Fishing of "kandara" cod, a winter delicacy representing the Shonai region of northern Japan's Yamagata Prefecture, is in full s･･･ ...

Yamagata–based travel specialist The Hidden Japan has launched a new collection of multi-day tours showcasing local crafts ...

The Tohoku region has become an increasingly popular destination among tourists from countries and regions that observed the ...

The JMA said linear rain bands have formed in the Shonai and Mogami areas of Yamagata Prefecture ... said the rainfall expected in the Tohoku region during the 24-hour period ending at noon ...

The areas affected include the Shonai and Mogami region in northern Yamagata Prefecture, and southern Akita Prefecture, by the Yamagata border. The rain in the Tohoku region has diminished ...

Yamagata Prefecture, some 300 kilometers north of Tokyo, is a mountainous region. Around 70% of its land covered by forests and to this day it boasts a long tradition of using that wood in its ...

Suspended 15 meters above the ground from a launch point just below the 482-meter summit of Mount Jyubuichi in Yamagata Prefecture, I am standing huddled in a basket beneath the bright geometric ...

At Zao Onsen Ski Resort in the city of Yamagata, ice trees conveying a feeling of winter are at their best. Ice trees are formed when snow and ice repeatedly stick to Maries' fir trees on Mount ...