We journey the JR Hakushin and Uetsu Main Lines of Niigata and Yamagata Prefectures in search of traditional food culture in one of Japan's major rice-producing regions. At Niigata Station we ...

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

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.

with the ratio of first-grade rice dropping 30 percentage points to 62.6 percent in Akita Prefecture and 41.7 points to 54.7 percent in Yamagata Prefecture. Nationwide, 11 prefectures saw the ...

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 ...