Sights in Sakata, Yamagata

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• Tobishima Island

  

  Sakata, Yamagata · 0234-26-5759

  A remote island "Hishima" where you can interact with nature and people.

• Tamasudare Falls

  

  Sakata, Yamagata · 0234-64-3111

  These dramatic vertical falls over a sheer cliff face were a location for ascetic Zen training

• Sankyo Soko Storehouse

  

  Sakata, Yamagata · 0234-24-2994

  These functioning rice storehouses form a picturesque view with their black wooden walls lined with a row of Keyaki trees

• Kaikoji Temple

  

  Sakata, Yamagata · 0234-22-4264

  https://yamagatakanko.com/en/attractions/detail_11841.html

• Somaro (Maiko Teahouse and Takehisa Yumeji Museum)

  

  Sakata, Yamagata · 0234-21-2310

  The renovated Somaya, Sakata's leading restaurant since the Edo period, reopened in 2000. Its wooden main house was built around surviving storehouses after the 1894 Shonai earthquake fire and is a registered cultural property.

• Hiyoriyama Park

  

  Sakata, Yamagata · 0234-26-5745

  Learn about the historic port town of Sakata at this park with an iconic white lighthouse and traditional white sailing ship!

• Homma Art Museum

  

  Sakata, Yamagata · 0234-24-4311

  The museum's main building, Seienkaku, was built in 1813 and faces the Kakubuen scenic garden, with a new wing completed in 1968. It once hosted the Shonai domain lords and shogunate officials, and later imperial family members.

• Former Honma Family Residence

  

  Sakata, Yamagata · 0234-22-3562

  Feel the spirit of simplicity and fortitude at the residence of Japan’s richest merchant!