Event calendar
Spring /
Summer /
Autumn /
Winter
Event name | period | ||
Nagai Cherry blossom festival | Mid-April to late April | Learn more | |
Akayu Onsen (hot spring) cherry blossom festival | Mid-April to early May | Learn more | |
Shirataka koten cherry blossom festival | Mid to late April | Learn more | |
Nagai White Azalea Festival | May 10-May 31 | Learn more | |
Shirakawa Dam Marathon | 2nd Sunday in May | Learn more | |
Nagai black lion festival | Mid-May | Learn more | |
Hikking on Hayama mountain | Mid-May | ||
White Azalea Marathon | Mid-May | Learn more | |
Nanyo wine festival | 4th Saturday of May | Learn more | |
Nagai Iris festival | Mid-June to early July | Learn more | |
Nagai black cattle festival | Mid-June | ||
Nagai traditional street dance / parade | Early July | Learn more | |
Shirataka Safflower festival | Mid-July | Learn more | |
Iide lion festival | Mid-July to mid-September | Learn more | |
Nagai water festival/ Mogami River fire festival | Early August | Learn more | |
Sky festival | Mid June, late September | Learn more | |
Nanyo Rose Festival | Early June to early July | Learn more | |
Iide mountain range Yamagata side mountain opening (held alternately in Iidemachi and Ogunimachi) | First Saturday of July | Learn more | |
Iide black cow festival | First Sunday of July | Learn more | |
Kumano-taisha Shrine festival | July 24th and 25th | Learn more | |
Kojirakawa tengu-zan festival | July 23th | Learn more | |
Shirakawa dam snow egg festival | Last Saturday in July | Learn more | |
Soegawa Hot spring Furusato Festival | August 14th | ||
Suwa jinja Shrine Festival | August 17th | ||
Mezami no sato Festival | First Saturday in September | Learn more | |
Akayu Onsen (hot spring) Furusato Festival | September 2nd Saturday and Sunday | Learn more | |
Shirataka Ayu (sweetfish) Festival | Mid September | Learn more | |
Nagai 1000-nin Imoni-kai Festival(Nagai Thousand -People Imoni Festival) | Late September | Learn more | |
Bokura no Bungaku | Late September | Learn more | |
Fox festival | Late September | ||
Nanyo Chrysanthemum Festival | Early October to early November | Learn more | |
Iwaigame-yama Citizen Trekking | Early October | ||
Nagai marathon | Mid-October | Learn more | |
Hayama mountain cleaning trekking | Mid-October | ||
Ayukai Hachiman Shrine Festival | Mid-October | ||
Flower Nagai line festival | Late October | Learn more | |
Nagai Dam " Hyakushuko" (Reservoir Lake) Festival | Late October | Learn more | |
Jo-mon Festival | October | Learn more | |
Nagai Snow Lantern Lane Festival | Early February | Learn more | |
Nakatsugawa Snow festival | Last Saturday in February | Learn more | |
Nanyo snow lantern festival | Early February | Learn more |


Activity
Experience /
Visit /
Hot spring
Event name | period | Address | |
SPIKe Kendama shop | All year | 3-5 Sakae-machi, Nagai | Learn more |
Kendama painting (private: max 10 people) | All year | 3-5 Sakae-machi, Nagai | Learn more |
Kendama painting (group: max 10 people) | All year | 2-50 Higashi-machi Nagai | Learn more |
Explore familiar nature | April to November | 1445 Narita Nagai | Learn more |
hervesting summer vegetables and making pizza in stone oven | July to September | 1445 Narita Nagai | Learn more |
picking eggplants and making special pickled eggplants in a bin | July to September | 1445 Narita Nagai | Learn more |
木づちでトントン打豆づくり | December to March | 1445 Narita Nagai | Learn more |
Soba making experience | All year | 1034 Isazawa Nagai | |
growing organic vegetables | Around April to November | 1034 Isazawa Nagai | |
Yamagata 100 famous mountain with trekking guide | March to November | 2-16-40 Nakamichi Nagai | Learn more |
ブナの森・里山のハイキング | April to November | 2-16-40 Nakamichi Nagai | Learn more |
Hikking with snow shoes | January to March | 2-16-40 Nakamichi Nagai | Learn more |
visiting Mifuchi keikoku(Ravine) by river boat tour | May to mid-November | 2743-4 Hirayama Nagai | Learn more |
Ceramic art experience | Irregular holidays | 1812 Imaizumi Nagai | |
Magatama making experience | Mid-April to mid-December | 2768-1 Kusaoka Nagai | |
making fire experience | Mid-April to mid-December | 2768-1 Kusaoka Nagai | |
Paragliding | All year | 2841-1 Akayu Nanyo | |
Hysia Beach | July to August | 1855-10 Ueno Nanyo | |
Picking warabi | Mid-May to late June | ||
Cherry picking | From early June to early July | Nanyo Tourism Association | |
Grape picking | From early August to early October | Nanyo Tourism Association | |
Apple picking | From early October to early November | Nanyo Tourism Association | |
Safflower dyeing experience | All year | 4068-2 Juou Shirataka 1707-1 Juou Shirotaka |
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Miyama Japanese paper making experience | April to December | 2537 Miyama Shirataka | Learn more |
Japanese paper doll making experience | All year | 1966 Miyama Shirataka | |
Soba making experience/ Mochi making experience | "Soba : May-October, Mochitsuki : December-March " |
2537 Miyama Shirataka | Learn more |
Ceramic art experience | From early April to early December | 2530 Miyama Shirataka | |
Strawberry picking experience | From early April to early December | 9053-30 Kurofuji Shirataka | Learn more |
Paragliding experience | From mid-April to late October (Depending on the weather, winter is also possible) |
Shirataka Sky Park 2523-6 Nakayama Shirataka | Learn more |
Safflower picking experience | Early to late July | Various places in town | Learn more |
Zazen experience (Kurogamo at Kuroko-in) | All year | Learn more | |
Siphon coffee | All year | 353 Kurogamo Shirataka | |
Yamagata Prefecture Iide Nature House | All year | 3535-33 Soegawa Iide | Learn more |
Hirasubi Ranch (horse therapy. Encounters with horses, horse riding, etc.) | All year | 2590 Tenoko Iide | Learn more |
Iide Astronomical Observatory | April to November (Every Saturday) | 3548 Hagyu Iide-machi | Learn more |
Yamagata Prefectural Source Forest Center | April 29-November 30 | 669-3 Sugo Iide | Learn more |
Takeya fishing | Late April to mid November | Iwakura Iide Nishiokitama | |
Iide Canoe club | Mid-April to November | 218-1 Kazuma Iide | Learn more |
Shirakawa Dam Lakeside Camp & Auto Camp | Late April to late November | 218-1 Kazuma Iide | Learn more |
Tengu-zan Mountain | Late April to late November | Learn more | |
Mt, Iide trekking | May to November | Learn more | |
Nakatsugawa Sightseeing Warabien | Late May to end of June | 218-1 Kazuma Iide | |
Park golf | From early May to mid-November | 218-1 Kazuma Iide | |
Tenoko Ski Resort | Late December to early March | 2555 Tenoko Iide | |
Don-den-daira snow park | From early January to early march | 3341 Hagyu Iide | Learn more |
Marudai-ogiya | April to December | 1-11-7 Tokamachi Nagai | Learn more |
Naganuma Kozo Sculpture hall | April to December | 1-11-7 Tokamachi Nagai | Learn more |
Kozakura-kan(Old Nishiokitama county office) | All year | 2-7-28 Koya-cho Nagai | Learn more |
Former Nagai Elementary School First School Building | All year | 5-3 Mamanoue Nagai | Learn more |
Yamaichi soy sause shop | Inquiry required | 6-57 Aramachi Nagai | Learn more |
Bojo soy sause shop | Inquiry required | 19-27 Yokomachi Nagai | |
Daisen soy sause shop | Inquiry required | 1632 Narita Nagai | |
Suzuki Brewery Nagai-gura | Inquiry required | 1-2-21 Yotsuya Nagai | |
Watagen-kobo | Inquiry required | 1093-1 Narita Nagai | |
Shishiyado ibushi-tei | Inquiry required | 2900 Isazawa Nagai | |
Nagai dam( nagai Hyakusyuko Lake) | Closed in winter | 4164-9 Kita Wakinosawa Hirano Nagai | |
Yuzuru no sato Museum | All year | 2025-2 Urushiyama Nanyo | |
Yuki Toyotaro Memorial Hall | All year | 362 Akayu Nanyo | |
Inari mori old tomb | Full year (except during winter) | Nagaoka-Inarimori, Nanyo | |
光明海上人即身仏 | All year | 544-1 Kurogamo Shirataka | |
Sanohara five hundred Arhat Garden | All year | 638-2 Sanohara Shirataka | Learn more |
Plant tour | April to December (cannot be visited during winter due to snow) | ||
Nakatsugawa Gio park | April to December (cannot be visited during winter due to snow) | ||
Okitama 33 Kan-non( 4 places) | Visit Kannon-do throughout the year. Future opening book is undecided |
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Unohana Hot spring Hagi no Yu | All year | 2170-2 Narita Nagai | Learn more |
Hysia Park Nanyo | All year | 1855-10 Ueno Nanyo | |
Akayu Onsen Ryokan Cooperative | All year | 754-2 Akayu Nanyo | |
Akayu motoyu(hotspring) | All year | 754-2 Akayu Nanyo | |
Azuma yu (hotspring) | All year | 2956-7 Akayu Nanyo | |
Eboshi no yu (hotspring) | All year | 356-2 Akayu Nanyo | |
Takano yu onsen Palece Shohu(hotspring) | All year | 5687-8 Juou Shirotaka | Learn more |
Soegawa Onsen Shirasagi-so(hotspring) | All year | 3020-5 Soegawa Iide | Learn more |
Gama no yu Onsen Iide ryokan( hotspring) | All year | 4494 Tsubaki Iide | Learn more |
Shirakawa Onsen Shirakawa-so | All year | 218-1 Kazuma Iide | Learn more |


Railway | Company name | Address | Contact(telephone) | |
Yamagata Railway Flower Nagai Line | 1-10 Sakae-machi Nagai | 0238-88-2002 | Learn more | |
JR East Yonesaka Line | ― | 0238-86-2411 |
Bus | Company name | Address | Contact(telephone) | |
Yamako Bus | 023-632-7272(Yamako Bus Information Center) | Learn more | ||
Nagai Municipal Bus | 0238-84-2111(Nagai City Development Promotion Division) | Learn more | ||
Nanyo Municipal Loop Line | 0238-40-3211(Nanyo City Social Education Section) | Learn more |
Taxi | Company name | Address | Contact(telephone) | |
Shirataka Taxi | 1-4-17 Toukamachi Nagai | 0238-84-1311 | ||
Chuo Taxi | 3-10 Sakae-machi Nagai | 0238-84-2157 | Learn more | |
Nagai Kotsu | 1-1-30 Koyacho Nagai | 0238-88-2171 | Learn more | |
Akayu Kanko Taxi | 825 Akayu Nanyo | 0238-43-2140 | ||
Yamabato Kanko Hire | 1052-23 Koriyama Nanyo | 0238-43-2226 | ||
Tsuji Taxi Akayu office | 1012 Akayu Nanyo | 0238-43-3170 | ||
Miyauchi Nanyo Taxi | 2742 Miyauchi Nanyo | 0238-47-3010 | ||
Akayu Kanko Taxi Miyauchi office | 2709 Miyauchi Nanyo | 0238-47-3211 | ||
Shirataka Taxi | 1273-2 Ko Arato Shirataka | 0238-85-2525 | ||
Asahi Kanko Taxi | 716-7 Otsu Arato Shirataka | 0238-85-2028 | Learn more | |
Mezami Kotsu(Nagai Kotsu) | 1984-5 Tsubaki Iide | 0238-72-2137(0238-88-2171) | Learn more |
Car rental | Company name | Address | Contact(telephone) | |
Ayame Renta-car | 2276-1 Kunomoto Nagai | 0238-84-6535 | Learn more | |
Nagai Renta-car | 1054 Imaizumi Nagai | 0238-88-9721 | Learn more | |
Eki Renta-car Akayu office | 1056-1 Koriyama Nanyo | 0238-27-0205 | ||
Toyota Renta-car Akayu station store | 1056-1 Koriyama Nanyo | 0238-50-1100 | ||
Nippon Renta-car Tohoku Akayu station office | 1089-5 Koriyama Nanyo | 0238-50-0068 | ||
ORIX Renta-car Akayu Station North branch | 260-11 Wakasagouya Nanyo | 0238-43-7811 | ||
Akayu Renta-car | 1598 Manaita-yanagi Nanyo | 0238-50-0100 | ||
Niko-niko Renta-car Nanyo-Mitsumado-ri branch | 25-4 Mitsumadori Nanyo | 0238-43-7575 |


accomodation | Company name | Address | Contact(telephone) | |
Aizuya Ryokan | 1-2-37 Tokamachi Nagai | 0238-88-2568 | ||
Kagaya Ryokan | 1-434 Motomachi Nagai | 0238-84-1218 | ||
Sakaeya Ryokan | 972-3 Imaizumi Nagai | 0238-88-9401 | ||
TAS Park Hotel | 6-27 Tatemachi-kita Nagai | 0238-88-1833 | Learn more | |
Tsuchida Ryokan | 2-33 Mamanoue Nagai | 0238-88-2348 | ||
Toraya Ryokan | 3-13 Omachi Nagai | 0238-84-2042 | Learn more | |
Hagi-en | 2170-2 Narita Nagai | 0238-84-1387 | Learn more | |
Business Hotel Izumiya | 1-11 Sakae-machi Nagai | 0238-88-2177 | Learn more | |
Business Hotel Cythia | 3761-1 Daimachi Nagai | 0238-83-3371 | Learn more | |
Business Hotel Nagaiya | 4-48 Aramachi Nagai | 0238-88-2067 | Learn more | |
HOTEL Weekly Matoba | 326-2 Matoba Kunomoto Nagai | 0238-84-7613 | Learn more | |
Yamagata-ya Ryokan | 972 Imaizumi Nagai | 0238-88-9404 | ||
Ryokan Mogami-so | 4-10 Mamanoue Nagai | 0238-88-2853 | Learn more | |
yamagata-za Takinami | 3005 Akayu Nanyo | 0238-43-6111 | Learn more | |
Uesugi no Yu Gotenmori | 989 Akayu Nanyo | 0238-40-2611 | Learn more | |
Oomiya-Ryokan | 292-2 Akayu Nanyo | 0238-43-2016 | ||
Sakura-yu Sansyu-yu | 740 Akayu Nanyo | 0238-43-3020 | Learn more | |
Tansen Hotel | 988 Akayu Nanyo | 0238-43-3030 | Learn more | |
Tanba-kan | 1014 Akayu Nanyo | 0238-43-3000 | Learn more | |
Tsuru no Yu Matsushima-kan | 725 Akayu Nanyo | 0238-43-2501 | Learn more | |
Yuyado Matsushima-kan | 250-1 Akayu Nanyo | 0238-43-2301 | Learn more | |
Hoyou-jo Mutsumi-so | 233-1 Akayu Nanyo | 0238-43-3035 | Learn more | |
Mori no Yu | 548 Akayu Nanyo | 0238-43-2057 | Learn more | |
Ryokan Utamaru | 2968-1 Akayu Nanyo | 0238-43-3029 | ||
Ryokan Daimonji-ya | 1003 Akayu Nanyo | 0238-43-3070 | Learn more | |
Ryokan Kiyomoto | 424-5 Akayu Nanyo | 0238-43-2039 | ||
Ryokan Yamato-ya | 972 Akayu Nanyo | 0238-43-2257 | Learn more | |
Business Hotel Tansen | 1052-8 Koriyama Nanyo | 0238-40-2474 | ||
Itoya Ryokan | 1024 Miyauchi Nanyo | 0238-47-2133 | ||
Sekai Ryokan | 3356-1 Miyauchi Nanyo | 0238-47-2330 | ||
Takanoyu Onsen Palace Shouhu | 5687-8 Juou Shirataka | 0238-85-6136 | Learn more | |
Gamano-yu Onsen Iide Ryokan | 4494 Tsubaki Iide | 0238-72-3706 | Learn more | |
HOTEL SLOW VILLAGE | 3549-1 Hagyu Iide | 0238-87-1730 | Learn more | |
Soegawa Onsen Shirasagi-so | 3020-5 Soegawa Iide | 0238-74-2161 | Learn more | |
Shirakawa Onsen Shirakawa-so | 218-1 Kazuma Iide | 0238-77-2124 | Learn more | |
Cottage Mura Kikori-kan | 421-1 Sugo Iide | 0238-77-2124 | Learn more | |
Yamagata-ya Ryokan | 1611 Tenoko Iide | 0238-75-2518 | Learn more |
Accomodation | Company name | Address | Contact(telephone) | |
American village Nanyo | 3-1389 Uchihara Miyauchi Nanyo | 0238-47-4610 | ||
Iki-iki Miyama-go Nodoka-mura | Miyama Shirataka | 0238-85-0380 | Learn more | |
353kurogamo | 353 Kurogamo Shirataka | 090-4273-3423 | Learn more | |
Kurashi no ie~mabushi~ | 830 Nakayama Shirataka | 0238-87-3770 | Learn more | |
Farmer House Sanya-so | 2537-92 Nakayama Shirataka | 0238-87-2018 | ||
Minshuku Ojika | 1707 Tenoko Iide | 0238-75-2028 | Learn more | |
Minshuku Arashi | 307 Shirakawa Iide | 0238-77-2215 | Learn more | |
Farmer House Nakamura | 126 Osodani Iide | 0238-77-2661 | Learn more | |
Farmer House Shotaro | 88 Iwakura Iide | 0238-77-2381 | Learn more | |
Farmer House Irori | 559 Iwakura Iide | 0238-77-2631 | Learn more | |
Farmer House Ikarashi-Honke | 89 Shirakawa Iide | 0238-77-2088 | Learn more | |
Farmer House Ikarashi-shinka | 67 Shirakawa Iide | 0238-77-2280 | Learn more | |
Farmer House Goemon | 63 Shirakawa Iide | 0238-77-2529 | Learn more | |
Farmer House Aeru-mura | 420-3 Shirakawa Iide | 0238-77-2584 | Learn more |