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Yamagata City
Yamagata Prefecture · City
- Core city
- Prefectural capital
Official websiteYamagata Prefecture page
Yamagata City is the prefectural capital of Yamagata Prefecture, and its urban area spreads over an alluvial fan in the southeastern Yamagata Basin. It developed as the castle town of Yamagata Castle (Kajo) of the Mogami clan, and the Bunshokan, a Western-style building from the Taisho era, remains. Yama-dera (Risshaku-ji Temple), linked to Matsuo Basho, and Zao Onsen, known for its snow monsters (frost-covered trees), are also in the city.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
Live information
Current weather (observed)
Places to visit
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
Mountains in this city
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Yamagata Prefecture
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