Yamagata households spent an average of 22,389 yen (about $148) on eating ramen out in 2024, ranking first among Japan's 47 ...

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

A Japanese sake brewer has taken to burying bottles of the alcohol in the snow for a couple of months, saying it produces a ...

We journey the JR Hakushin and Uetsu Main Lines of Niigata and Yamagata Prefectures in search ... At Niigata Station we sample sake from the dizzying array on offer. We visit an old brewery ...

TENDO, Yamagata Prefecture--Serious rice wine drinkers overseas tend to fall over themselves trying to get their hands on “ginjo” high-quality sake produced by Dewazakura Sake Brewery Co.