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 |
Learn more |
| 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 Yamagata | Learn more |
| Hirasubi Ranch (horse therapy. Encounters with horses, horse riding, etc.) | All year | 2590 Tenoko Iide Yamagata | Learn more |
| Iide Astronomical Observatory | April to November (Every Saturday) | 3548 Hagyu Iide-machi, Yamagata | Learn more |
| Yamagata Prefectural Source Forest Center | April 29-November 30 | 669-3 Sugo Iide Yamagata | Learn more |
| Takeya fishing | Late April to mid November | Iwakura Iide Nishiokitama Yamagata | |
| Iide Canoe club | Mid-April to November | 218-1 Kazuma Iide Yamagata | Learn more |
| Shirakawa Dam Lakeside Camp & Auto Camp | Late April to late November | 218-1 Kazuma Iide Yamagata | 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 Yamagata | |
| Park golf | From early May to mid-November | 218-1 Kazuma Iide Yamagata | |
| Tenoko Ski Resort | Late December to early March | 2555 Tenoko Iide Yamagata | |
| Don-den-daira snow park | From early January to early march | 3341 Hagyu Iide Yamagata | 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 |
Learn more | |
| 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 Yamagata | Learn more |
| Gama no yu Onsen Iide ryokan( hotspring) | All year | 4494 Tsubaki Iide Yamagata | Learn more |
| Shirakawa Onsen Shirakawa-so | All year | 218-1 Kazuma Iide Yamagata | 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 | 山交バス案内センター：023-632-7272 | |||
| Nagai City Bus | 長井市地域づくり推進課：0238-84-2111 | Learn more | ||
| Mawarun by Retoron | やまがたアルカディア観光局：0238-88-1831 | Learn more | ||
| City circulation bus, Northern area | 0238-40-3211（南陽市社会教育課） | |||
| City circulation bus, West area | 0238-40-3211（南陽市社会教育課） | |||
| City circulation bus, Nakagawa area | 0238-40-3211（南陽市社会教育課） | |||
| 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 Yamagata | 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 Yamagata | 0238-72-3706 | Learn more | |
| HOTEL SLOW VILLAGE | 3549-1 Hagyu Iide Yamagata | 0238-87-1730 | Learn more | |
| Soegawa Onsen Shirasagi-so | 3020-5 Soegawa Iide Yamagata | 0238-74-2161 | Learn more | |
| Shirakawa Onsen Shirakawa-so | 218-1 Kazuma Iide Yamagata | 0238-77-2124 | Learn more | |
| Cottage Mura Kikori-kan | 421-1 Sugo Iide Yagamata | 0238-77-2124 | Learn more | |
| Yamagata-ya Ryokan | 1611 Tenoko Iide Yamagata | 0238-75-2518 | Learn more | |
| Accomodation | Company name | Address | Contact(telephone) | |
| Art Hostel Senn | 2-1 Daimachi Nagai | 0238-87-1414 | Learn more | |
| 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 Yamagta | 0238-75-2028 | Learn more | |
| Minshuku Arashi | 307 Shirakawa Iide Yamagata | 0238-77-2215 | Learn more | |
| Farmer House Nakamura | 126 Osodani Iide Yamagata | 0238-77-2661 | Learn more | |
| Farmer House Shotaro | 88 Iwakura Iidemachi Yamagata | 0238-77-2381 | Learn more | |
| Farmer House Irori | 559 Iwakura Iide Yamagata | 0238-77-2631 | Learn more | |
| Farmer House Ikarashi-Honke | 89 Shirakawa Iide Yamagata | 0238-77-2088 | Learn more | |
| Farmer House Ikarashi-shinka | 67 Shirakawa Iide Yamagata | 0238-77-2280 | Learn more | |
| Farmer House Goemon | 63 Shirakawa Iide Yamagata | 0238-77-2529 | Learn more | |
| Farmer House Aeru-mura | 420-3 Shirakawa Iide Yamagata | 0238-77-2584 | Learn more | |