Highlights From the Mountains of Yamagata Over the Years

And daily Yamabushi Posts for January 9 to 15, 2026

Waaaay back in 2021 I started the 100 Famous Mountains of Yamagata project. I just found a lot of photos from that time that you might enjoy (unfortunately the quality isn’t the best):

Haguro-san’s Five Story Pagoda, sometime in spring.

Yudono-san Jinja in early autumn.

This is from Takadate-yama looking towards Chokai-san in May.

Arakura-yama had an amazing shrine to go with its stunning ocean views.

Maya-san was a real adventure. Came across monkeys here!

The highlight of my 2021 was Taizo-san, a mountain I spend a lot of time looking at actually. I’m happy I can say “I’ve been up there!”

Kinbo-san in the foreground (the yellow tree) with Hokari-yama, Yunosawa-dake (which I think is the one to the far left), and (I think) Maya-san is just behind it.

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One of the mountains was Kumanonaga-mine in Tsuruoka. This was a rare find, apparently the mountain is home to the world’s smallest dragonfly (so small I couldn’t see it). At the very least it was home to a real adventure for us!

The shrine we stumbled upon on Kumanonaga-mine.

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Daily Yamabushi for The Week

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