#yamagata prefecture

[redsamuraiii]

Autumn in Yamagata by zookomi0124

#autumn in japan #yamagata prefecture #japan #rural japan #japan countryside

[pepperbag76]

Ginzan Onsen

📷 kyoko1903

#japan #japanese #nippon #travel #sightseeing #ginzan onsen #yamagata #yamagata prefecture #winter #snow

[4eternal-life]

Toshio Shibata  /Japanese, b. 1949

1.  Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture, 2014 2. Totsukawa Village, Nara Prefecture, 2015 3.  Nagai City, Yamagata Prefecture, 2016

from Color Landscapes, 2003-

© Gallery Luisotti

#toshio shibata #japanese photography #Nara Prefecture #Yamanashi Prefecture #Yamagata Prefecture #landscape #photography #mu photo #mu

[aishiteru-kenshin]

( The Totoro Tree, Sakegawa, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan )

#My Neighbor Totoro #Japan #The Great Cedar of Kosugi #Sakegawa #Nippon #Yamagata Prefecture #Kosugi no Osugi #Studio Ghibli #Hayao Miyazaki #My Neighbour Totoro #Night #My GIFs #Tonari no Totoro #となりのトトロ

[googlemapsgems]

Yamagata Prefecture, Japan (courtesy of Google Maps via GeoGuessr)  

#Yamagata Prefecture #Japan #Asia #forest #landscape

[mothmiso]

Untitled (2) by Nick Chen

#statues #snow #winter #torii #cloudy #japan #yamagata prefecture #(I think? Can't read the sign but it might be Kaminoyama?)

[wetlandsday]

JAPAN - Ramsur site Oyama kamiike shimoike; Tsuruoka city; Yamagata prefecture.

Bird-watching on World Wetlands Day 2024 on Ramsur site Oyama kamiike shimoike Tsuruoka city Yamagata pref.Japan

Country : Japan Organizer : Tsruoka Sutainable Society Institute.

#Bird-watching #costal wetlands #birds habitat #Oyama kamiike shimoike Ramsar site #Yamagata prefecture #JAPAN #world wetlands day #2 february #Tsruoka Sutainable Society Institute

[nobu11051991]

Japan Association of Secret Onsen( Hot Spring)!

Japan Association of Secret Onsen( Hot Spring)! Hi I’m Nobu, I like traveling overseas and in Japan, visited 26 countries! I’m a National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter of English for 10 years. For the people who are interested in and planning trip to Japan ,I show you hidden local information which you have never seen and heard of through books and ordinary site! You will find…

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#Nishiya #Secret onsen #Tokyo travel tips #Yamagata prefecture #yonezawa

[tokidokitokyo]

山形県

Japanese Prefectures: Tohoku - Yamagata

都道府県 (とどうふけん) - Prefectures of Japan

Learning the kanji and a little bit about each of Japan’s 47 prefectures!

Kanji・漢字

山　やま、サン、セン　mountain

形　かた、かたち、なり、ケイ、ギョウ　shape, form

県　ケン　prefecture

東北　とうほく　north-east, Tohoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu)

Prefectural Capital (県庁所在地) : Yamagata (山形市)

Yamagata in southern Tohoku is known for natural beauty, impressive skiing, and hot springs. The prefecture is enclosed by the Sea of Japan to the west and mountains to the east, with port cities along the coast and secluded skiing and hot springs in the mountains. The mountain temple of Yamadera (or Risshakuji) was visited by the famous poet Basho and is the subject of one of the most famous haiku poems in Japan. The spectacular snow-covered trees in the mountainous areas are referred to as "snow monsters." The prefecture also produces 70% of Japan's cherries.

Recommended Tourist Spot・おすすめ観光スポット

Yamadera/Risshakuji - 山寺／立石寺

Photo by Tak1701d

Yamadera (also known as Risshakuji) is a scenic temple located in the mountains to the northeast of Yamagata City. The temple grounds extend high up a steep mountainside, from where there are great views down onto the valley. The temple was founded in 860 (during the Heian Period) as a temple of the Tendai sect under the official name Risshakuji. Its popular name, Yamadera, literally means "mountain temple." At the time of the founding, the area in Yamagata was at the northernmost national border.

Yamadera is also known for a visit in the late 1600s by the famous poet Basho, who composed one of his most famous haiku there. A statue of Basho and a rock inscription of his famous poem can be found in the lower area of the temple grounds. South of Yamadera and the train station there stands a museum dedicated to Basho that focuses on his trip to northern Japan. The main hall, Konponchudo Hall, is the oldest hall in the temple and houses a flame that is said to have been brought from Enryakuji in Kyoto and to have continued burning since the foundation of Yamadera.

A 30-minute hike up a stone path of 1000 steps that leads up the mountainside goes to the upper area of the temple grounds. There is a massive Mida Hora rock, shaped like Amida Buddha, at the top of the stone path, and past Niomon Gate is an open area with spectacular views into the valley. Past several of the temple buildings there are more stairs that lead up to the Godaido Hall, an observation deck with the best views onto the valley below. The building dates back to the early 1700s and extends out over the cliff.

Regional Cuisine - 郷土料理

Akebi (fruit of the Chocolate Vine) - アケビ（木通）

Philipp Franz von Siebold and Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini - Flora Japonica

The translucent white flesh with tiny black seeds inside of the akebi purple pod is eaten as fruit. It is relatively unknown that the purple pod can be cooked and eaten as well, but like a vegetable, not a fruit. Traditionally, akebi was viewed as a wild fruit that country kids plucked and ate from vines in Tohoku while playing in the mountains. As people became interested in discovering new and interesting culinary sensations, a variety of akebi that could be cultivated was developed about 20 years ago, centered in Yamagata prefecture. In Tohoku traditional akebi recipes did exist; the fruit was mixed with salt to pickle cucumber and was said to increase the sweetness (although akebi itself is not sweet), while the pod was stuffed, sauteed and deep fried.

In Akita Prefecture an herbal oil medicine was produced from the akebi seeds, but this is not a common practice. Interestingly, recent scientific research has shown the akebi to have antiseptic properties and to be a diuretic. Traditionally in Yamagata Prefecture, people believed that the spirits of ancestors returned to this world for Obon on a ship made of the akebi pod and offered akebi on the family Buddhist altar.

Akebi is in season for just two weeks or so in early autumn, and can be found in upscale grocery stores and specialty fruit boutiques. This makes it a rare delicacy.

Yamagata Dialect・Yamagata-ben・山形弁

Yamagata-ben, or the Yamagata dialect, is actually comprised of 4 different dialects, which are mostly comprehensible to their neighbors.

じぇじぇこほしい (jejeko hoshii)

Standard Japanese: お金が欲しい (okane ga hoshii) English: I want money

めんこださげ、ける (men ko dasage, keru)

Standard Japanese: いい子だから、これあげる (ii ko dakara, kore ageru) English: You're a good kid, so I'll give you this (present)

めーるさあがももつけておぐってみっか！ (meeru sa agamomo tsukete ogutte mikka!)

Standard Japanese: メールにハートマークを付けて送ってみようか！ (meeru ni haatomaaku wo tsukete okutte miyouka!) English: I'm going to try adding a heart to this text and send it!

ほだなさすかえない (hadana sasu kaenai)

Standard Japanese: そんなの気にしなくていい (sonna no ki ni shinakute ii) English: You don't have to worry about that

#japanese prefectures #日本語 #japanese #japanese language #japanese langblr #langblr #studyblr #都道府県 #山形県 #yamagata

[luzkro]

So my friends and I got curious on the Hetalia Japanese prefectures that have been recently reappearing and then stumbled upon the wiki so here they are (featuring my really bad low quality editing) and yes all of this took me half an hour (border by @/animatedglittergraphics-n-more)

Hokkaido region

Just Hokkaido and whatever is on his shoulder

Tohoku Region

Aomori looks like Aerica pre-hairdye star trek fan

Kanto Region

Chiba and Kangawa (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)

Chubu Region

Fukui kind of looks like Monaco, anyone else??

Kansai Region

Kyoto looks a bit like nyo Japan or that might just be me

Shikoku Region

According to my friends they look like boring protags/npcs

Kyushu Region

Nagasaki looks like younger vietnam

#Sofija's announcements #hetalia #aph #hws #aph japanese prefectures #aph hokkaido #aph aomori #aph iwate #aph miyagi #aph akita #aph yamagata #aph fukushima #aph ibaraki #aph tochigi #aph gunma #aph saitama #aph chiba #aph tokyo #aph kangawa #aph toyoma #aph ishikawa #aph fukui #aph mie #aph shiga #aph kyoto #aph osaka #aph hyogo #aph nara #aph wakayama #aph tokushima

[nordic-language-love]

tried to find an italki tutor from yamagata but looks like basically everyone’s from tokyo, osaka or hokkaido -_-

#it's nbd really #just would've been cool to talk to someone who lives there/originally comes from there about it #ask them questions and stuff #even if they're not from yamagata city but just from that prefecture #oh well #trying out some new tutors this coming week bc both my regulars are taking a break over christmas #and i'm like. i need to practise japanese before i go i cannot have 2 weeks break and then be launched at japan

[crossdreamers]

Japan Court Rules Trans Man Can Change Gender Marker Without Surgery

Them reports:

A Japanese court this week approved a transgender man’s legal gender change without first requiring sterilization, marking a major step forward for trans rights in the country. Takakito Usui, 50, won recognition of his gender before the Okayama Family Court’s Tsuyama branch on Wednesday. “I want to thank my family. I feel a new life is beginning,” Usui, a farmer living in the rural Yamagata Prefecture, said at a press conference on Wednesday following the ruling. Usui previously petitioned to change his legal gender in 2016, the paper noted, but was rejected because he had not been medically sterilized, as was then required under Japanese law. In October, Japan’s Supreme Court struck down the 2003 statute requiring trans people to be sterilized before obtaining legal recognition.

More here!

#transgender #trans #lgbt #lgbtqa #queer #japan #politics #ftm #trans man

[maruhi]

山形県庄内町 Shonai Town,Yamagata Prefecture

#japan #yamagata #shonaitown #cherry blossom

[maigeiko]

Tsuruoka, Minami district 鶴岡南廓 (Yamagata prefecture) Geisha, dancing at a local festival. 1918 Photo: Geisha Japan FB

#mg #1910s #Tsuruoka #geigi #geisha #geiko #maiko #hangyoku #kimono

[aishiteru-kenshin]

Ginzan Onsen | 銀山温泉 | “Silver Mountain Hot Spring”

A secluded hot spring town nestled in the mountains of Yamagata Prefecture, where the sun goes down and the gas lamps turn on.

#Japan #Ginzan Onsen #Yamagata Prefecture #Hot Springs #Onsen #銀山温泉 #Winter #Night #Architecture #Nippon

[googlemapsgems]

Yamagata Prefecture, Japan (courtesy of Google Maps via GeoGuessr)

#Yamagata Prefecture #Japan #Asia #people of google streetview