山形駅周辺の歴史散策スポット紹介と春の桜【音声解説】
Hello everyone watching the video. Good evening. This time, I will introduce historical walking spots around Yamagata Station. When I traveled to Tohoku in April 2022, I walked around Yamagata Station. Nanukamachi is within walking distance. There are Gotenseki, Bunshokan, Kajo Park, Yamagata Prefectural Museum, and the former Saiseikan Main Building, each of which
Is a worth seeing place where you can learn about the history of Yamagata City.This time, I will introduce historical walking spots around Yamagata Station that I learned during my travels. I will tell you about the history of Yamagata Prefecture.I hope this video will be helpful for your travels and walks.From
The east exit of Yamagata Station, I headed to Yamagata Prefectural Folk Museum Bunshokan.This is the route I took for a walk, but on this day I went to Bunshokan. On the way to the museum, I went to Nanukamachi Gotenseki, went to Bunshokan, went to Yamagata Castle Ruins Kajo Park, and
Went to Yamagata Prefectural Museum and Yamagata City Folk Museum Former Saiseikan main building inside the park.As a guide, the distance I walked was 6.6. km It takes an hour and a half, and Bunshokan is a 27-minute walk from the station. Kajo Park is less than 10 minutes away.The area where you are walking
Is believed to have once been the site of Yamagata Castle’s Sannomaru moat and earthworks. I don’t know if it’s inside or outside the castle, but it seems that the area to the east outside the moat flourished as a castle town.In
The early Edo period, Yoshimitsu Mogami, the first lord of the Dewa Yamagata domain, invited merchants from Omi and craftsmen from various places to develop commerce and industry. It seems that the aim was to create a town with a focus on urban development.I
Walked for about 20 minutes from the east exit of Yamagata Station and came to Nanukamachi Gotenseki.It is a corner with a nice atmosphere.There is a long-established teahouse, kimono shop, soba restaurant, cafe, and an antenna shop selling traditional crafts. It seems like a good place to stop by when sightseeing.This
Goten Weir is a refurbished waterway that was built in the early Edo period to fill the moat of Yamagata Castle.There are five weirs built in Yamagata City, Moat and water for domestic use Water was drawn for use in agriculture, and this is one of them. Water was sent to the castle,
So it is called Goten Weir. Nanukamachi is officially pronounced as Nanukamachi and is spoken in daily life. It is said that Tokiha is called Nanokamachi, but either name is fine.The character “ Nanakamachi” reminds us of a city, and suggests that it was a merchant town at the time.The
Mogami family was reorganized due to a family disturbance after Yoshimitsu’s death, and Yamagata Tadamasa Torii, who became the lord of the castle.He was the second son of Mototada Torii, who died in the prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara to stop Ishida Mitsunari’s army at Fushimi Castle,
But he apparently built the waterway after 1624. If you walk for a few minutes, you will see Bunshokan, a local museum of Yamagata Prefecture.It is a brick building that was used as the prefectural office until 1975, and you can tour it for free.It
Was built in 1896 as the prefectural office. It was destroyed in a fire in 1944, and was rebuilt in 1912. The building you see today is Bunshokan, a three-story brick building based on the English Renaissance style. It is covered with stone and has a dignified appearance.It has
Been preserved and exhibited as a nationally designated important cultural property.The luxurious decoration inside the building is impressive, and the furniture in the main office, guest room, and governor’s room on the third floor has been faithfully reproduced. The stucco ceiling with flower decorations and chandeliers creates a luxurious atmosphere.The
Ceiling of the main office, which is now an auditorium, has been restored with its plaster decorations, and special products of Yamagata Prefecture, such as safflower and cherries, are hidden there. Bunshokan is recommended for those who like modern architecture, but also for those who like history.The
Permanent exhibition explains Yamagata’s local culture and history in an easy-to-understand manner, and you can get to know what kind of place Yamagata is. This is an exhibition of safflower that was popular during the Edo period.Safflower
Is used not only as dye and oil, but also as analgesic and cosmetics, and during the Kyoho era from 1716 to 1736, the best safflower accounted for 40% to 50% of the total in Japan. It was mainly transported to Kyoto and sold at high prices.This is an exhibition from modern
Times to the post-war period.In Yamagata, industry developed from the mid-Meiji period, the number of industrial workers increased, the population increased, food became scarce, and rice from overseas was imported. Therefore , efforts were made to increase rice production, and new techniques were introduced mainly in the Shonai region, and
Efforts were put into rice cultivation, and the foundations of the current rice producing region of Yamagata were laid.Paddy field irrigation was achieved through the spread of dry field horse plowing and selective breeding and electricity. Yamagata ‘s rice cultivation
Is famous for Haenuki Yatsuya Hime and Yukiwakamaru. Sericulture also became popular with the encouragement of the government and reached its golden age from the mid-Taisho period to the early Showa period. Around the time of the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War. As the silk reeling and weaving industries flourished, high-quality
Raw silk and silk fabrics were produced, including Uzene extra from the Okitama region, silk fabrics from Yonezawa, and Habutae from Tsuruoka, which were all well-known and exported overseas.Thus, Yamagata developed. However, rural areas were hit hard by the recession after World War I and the Great Depression in the early Showa era.Rice
Prices plummeted to one-half, cocoon prices to one-third, and a huge crop failure in 1933 caused rural areas to suffer. Manchuria was on the verge of collapse.Under these circumstances, immigration policies to Manchuria were actively promoted, and attempts were made to improve varieties and cultivation techniques, and turn it into a food production base.During
The war, it was also used as a food production area, and as a place for schoolchildren to be evacuated. After the war ended , Yamagata Prefecture focused on industries such as coal, steel, electricity, and fertilizer, and during the Korean War, production increased and developed during the economic recovery.This
Is a good exhibit that allows you to get a general picture of Yamagata Prefecture in a short amount of time. When you go down to the second floor, you can learn more about the history of each region by introducing the climate and culture of each region
. We also introduce the history of ties with the rest of the country through the Yamagata Prefectural Museum.Although I won’t go into it here, there are materials you can take home and the exhibits are substantial.After enjoying the Yamagata Prefecture Folk Museum Bunshokan, we will head to the Yamagata Prefectural Museum
. From Shokan, walk for about 25 minutes and cross the railroad tracks to the west side of Yamagata Station.As you enter Kajo Park, the ruins of Yamagata Castle, you will see Yoshino cherry trees in full
Bloom.Kajo Park is one of the best spots in Yamagata City with about 1,500 cherry blossom trees in full bloom. Yamagata Castle is known as one of the best cherry blossom viewing spots.It has become a famous cherry blossom viewing spot ever since
Returning soldiers from the 32nd Infantry Regiment who served in the Russo-Japanese War planted Someiyoshino cherry trees around the castle in 1901 to commemorate their triumphant return . The castle was built by Kaneyori Shiba,
Who came to Yamagata as Ushu Tandai during the Muromachi period. After that, the Shiba clan took the name of the Mogami clan and became the residence of the head family of the Mogami clan.
At the end of the Sengoku period or the beginning of the Edo period, Yoshimitsu Mogami expanded the castle. The castle town was developed, and when the Mogami clan was transferred to the castle in the early Edo period, Tadamasa Torii became the lord of the castle and renovated it.After
That, the castle changed hands frequently from the Torii clan, and the status and scale of the castle gradually declined, and from the mid-Edo period onward, it became difficult to maintain the castle. At the end of the Edo period, the palace was placed in the Ninomaru, the
Honmaru was vacant land, and half of the Sannomaru was turned into fields.In the Meiji period, the Yamagata domain was transferred, and the castle was not used for a long time, fell into disrepair, was sold, and
Yamagata City was established. It was purchased and invited as an army garrison site , and became the barracks site for the 32nd Infantry Regiment. At that time, the turrets and palaces within the castle were destroyed, the main castle was filled in, and the Sannomaru moat was
Also filled in, making it a cultivated land. A corner of Kajo Park. There is the Yamagata Prefectural Museum.There are a wide range of exhibits such as geology, archeology, natural environment, customs, and history, which I enjoyed.I was able to get a
Rough idea of the history of Yamagata at the Bunshokan earlier, so it was easy to understand.Personally, I like Yamagata minami and Tsutsugamushi. It was interesting.Next to the museum is the Yamagata City Local Museum.It is
Called the Old Saiseikan Main Building and is a quasi-Western-style building that was completed in 1878 in the 11th year of the Meiji era.This is a hospital built to resemble Western architecture. You can tour this place for free.It was first built near the old prefectural office and used as a prefectural hospital, and then
As a municipal hospital.In 1966, it was designated as a national important cultural property, and it was relocated and restored in the current Kajo Park. The second floor is open to the public and local history and medical materials are on display.The
Former Saiseikan main building is an unusual building.It looks like three stories from the outside, but the structure inside is four stories.The first floor is donut-shaped The second floor is also donut-shaped, with a diameter of about 10m and no pillar in the center. I’m a
Total novice when it comes to architecture, so I don’t know the details, but it seems that it was built using a type of trust structure that was introduced in Japan at the time.One of the features is the spiral staircase.One
Theory is that it’s on the first floor. The building is hexagonal, and the second floor is octagonal, and it is said that the construction method used to construct the upper part of the Tahoto pagoda, which is known to be difficult in temple construction , was used.The
Exhibition contents are medical-related. I didn’t understand the content, but I remember that the handrails of the building were peeling off, tilted, and creaked when I walked on it , but I could feel the history and enjoyed the tour. Although I didn’t see it,
There are some things to see at the castle in Kajo Park. Yamagata Castle has been certified as one of Japan’s 100 most famous castles and is known as one of the largest contour-style flat castles in the country
. There are also the Mogami Yoshimitsu History Museum and the Yamagata Museum of Art in the park, so you can spend a whole day looking at them at your leisure.As an added bonus, the day before I walked around Yamagata City, I ate Tori Chinese Soba at Tendo .
For example, it is known for being the number one producer of La France and shogi pieces in Japan. It is also famous for its cherries and hot springs. At this restaurant called Mizuguruma Soba, the Tori Chuka Soba using ramen noodles in a soba soup is popular
. The Chinese noodles go well with the strong, sweet soba soup, giving it a unique flavor that is indescribable.It is also characterized by the inclusion of fried eggs, which act like the back oil for ramen, and are eaten by mixing the fried balls with the noodles. It is said that
Tori Chuka was originally eaten as a starter dish, but its deliciousness spread as regular customers tried it , and it is now known as a local food representing Tendo. By the way, Tori Chuka can also be eaten near the stations in Tokyo. Tori Chuka is sold at
Takahata Soba, a stand-up soba restaurant located inside Meidaimae Station and Takahata Fudo Station on the Keio Line. Compared to Suisha Soba, it tastes better. Although it is not beyond the level of a chain restaurant, you can enjoy the combination of soba soup and Chinese noodles.This
Time, we introduced historical walking spots around Yamagata Station.Compared to the glamorous tourist spots, it looks plain, but the exhibits are substantial. There were many interesting facilities where you could learn about the history of early modern and modern times in an easy-to-understand manner.There
Are places that you can tour for free, so I actually enjoyed the trip.I hope this video will be helpful for your travels and walks.Thank you for watching. Thank you very much
今回は山形駅周辺の歴史散策スポットをご紹介します。
訪れたのは七日町御殿堰・文翔館・霞城公園・山形県立博物館・旧済生館本館で、
観光地としては一見地味ではありますが、歩いてみると見どころの多い、いい場所でした。
今回は、散策を通して知った山形の歴史と、歩いて感じた各所の見どころを、桜の名所・霞城公園の景色とともにご紹介します。
#山形市観光 #山形駅散策 #霞城公園
目次
0:00 イントロ
0:46 散策のルートと山形城城下町の歴史
1:52 七日町御殿堰
3:14 山形県郷土館 文翔館：山形の近世近代の歴史を知れる施設
8:06 霞城公園：桜の名所と山形城の歴史
9:50 山形県立博物館
10:15 山形市郷土館 旧済生館本館
12:40 天童 水車生そばの鳥中華そば