1photosDiscover Sasano Ittobori crafts and fire walking at the Sasano Kannon Jushichido Festival
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Grounds of Sasano Kannon Temple
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8photosCompare chrysanthemum dolls with around 1,000 pots at the Flower Park venue of the Nanyo Chrysanthemum Festival
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1096 Sanmadori, Nanyo City, Yamagata Prefecture
Free
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5photosSkewers and a raffle at Michi-no-Eki Mogami “Attshe”’s 3rd Anniversary Festival
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Final day
1469-50 Yanaginohara, Shimo, Mogami Town, Yamagata Prefecture — Michi-no-Eki Mogami “Attshe”
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2photosYonezawa’s Uesugi Snow Lantern Festival, lit by snow lanterns and snow bonbori
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Final day
Grounds of Uesugi Shrine and the Matsugasaki Park area
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1photosYear-end in Tsuruoka: Daruma Market at Nanokamachi Kannon-do, with lucky rakes and kiri sansho
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Nanokamachi Kannon-do
Free
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4photosReference photoEnjoy locally grown new soba and “kaimochi” at the Oishida Town New Soba Festival
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Final day
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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2photosReference photoPrayers for giant torches and new fire at the summit of Mount Haguro
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Final day
Sanjin Gosaiden, summit of Mount Haguro
The listed price is “free,” but its scope is not specified.
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8photosReference photoDiscover chrysanthemum dolls and a long tradition of cultivation at the 114th Nanyo Chrysanthemum Festival in Yamagata
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Miyauchi venue (around Kumano Taisha Shrine)
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3photosReference photoDiscover award-winning kokeshi and artisan skills at the 45th Michinoku Kokeshi Festival
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Final day
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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2photosOnogawa Onsen Kamakura Village: Enjoy Yonezawa Ramen Amid Winter Snow
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Onogawa Onsen town
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2photosYonezawa’s Horowa-do Year-End Festival, with songs of mochi pounding
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Horowa-do at Sengenji Temple
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