Yonezawa, Yamagata

Yonezawa (Japanese米 沢 市, -shi) is a city in Yamagata Prefecture in Japan.

The city is famous for its beef Yonezawa - gyu.

Geography

Yonezawa is located south of Yamagata and northwest of Fukushima.

History

Yonezawa is an old castle town in which the Uesugi (上杉) reigned until the Meiji Restoration. Yonezawa was raised on 1 April 1889 city.

Attractions

  • Castle Yonezawa
  • Yozan Shinto Shrine

Traffic

  • Roads: National Road 13
  • National Road 121.287
  • JR Yamagata Shinkansen
  • JR Ou Main Line
  • JR Yonesaka - line

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Yukio Sakano (born 1976 ), Japanese ski jumper
  • Eikoh Hosoe ( born 1933), Japanese photographer and filmmaker
  • Date Masamune (1567-1636), daimyo

Twinning

  • United States Moses Lake, USA, since 1981
  • Taubaté Brazil, Brazil, since 1974

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Yamagata Prefecture Iide
  • Takahata
  • Kawanishi
  • Fukushima
  • Kitakata
  • Inawashiro
  • Kitashiobara
Tree Cities of Japan Yamagata (Yamagata) Uesugi clan Yamagata-Shinkansen Yonesaka Line Kitakata, Fukushima Inawashiro (Fukushima) Higashine, Yamagata Kaminoyama, Yamagata Murayama, Yamagata Nagai, Yamagata Obanazawa, Yamagata Sagae, Yamagata Sakata, Yamagata Tsuruoka, Yamagata Shirataka (Yamagata)
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