[Yamagata Prefecture] Japan Shopping Festival in Tohoku

Yamagata Prefecture, with the great "Mogami River" running through it. During the Edo period, transport via boat developed, and Kyoto's culture was conveyed through the riverways to West Japan. The production of fruits such as cherries flourishes there, and many restaurants which provide the thick, wild "nihon soba" can be found.

■Activities that can only be done here

Slowly moving along "monotone world" in a boat

Mogami Canyon is a scenic valley located in the middle areas of the Mogami River. In winter, snow blankets the whole area, creating a monotone world as far as the eye can see. Cruising down the river in small boats, called "Funa-Kudari", are popular here, especially during the winter season from December to the end of March, when “kotatsu boats” are available so you can warm your feet under a table on the deck. Please enjoy this precious winter-only experience of warming your feet under the kotatsu and enjoying the beauty of the canyon with the boatman's lighthearted guidance.

Mogami Kyobashou Line Tourism Co.,Ltd.

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■Gourmet dishes you can only eat here

Hirata Bokujo's tonkatsu - Enjoy the rich taste of brand-name pork as "tonkatsu"

"Hirata Bokujo" raises pigs in Sakata City, Yamagata Prefecture and operates a tonkatsu restaurant using its own pork, as a franchise. The Hirata Bokujo's "raised on Japanese rice" Sangen-ton and Kinka-ton are sustainable pork raised with sustainable practices.

They use carefully selected ingredients for bread crumbs, so the outside is crunchy, while the inside stays juicy. A homemade sauce as well as seaweed salt produced in Yamagata Prefecture is available for you to enjoy a change in flavor.

Tonkatsu to Butaniku Ryori Hirata Bokujou Hotel Metropolitan Yamagata Branch

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Tama konjac -- a taste familiar to the people of Yamagata for a long time

"Tama konjac" is konjac shaped into balls of approximately 3cm each. In Yamagata Prefecture's food culture, tama konjac stewed in a soy sauce-flavored broth is skewered on a stick and sold at festivals, tourist destinations, etc.

"Narageshuku Tanno Konjac", a restaurant dedicated to konjac dishes, located in Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture serves konjac-based kaiseki cuisine as well as tama konjac and konjac dishes.

Narageshuku Tanno Konjac

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