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Where to stay in Yamagata Prefecture
This guide covers 5 destinations in Yamagata Prefecture, a first-level administrative division of Japan, with 35 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Yamagata, Tsuruoka and Sakata. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Yamagata Airport (GAJ).
- Destinations in this guide
- 5
- Places to stay
- 35
- Main airport
- GAJYamagata Airport
- Currency
- JPYyen
- Time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
Destinations
Destinations in Yamagata Prefecture
Every destination in this guide in Yamagata Prefecture, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
Where to stay
Places to stay in Yamagata Prefecture
2 places to stay in Yamagata Prefecture from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Where |
|---|---|
| Toyoko Inn Yamagata-eki Nishi-guchi hotel | Yamagata |
| Toyoko Inn Yonezawa Ekimae hotel | Yonezawa |
Where to stay
More hotels in Yamagata Prefecture
33 hotels in Yamagata Prefecture recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| MIRAINI | Sakata | 2022 |
| ヒルズサンピア山形 | Yamagata | |
| ホテルメトロポリタン山形 | Yamagata | 1993 |
| Active Resorts Miyagi ZAO | Yamagata | |
| Akayu Onsen Gotenmori | Yonezawa | |
| Comfort Hotel Tendo | Tendō | |
| Comfort Hotel Yamagata | Yamagata | |
| Gokan No Yu Tsuruya | Yamagata | |
| Hohoemino Kuyufu Tsuruya | Tendō | |
| Hotel Koyo | Yamagata | |
| Hotel Route-Inn Yamagata Ekimae | Yamagata | |
| Hotel Symphony Annex | Tendō | |
| Meigetsuso | Yamagata | |
| Morinoyu | Yonezawa | |
| Omiya Ryokan | Yamagata | |
| Richmond Hotel Yamagata Ekimae | Yamagata | |
| Sakunami Onsen Yuzukushi Salon Ichinobo | Tendō | |
| Senkeien Tsukioka Hotel | Yamagata | |
| Shouhakutei Azumaso | Tendō | |
| Tachibanaya | Tsuruoka | |
| Takamiya Bettei Kuon | Tsuruoka | |
| Takamiya Hotel Rurikura Resort | Yamagata | |
| Takamiya Ryokan Miyamaso | Yamagata | |
| Takasagoya Ryokan | Yamagata | |
| Takinoyu Hotel | Tendō | |
| Umibe no Oyado Ikkyu | Tsuruoka | |
| Wakaba Ryokan | Sakata | |
| Wakamatsuya | Yamagata | |
| Yamagata Kokusai Hotel | Yamagata | |
| Yoshidaya Ryokan | Yamagata |
When to go
Best time to visit Yamagata Prefecture
From the climate of 5 destinations in Yamagata Prefecture with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 5 | 2 °C | 91 mm |
| February | 0 of 5 | 3 °C | 63 mm |
| March | 0 of 5 | 7 °C | 80 mm |
| April | 0 of 5 | 14 °C | 89 mm |
| May | 0 of 5 | 20 °C | 99 mm |
| June | 0 of 5 | 24 °C | 122 mm |
| July | 0 of 5 | 27 °C | 202 mm |
| August | 0 of 5 | 29 °C | 178 mm |
| September | 0 of 5 | 24 °C | 169 mm |
| October | 0 of 5 | 17 °C | 128 mm |
| November | 0 of 5 | 11 °C | 96 mm |
| December | 0 of 5 | 5 °C | 95 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Yamagata Prefecture
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Yamagata Prefecture name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
GAJ · Yamagata Airport
SYO · Shonai Airport
SDJ · Sendai Airport
AXT · Akita Airport
FKS · Fukushima Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Yamagata Prefecture, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Japan
Nearby
Regions near Yamagata Prefecture
Other regions of Japan with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.