Culture Old Kaneko Family House Bonson Lam The Old Kaneko Family House Museum, built in the Edo period, showcases traditional motifs and interior designs from that era.
Culture Kanto Festival Center Bonson Lam Even if you can't come to the Kanto Matsuri in August, you can experience the daredevil skills and talents all year round in..
Food Akita Dining at Kamakura-ya Bonson Lam Experience how food and nature is celebrated in Akita folklore.
Culture Yamabushi Walking on Dewa Sanzan Alena Eckelmann Shugendo (literally the “way of testing and training”) is a mountain religion unique to Japan. Its practitioners are referred ..
Accommodation Shukubo Temple Lodging at Mount Haguro Alena Eckelmann Stay at a temple overnight and try Shojin Ryori, a vegetarian cuisine eaten by Buddhist monks, at Dewa Sanzan in Yamagata Prefecture..
Activities Trekking on Mount Zao Alena Eckelmann Zao Mountain - Trekking across a volcanic landscape in summer and skiing in winter, plus winding down in hotspring waters.
Area Zao Onsen Zao Onsen (Zao hotspring) is one of the oldest hot springs in the northeastern part of the Tohoku region, in Yamagata Prefecture. It is claimed that this onsen was discovered some 1,900 years..
Transportation Riding the Waves of Mogami River Alena Eckelmann Mogami River and the Sankyo Rice Warehouses in Sakata City provided authentic scenery for the popular 1983 NHK Taiga Drama "Oshin"..