Nametsu Waterfall like a water slider, stopping by fresh soba festival

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nametsu big waterfall top
nametsu big waterfall top

Nametsu Otaki Waterfall is a two-tiered waterfall that covers a wide river width (30m), but the remarkable feature is the smooth surface of tuff under the waterfall.  So I intuitively thought it would be interesting if this was a water slider.  Another idea is to pour somen (noodle) from the top of waterfall and scoop it up at the bottom of waterfall.  It would be a fun for cool noodle !
Shichikashuku town wouldn’t adopt these ideas……..

shichigasyuku road soba festival
shichikashuku road soba festival

There are a lot of soba restaurants along Shichikashuku Highroad connected to Takahata town, Yamagata where Takahata winery is located.  In this season  we can eat fresh buckwheat noodles by grinding freshly picked soba with a stone mill.   Especially you can try some remarkable restaurants at the same time at cheap price during soba festival.

soba restaurant
soba reataurant

 

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Historical Warehouses in Murata Town

warehouse2 murata
warehouse1 murata
warehouse1 murata

Once upon a time, safflower was a big trade product for lipsticks and dyes. Yamagata was famous as a production center, and the decoration of the cap of the Hanagasa Ondo (dance) is safflower.  However, the southern part of Miyagi Prefecture was also a safflower production area, and Murata Town became a trading center.  Then the merchant who made the fortune set up the warehouse.  Historical warehouses remain miraculously because the main railway and road  has passed another route.

kenkon-ichi murata
kenkon-ichi murata

One of these warehouses is now my favorite sake brewery.  It was a pity that the day I visited to buy something it was close.

 

 

 

Detour (Togatta Hot Spring overlooking Mt.Zao)

zao mountains
zao mountains from togatta hot spring

There are many really good hot springs around Mt.Zao, Togatta, Aone, Gaga, etc.  You can feel free to use the public bath to ease the fatigue of your trip.

aone hot spring
aone hot spring on the way to togatta

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