Outside the restored east gate of Yamagata-jō |
Entrance of the Higashi-mon, Yamagata-jō |
Statue of Mogami Yoshiaki with castle turret |
Dramatic clouds over the castle gate |
Bridge to the newly restored Hon-maru |
View across to the Hon-maru foundations |
Yamagata City Museum in Kajō-kōen |
Modern Yamagata down south from the park |
View of the Higashi-mon across the JR tracks |
Former Yamagata Prefectural Office |
Front of the former Prefectural Office |
Adjoining building beside the old office |
Education Materials Museum |
Electric banner for the Hanagasa Matsuri |
A cloudy morning outside JR Yamagata Station |
Backstreet in Kaminoyama Onsen |
Reconstructed donjon of Kaminoyama-jō |
Rural sprawl of Kaminoyama Onsen |
JR Yamadera Station |
Stream running through Yamadera town |
Kompon Chūdō - the main hall of Yama-dera |
Statue of Matsuo Bashō near the main hall |
Main gate at the foot of the ascent |
Buddhist sculpture along the ascent |
Carvings on a stone wall at Mida-hora |
Mida-hora carvings |
Sculpture on an outcropping |
Tourists climbing to the San-mon gate |
Temple window with statue and omikuji |
Valley below Yama-dera and surrounding mountains |
Path to the Kaizan-dō |
Nōkyō-dō and mountains beyond |
Oku-no-in - the highest point of Yama-dera |
Stone lanterns and bell tower at Oku-no-in |
Group of jizō with stuffed character |
Buddhist monument at Oku-no-in |
Bells hung from a copper lantern, Oku-no-in |
San-mon gate on the descent |
Trees surrounding the path |
Yama-dera from the station area below |