Festivals Kurokawa Noh Alena Eckelmann Kurokawa, a small village near the mountains of Dewa Sanzan in Yamagata Prefecture, is preserving a 500-year-old tradition of Noh theater
Museums Watarai Honten Sake Brewery Alena Eckelmann Dewa no yuki-one of the best sake brews in Dewa Sanzan and the favorite of Japan's Prime Ministers
Culture The Mummy of Dainichibo Temple Alena Eckelmann The Dewa Sanzan area is a mystical land of mountain ascentics and of "living Buddhas"- monks who mummified themselves in order to achieve enlightenment
Culture Zenpoji Temple in Tsuruoka Rashaad Jorden If you're on your way to Yunohama Beach, or to the popular onsen nearby
Culture Ishidan Marathon at Mount Haguro 2024 Late Oct But come mid-October, the lowest of the Dewa Sanzan mountains (“The Three... far from over—organizers then shoo the finishers into the nearby Dewa Sanzan
9 Arts & Crafts Chikeiken's Hidden Treasures Alena Eckelmann farmers in a so-called "fruit village" at the foot of the Dewa Sanzan
Culture Mount Haguro Alena Eckelmann Mount Haguro is one of three mountains that make up Dewa Sanzan, “the three... It is said that Dewa Sanzan was opened as a religious center in 593 by
Culture Wara Craft Master Saito-san Alena Eckelmann Naruse-san from the Haguro Tourism Office, who is also a Dewa Sanzan yamabushi... children and interested groups of people as well as to visitors to the Dewa Sanzan