureUpcoming

Onogawa Onsen Kamakura Village: Enjoy Yonezawa Ramen Amid Winter Snow

Opening day202701.15Fri

Final day202703.10Wed

Onogawa Onsen town

Please check official announcements for admission requirements.

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Yamagata PrefectureUpcoming

Yonezawa’s Horowa-do Year-End Festival, with songs of mochi pounding

Opening day202612.04Fri

Final day202612.04Fri

Horowa-do at Sengenji Temple

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Yamagata PrefectureUpcoming

Learn photography with Kohei Shikama in a 3-part workshop leading to an exhibition inside Q1

Opening day202611.14Sat

Final day202701.30Sat

Yamagata Creative City Center Q1

Tuition covers all three sessions. Costs related to exhibiting your work must be paid separately.

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Exhibitions & Art

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Yamagata PrefectureEnded

Experience daytime events and evening fireworks at the 3rd Yonezawa Sengoku Fireworks Festival 2026 at Yonezawa Municipal Baseball Stadium

Opening day202610.10Sat

Final day202610.10Sat

Yonezawa Municipal Baseball Stadium

Paid reserved seating: Kenshin-ko Seat 8,000円, Photographer Seat 8,000円, among others. Parking tickets sold separately at 4,000円 per vehicle. Check official information for capacity limits and conditions per seat category.

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