Introducing tourist facilities around Montview Yonezawa
Yonezawa, a town full of historical romance and travel with famous military commanders such as Uesugi Shrine dedicated to Kenshin Uesugi, Keiji Maeda and Masamune Date.
In winter, cold is severe and it is designated as a special heavy snowfall area, but you can enjoy skiing and hot springs.
During the other seasons, you can enjoy plenty of blessed wilderness, and the Uesugi Festival is a popular sightseeing area throughout the year, such as the Kai procession and Kawanakajima Battle.
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Uesugi Shrine
Established at the ruins of the Yonezawa Castle Honmaru Oku-goden.
The current main shrine is designed by Chuta Ito from Yonezawa city, who is known as the designer of Meiji Jingu shrine and Heian Jingu.
In addition, about 1,000 items such as Uesugi family historical treasures and cultural assets are stored and displayed at the "Keishouden" on the site.
Approx. 10 minutes walk from the hotel. -
Keishouden
The "Keishouden" on the site of Uesugi Shrine stores and displays about 1000 items such as Uesugi family treasures and cultural assets.
It is a treasure hall at Uesugi Shrine, displaying a wide variety of treasures from the Uesugi family, such as armor, swords, paintings, books, and clothing. The number of goods is the highest in Tohoku area.
Approx. 10 minutes walk from the hotel. -
"Denkoku no Mori" Yonezawa Uesugi Museum
Thousands of valuable items and national treasures related to Uesugi are stored.
The exhibition room is divided into a "regular exhibition room" and a "special exhibition room", and the regular exhibition room is mainly composed of the "Yonezawa city as Okitama in the Edo period" centering on the history and culture of Uesugi.
In the special exhibition room, there will be exhibitions about the history of Okitama, Uesugi culture, and other history and art, as well as artists and works related to the hometown.
Approx. 10 minutes walk from the hotel. -
Uesugi Earl's House
The Uesugi Earl's House was built in 1899 in the former ruins of the former Yonezawa Castle Ninomaru, as Mochinori's House the 14th generation of the Uesugi family.
At that time, it was a magnificent mansion with about 5,000 tsubo and 530 tsubo. (About 3.3m2 or 35.5 ft2, equivalent to the area of two tatami mats.)
However, it was burnt down in the Yonezawa Great Fire in 1919. In 1925, a bronze-plated, cypress-built building made of a cypress and a garden erected by the Tokyo Hamarikyu were completed.
The designer is Seiichiro Nakajo, and the construction is a work by famous Eizo Ebe.
Formerly known as the Kakumeikan, it was a royal residence, and was a cultural property worthy residence.
Among the nationally designated cultural assets, you can enjoy Yonezawa traditional local cuisine that comes from Mr. Takayama Uesugi with Yonezawa beef.
Enjoy a meal that only Yonezawa has to offer at the historic residence of Mr. Mochinori the 14th Earl of Uesugi Family.
It faces the south of Uesugi Shrine, the best place for lunch.
Approx. 10 minutes walk from the hotel. -
Tomb of Uesugi Family
A grave where Kenshin Uesugi of the first generation of the Uesugi family is buried.
Inside the tomb, the cedars of the successive lords are lined up in an orderly manner in the cedar trees, and the atmosphere is full of forest.
The Yonezawa lord Uesugi family tomb is known by the citizens as the graveyard is called the "Gobyo", "Byousho", "Gobyousho" or "Otamaya".
In addition, the place name of "Gobyo" is used for the neighborhood areas.
Approx. 6 minutes by car from the hotel. -
Kasugasan Rinsenji Temple
A post town that flourished during the Edo period as a place for Oshu Daimyo's attendance change. The features of those days remain dark and there are quaint thatched roof houses.
Approx. 6 minutes by car from the hotel. -
Former Yonezawa High School (current Yamagata University Faculty of Engineering)
Completed in July 1943 as the main building of the former Yonezawa Institute of Technology, the predecessor of the Faculty of Engineering at Yamagata University. It is said to have been designed by an Englishman and is a beautiful two-story wooden building in the Renaissance style. Nationally designated important cultural property. The building interior is not open to the public.
Approx. 5 minutes by car from the hotel. -
Nase BA
Nase BA, which consists of a library and a citizen gallery, enhances the quality of citizens' cultural life, realizes a "town where culture is revived" and regenerates the bustle of the city center, which is the face of the city. It is a base that forms an "interchangeable town" and is positioned as a facility that plays a role in forming the core of new city development in Motoichi that promotes liveliness and town development.
Nase BA, which consists of a library and a citizen gallery, enhances the quality of citizens' cultural life and realizes a "Culture-loving Town". It will be a base to recreate the bustle of the city center and form a "Town where citizens interact actively". Nase BA is the center of a lively town.
0 minute walk from the hotel. -
Toko Sake Museum
A museum where an old sake brewery is used to display and preserve old sake breweries and sake brewing tools. There is also a tasting and sales of sake. A sake brewery with a 400-year history, the largest storehouse in Tohoku.
Approx. 4 minutes by car from the hotel. -
Tengendai Plateau
You can enjoy trekking, tennis, and grass skiing in summer, skiing and snowboarding on the slopes of powder snow in winter season. Tengendai Plateau has a facility called "Albu Tengendai" with a restaurant.
Approx. 4 minutes by car from the hotel. -
Zao
A vast mountain range located in the southern part of the Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures, in the Ouu Mountains that stretch from north to south in the center of the Tohoku region.
It is an active volcano in the stratified volcano group of basalt and andesite, and is included in 47 volcanoes that are always observed by the Japan Meteorological Agency.
There are hot springs and ski resorts in the supporting area, which is one of the main tourist spots in both prefectures Miyagi and Yamagata.
Approx. 60 minutes by car from the hotel. -
Uesugi Snow Lantern Festival (February)
A museum that uses an old sake brewery to display and preserve the appearance of old sake breweries and sake brewing tools. There is also a tasting and sales corner. A sake brewery with a 400-year history, the largest storehouse in Tohoku.
Approx. 10 minutes walk from the hotel. -
Yonezawa Uesugi Festival (April to May)
The Yonezawa Uesugi Festival begins with the spring festival of Matsugasaki Shrine, which enshrines the Uesugi Kenshin, Yonezawa Uesugi family's ancestor, the famous Uesugi Takayama, Uesugi Kagekatsu, and Naoe Kanetsugu. During the period, the city is colored in a festival and excited about many events.
Approx. 15 minutes walk from the hotel.
