Festivals Yamagata Snow Festival Feb 1st - Feb 3rd Yamagata hosts a winter festival on the first weekend of February 2017.
Culture Hanagasa Matsuri Aug 5th - Aug 7th Hanagasa Matsuri is a dance festival which originiated in Obanazawa but is now celebrated across Yamagata every summer.
Culture Shinjo Matsuri Aug 24th - Aug 26th Shinjo, in Yamagata, hosts this annual festival in which giant floats are paraded through the city.
Culture Ishidan Marathon at Mount Haguro Tuesday - Oct 20th The Ishidan Marathon is an event held in Haguro that takes runners to the summit of Mount Haguro.