Shinjō Station (新庄駅)

Station Type: Train station

Shinjo Station on the Yamagata Shinkansen Line is located in Higashi-Oshiki-gun, Yamagata Prefecture, in the center of Shinjo City. Here we will introduce the station and the sightseeing spots around the station for foreign tourists.

First of all, Shinjo is a sightseeing spot where visitors can enjoy traditional Japanese townscape. It takes about 20 minutes on foot from Shinjo Station to the city center. The city center is dotted with historical buildings such as the ruins of Shinjo Castle and “Tobai-kaku,” a row of traditional houses. Shinjo City is also famous for its Yonezawa beef, which can be enjoyed at local restaurants.

The beautiful nature around Shinjo City offers a wide variety of landscapes, including the Shinjo River and Mt. Oyu Onsenkyo, located approximately 30 minutes by car from the station, is a hot spring resort surrounded by beautiful nature where you can enjoy natural hot springs. Dewa Sanzan (three mountains), located about 40 minutes by car from the station, is famous as a sacred site of Shugendo (mountain asceticism) and attracts many climbers.

The area around Shinjo Station is also well-equipped with facilities for tourists. In front of the station, there is a tourist information center where tourist information can be collected. There are also restaurants and souvenir shops inside the station where visitors can purchase local cuisine and souvenirs.

Shinjo Station is one of the terminus stations of the Yamagata Shinkansen, providing convenient access to major cities in Yamagata Prefecture. The area surrounding Shinjo Station offers a wide variety of sightseeing spots, allowing visitors to enjoy all that Yamagata Prefecture has to offer.

Table of contents

Shinjō Station (新庄駅)

Restaurants, Foods
Tourist area
Hotels
Convenience Stores, Grocery Stores
1. NewDays
Tourist Information Center

Restaurants, Foods

Some restaurants and food shops around the station.

Kyuko Shokudo (急行食堂)

Restaurant Type: Syokudo and Teishoku restaurant

丹波黒どり農場新庄西口駅前店 (丹波黒どり農場新庄西口駅前店)

Restaurant Type: Izakaya restaurant

Uotami (魚民新庄西口駅前店)

Restaurant Type: Izakaya restaurant

Tourist area

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

Site of JNR Locomotive Garage (旧国鉄新庄駅機関庫)

Tourist Area Type: Tourist attraction

At large stations that are the starting point of a railroad or a junction station, locomotive depots are installed to store locomotives. The former Japan National Railways Shinjo Station Engine Depot is a brick building attached to Shinjo Station, which opened in 1903, and is a valuable building that has spent many years since its opening along with the changes of Shinjo Station.

Shinjo Mogami Manga Museum (新庄・最上mini漫画ミュージアム/ゆめりあ鉄道ギャラリー)

Tourist Area Type: Museum

Manga artists are the artists of our time. Manga has become a representative culture of Japan. The Mogami region, which has heavy snowfall, has produced many talented manga artists. The Shinjo-M Mogami Manga Museum (SMMM), which houses illustrations and autographs of manga artists associated with the Mogami region, is located in the Mogami Experience Hall of Yumeria, which is attached to Shinjo Station. A shrine dedicated to “Kamuten,” the city’s official character created by Shinjo-born Togashi Yoshihiro, is also located in Yumeria.

Shinjo Furusato History Center (新庄ふるさと歴史センター)

Tourist Area Type: Local history museum

Shinjo Furusato History Center (Shinjo Furusato Rekishi Center) is a museum located in Shinjo City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Shinjō Castle remains (新庄城跡)

Tourist Area Type: Castle

Shinjo Castle was a Japanese castle (medieval castle) located in Shinjo, Mogami County, Dewa Province (Hazen Province), which is now Horibatamachi, Shinjo City, Yamagata Prefecture. It is also known as Numata Castle or Unuma Castle.

Shinjo Castle was a flat castle built in 1625 by Tozawa Masamori in Horibatamachi, present-day Shinjo City, Yamagata Prefecture, as the home of the Shinjo clan’s 60,000 koku (later 68,200 koku). The castle consists of two small, de-maru-like circles arranged in parallel on the south side of the main circle, with the outer circle surrounded by the san-no-maru circle. The water for the moats of the Honmaru, Ninomaru, and Minomaru was drawn from the Sasunokawa River, which flows to the north of the castle. The present Horibatamachi, on the opposite side of the San-no-maru moat (second moat), was a samurai residence where retainers and other retainers lived. Tozawa Masamori, who joined the shogunate after the Mogami clan was exiled, initially entered Mamuro Castle (Salmon-no-jo), but due to its cramped space and the inconvenience of a mountain castle, he requested the shogunate to build a castle here.

Today, most of the buildings of Shinjo Castle have been lost, and the Tozawa Shrine, Gokoku Shrine, Inari Shrine, and Tenma Shrine are located on the main castle site. Of these, Tenma Shrine is the clan deity of the Tozawa clan that founded the castle, and is the only structure still standing from the feudal domain era, and is designated as a prefectural cultural property (designated on August 25, 1988 (Showa 63)). The remains of the San-no-maru moat can also be seen near the Shinjo City Senior Citizen Welfare Center and the Shinjo City Health Center. The ruins of the castle, including the ruins of Honmaru and Ninomaru, are open to the public as Mogami Park, where there is Shinjiike, a pond designed by Shinjo native Yoshinobu Orishita. It is also known as one of the best cherry blossom viewing spots in the Mogami region, and is the site of the “Kadoyaki Festival,” with the best viewing time around April 20 every year. In summer, the Shinjo Festival, a festival associated with Tenma Shrine, is held here.

Mogami Central Park (最上中央公園)

Tourist Area Type: Park

Visitors can enjoy the large, beautiful lawn, colorful playground equipment, and small hills in some places. There is a skateboarding rink, a street basketball court, and an indoor multipurpose facility called “Suportea. Not only children but also adults can enjoy this park. You can see the Yamagata Shinkansen “Tsubasa” up close from the park.

Shinjō Station (新庄駅) – Introductions of Restaurants, Tourist area, Hotels and so on