8 Culture Akita City Port Tower Selion Bonson Lam Take in panoramic views from the Mount Chokai to the seas heading to Siberia from Port Tower Selion Akita
20 Culture Yamadera Colours in Autumn Amber Mezbourian Atmospheric in every season, Yamadera is perhaps at its most beautiful in early November when the leaves turn a variety of rich..
Food Sou Sou - Soba Time Travel Amber Mezbourian Sou Sou, in Kaneyama, is no ordinary soba restaurant. Step inside and you'll feel as though you've been transported back..
Area Iide Iide Town is a small town in the southern part of Yamagata Prefecture. The town is surrounded by four mountain ranges: Zao Renbo, Azuma Renbo, Azahi Renbo and Iide Renbo. The 8,000 people or so..
7 Nightlife Ship Street Cafe, Sendai Keith Wyss Ship Street Cafe offers a wide range of own drink creations ranging from cocktails to smoothies. There's finger food, snacks..
Shopping Daruma Ichi Market in Shirakawa Stephanie Marley Wander the streets of old castle town Shirakawa, and from the hundreds of myriad sizes and colours, choose which Daruma will help..
Activities Zao Ski Resort Alena Eckelmann Zao Ski Resort, snow monsters and great onsen, all just a Shinkansen ride away
Culture Watarai Honten Sake Brewery Alena Eckelmann Watarai Honten Sake Brewery. Dewa no yuki-one of the best sake brews in Dewa Sanzan and the favorite of Japan's Prime Ministers..
