Best Winter Destinations In Yamagata
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These fir trees covered with snow and ice have so strange shapes that they're called 'Ice Monster'! On every around February, you can enjoy snow trees, skiing and walking at the top of the mountains in Zao, Yamagata Pref.◎Access: take bus from Yamagata Station to Zao Onsen Hot Spring Town. Parking lot is available for cars. Take ropeway from Zao Onsen, and you can see the snow trees from the mountain top. By the way, humid coldness is unbearable, you must make doubly sure for winter clothes!
The Risshaku-ji shrine is known as a mountain shrine appears in haiku composed by Basho. Its snowscape is as good as the season of singing cicadas. When you visit the shrine, please be careful where you step.
Name
Houjyu-san Risshaku-ji Temple
Address
4456-1 Yamadera Yamagata-shi Yamagata, Yamagata-shi, YamagataGoogle Map
Tel
023-695-2843
Hours
8:00-17:00
How to get there
By car, 15 min from Yamagata North IC, 30 min from Yamagata Station, 30 min from Yamagata Airport. 10 min walk from Yamadera Station.
