Let's Go to Yamagata - Restaurant Edition

This long-established soba restaurant is popular for its delicious soba noodles in Yamagata City. Even locals are not familiar with this famous restaurant, so a long line is inevitable. The restaurant offers a wide variety of menu items, such as a combination of different tastes of soba and tenzaru.

Yonezawa Beef Tokiwa, a traditional and reliable taste

Founded in 1894, Yonezawa Beef Tokiwa is a long-established Yonezawa beef restaurant. The restaurant is so famous that it has been described as "Yonezawa has Tokiwa" because of its commitment to authentic taste. The restaurant offers a menu that uses 100% genuine Yonezawa beef. The restaurant offers the highest grade of Yonezawa beef sirloin steak, sukiyaki, shabu-shabu, and other dishes that are sure to please any meat lover.

This teppanyaki restaurant is located on the second floor of Hotel Metropolitan Yamagata. You can enjoy not only delicious Yonezawa beef steaks, but also dishes that look and taste great.

Toiya is famous for its chilled meat soba noodles and curry flavored pork cutlet bowl. The soup, which is made with dashi broth, is refreshing and has a low fat content. The soba noodles are also firm and easy to eat.

A Japanese specialty restaurant where you can taste authentic and delicious curry. The hot and tasty chicken curry is so popular that it sells out early in the day.

A popular ramen restaurant located in Tsuruoka City. The menu consists almost exclusively of soy sauce, but you can choose between thin or thick noodles for Chinese noodles, and between light and thick soups.

A very popular yakiniku restaurant where you can enjoy Yonezawa beef to the fullest. The restaurant is crowded every day because it is a casual place to enjoy high-ranked Yonezawa beef at a reasonable price.

Located in a residential area of Yamagata City, this soba restaurant is famous in the prefecture. Its signature dish is Nishikiri-seiro (two-colored buckwheat noodles), and its distinctive ultra-thin noodles are known for their strong buckwheat flavor and delicious taste.

A restaurant where you can enjoy sunken hearth grilling and soba noodles in a 170 year old house. Omatsuya" has a reputation for extremely delicious soba and grilled dishes. We hope you will enjoy their exquisite cuisine in the tranquil countryside.

A long-established izakaya located on Suzuran Street in downtown Yamagata City. With many seats and a large menu, it is a must visit if you want to enjoy Yamagata's local cuisine with ease.

This restaurant is run by Ougiya Beef Shop, which specializes in handling Yonezawa beef. The restaurant offers only high quality Yonezawa beef, and the food is simply delicious. You can enjoy the best beef cutlet at a reasonable price.

Located in Nanokaicho, Yamagata City, this restaurant serves homemade ham and sausages. The restaurant is popular among the locals for its high cost performance, not to mention the quality of the food and the generous portions.

Hitsujiya is located in Murayama City, Yamagata Prefecture, where you can enjoy 100% home-raised Suffolk mutton Jingisukan. The meat has no smell at all, and the tender meat with just the right amount of fat on it has a taste that can only be experienced here.