Culture Ishidan Marathon at Mount Haguro Rashaad Jorden The Ishidan Marathon is an event held in Haguro that takes runners to the summit of Mount Haguro.
Festivals Yamagata Snow Festival Mandy Bartok Yamagata hosts a winter festival on the first weekend of February 2017.
Culture Hanagasa Matsuri Hannah Warren Hanagasa Matsuri is a dance festival which originiated in Obanazawa but is now celebrated across Yamagata every summer.
Culture Shinjo Matsuri Hannah Warren Shinjo, in Yamagata, hosts this annual festival in which giant floats are paraded through the city.