derek yamashita

An unforgettable way to intimately explore the Shonai Region in Yamagata is a culinary experience bringing bounty of the sea straight to your table.

Yamagata’s drastically alternating seasons and vast mountain ranges create a constantly rotating offering of outdoor splendor...

At the center of Niigata Prefecture, in the wide open Echigo Plains, is an accumulation of more than 400 years of metallurgy ...

Summer time in the Tohoku Region is the time of year when the normally quiet and tranquil communities of the north explode in vib...

Hidden away in the mountains of Yamagata is a hot spring town where traditional ryokan are surrounded by forests. Visitors come t...