The Nagai Kurojishi Festival is the biggest and most important festival in Nagai, Yamagata and cannot be missed if you want to truly experience the city!
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The Yamagata Hanagasa Festival is Yamagata's biggest festival, and one of the four great festivals of the Tohoku region!
Yamagata Safflower, also known as "Benibana" is the symbolic flower of Yamagata Prefecture and is ingrained deeply in Yamagata culture.
Jingisukan is a delicious Japanese lamb dish from Yamagata that gets its name from the great Mongolian Genghis Khan.
Located in Takahata City, Yamagata, Akutsu Hachiman Shrine is said to have brought victory in battle and a bountiful harvest to the region for centuries.