Kaminoyama-Onsen Station (かみのやま温泉駅)

Station Type: Train station

Kaminoyama Onsen Station is a station on the Yamagata Shinkansen Line in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Surrounded by beautiful nature, visitors can enjoy the scenery of the four seasons.

Kaminoyama Onsen Station is located in the eastern part of Yamagata Prefecture, and the area surrounding the station is dotted with hot spring resorts rich in nature. Kaminoyama Onsen-kyo, a hot springs facility with free-flowing hot-spring water, is located just a short distance from the station. Here, visitors can enjoy a variety of hot springs, including open-air baths, saunas, and bedrock baths. A stroll through the hot spring resort area is also recommended. The retro buildings and elegant townscape make for a relaxing time.

In addition, the area around Kaminoyama Onsen Station is home to a wide variety of nature. A 30-minute drive from the station takes you to a lake, waterfalls, and a nature park, where you can enjoy nature in all four seasons. The beautiful scenery, especially during the fall foliage season, attracts many tourists.

There are also many delicious foods around Kaminoyama Onsen Station. Yamagata Prefecture is rich in delicious foods such as fruits, rice, and meat, among which cherries and Yamagata beef are especially recommended. There are many restaurants and izakayas (Japanese style pubs) near the station where you can enjoy dishes made with local ingredients, so be sure to taste them.

Table of contents

Kaminoyama-Onsen Station (かみのやま温泉駅)

Restaurants, Foods
Tourist area
Hotels
Convenience Stores, Grocery Stores
Tourist Information Center

Restaurants, Foods

Some restaurants and food shops around the station.

Uotami (魚民かみのやま温泉西口駅前店)

Restaurant Type: Izakaya restaurant

Restaurant Ibisa (レストランイビサ)

Restaurant Type: Japanized western restaurant

長好亭みさき (長好亭みさき)

Restaurant Type: Snack bar

Tourist area

Some tourist area – the best views, museums and parks – around the station.

Kaminoyama Hot Spring (かみのやま温泉)

Tourist Area Type: Spa town

Kaminoyama Onsen is a hot spring located in Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture (formerly in Dewa Province, Hazen Province since the Meiji era). It was once counted as one of the “Ou Sanraku-go” (the three pleasure resorts of Ou), together with Yunohama Onsen in Yamagata Prefecture and Higashiyama Onsen in Fukushima Prefecture.

The hot spring resort consists of seven districts: Yumachi, Arayu, Tokamachi, Kawasaki, Takamatsu, Hayama, and Kinbei. Therefore, each district is considered an individual hot spring and is also referred to as Kaminoyama Onsenkyo (Kaminoyama Hot Spring Resort). In the hot spring resort areas, many onsen ryokan and onsen hotels are in operation. There are also public bathhouses (see below), day-trip hot spring facilities (other than the public bathhouses listed below), and footbaths.

The hot spring opened in 1458 (Choroku 2). It is said that Gesshu, a traveling monk from Hizen, discovered a crane healing its wounds in the hot spring. For this reason, it was also known as “Tsurushin-no-yu” in the old days. During the Edo period (1603-1867), Kaminoyama Castle and the Kaminoyama Domain were established here, and the area prospered not only as a hot spring resort but also as a castle town. It was also a busy lodging town on the Hashu Highway.

Kaminoyama-jo Castle Ruins (上山城郷土資料館)

Tourist Area Type: Local history museum

Kaminoyama Castle was a Japanese castle located in Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture. Also known as Tsukioka Castle. In the Edo period (1603-1867), it was the seat of the Kaminoyama clan. It is designated as a historical site by Kaminoyama City.

It dates back to the Nanbokucho Period when Ueyama Mitsunaga, son of Tendo Yorinao (grandson of Shiba Kenyori, founder of the Mogami clan), was assigned to Kaminoyama. Mitsunaga built Takatate Castle on Kokuzo-yama in Matsuyama, Kaminoyama City and made it his residence. In 1508, the Date clan attacked this castle and the lord of the castle, Kaminoyama Yoshifusa, fled. The Date vassal Sadanori Yanagawa entered the area. Yoshifusa took advantage of the confusion following the death of Mogami Yoshisada in 1520 to raise an army, but was killed in a battle with Date Yamune. In 1535, Takemae Yoshitada, son of Ueyama Yoshifusa, recaptured the castle. Yoshitada reconstructed the castle in Tenjinmori, which is now Kaminoyama Castle. Thereafter, the lord of the castle was Takemae Yoshitsune, who was succeeded by his son, Ueyama Mitsukane. At this time, the Tendo clan formed the Mogami Hattate and was in conflict with Mogami Yoshimitsu. Mitsukane also refused to follow Yoshimitsu as a member of the Tendo clan and attacked Yamagata with the Date clan. However, in 1580, Yoshimitsu turned on Satomi Tamibu and attacked Kaminoyama Castle, killing the lord of the castle, Mitsukane. Satomi Tamibu became the lord of Kaminoyama Castle in his place. After the Mogami clan was exiled in the early Edo period (1603-1868), fallen feudal lords joined the clan with 30,000-40,000 koku, and the clan that held the castle changed rapidly, but the Kaminoyama clan itself continued to exist until the end of the Edo period. The main castle was surrounded by a low moat, and the castle was surrounded by a lower moat and a second moat. During the Fujii clan’s reign, there was no castle tower, and a residence was built in the Ninomaru area.

Tsukioka Park (月岡公園)

Tourist Area Type: Park

A park located in Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture. Located on the site of the former Kaminoyama Castle, it also has Tsukioka Shrine and a monument to Mokichi Saito.

Kaisendo Museum (蟹仙洞)

Tourist Area Type: Museum

Kaisendo is an art museum located in Yarai, Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture. It houses and exhibits a collection of 4,000 items, including Japanese swords and lacquer crafts from the Ming and Qing dynasties in China, which were collected by Kenzo Hasegawa, who ran a silk manufacturing business, as a hobby.

The main exhibits are Japanese swords and lacquer crafts (carved lacquer and Tsuishu). Also on display are photographs and videos (8mm, 9.5mm, and 16mm film) taken by Kenzo Hasegawa since he was a teenager, as well as his collection of folk art. The museum building was constructed in the Taisho period (1912-1926). The museum building was built in the Taisho period (1912-1926), and the house where Kenzo Hasegawa lived is now open to the public.

Kurikawainari Shrine (栗川稲荷神社)

Tourist Area Type: Shinto shrine

Kurikawainari Shrine has more than 800 torii gates and 120 stone lanterns. Visitors enter the shrine through a tunnel-like series of torii gates. It is said to bring good luck in marriage, business, and money.

Kaminoyama-Onsen Station (かみのやま温泉駅) – Introductions of Restaurants, Tourist area, Hotels and so on