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Yamagata

Yamagata offers what it calls “Yamagata Hot Spring MICE” at hot spring hotels and inns within the prefecture, which are uniquely Japanese and distinguished from many hot springs and resort hotels around the world. International conferences at these Japanese-style hot spring hotels and inns will surely bring greater satisfaction to participants, especially those from outside Japan, and make their trip a memorable one.

Access

Yamagata Airport→JR Yamagata Station：35 min. by airport shuttle
JR Tokyo Station→JR Yamagata Station：Minimum 2 hr. 26 min. by train (Yamagata Shinkansen)
JR Sendai Station→JR Yamagata Station：Minimum 1 hr. 11 min. by train (Senzan Line Express)
JR Sendai Station→JR Yamagata Station：1 hr. 7 min. by highway express bus

Venues overview

	Facility	Rooms
Hotel	57	4,123
Ryokan	114	2,787
Total	171	6,910

Contact

Yamagata Convention Bureau

〒990-0076, Japan, 100 Hirakubo, Yamagata
See the map
+81-23-635-3000
+81-23-635-3030
http://www.convention.or.jp/english/
sales@convention.or.jp

Pre-/Post-Convention Programs

Cherry-picking
A quintessential Yamagata experience only available in the early summer
Zao Ice Monsters
Weather patterns peculiar to Zao create juhyo, or ice monsters—trees covered with snow. Nighttime illuminations create a mystical atmosphere.

Support Programs for Convention

Support for bidding process
Category	Type of Support	Availability	Languages
Site inspection	Arranging an inspection trip for site selection	✓
Support for hosting/preparation
Category	Type of Support	Availability	Languages
PR	Support for encouraging participation in the event	✓
PR	Supporting other PR activities	✓
Conference and event preparation	Providing information on PCOs, travel agencies and event management companies	✓
	Providing information on reception venues (including unique venues)	✓
	Providing information on related programs (local attractions, traditional performing arts, post-convention programs, sightseeing and hands-on experiences with Japanese culture for persons accompanying conference participants)	✓
	Providing tourism information	✓
	Requesting nominal support	✓
	Coordinating with relevant organizations
Conference and event operation	Arranging reception venues (including unique venues)
	Arranging volunteers	✓
	Setting up an information desk	✓
	Providing maps/guidebooks for participants	✓
	Arranging shuttle buses
	Providing convention bags	✓
Hospitality	Welcome posters and digital signage	✓	English
	Welcome message by the head of the local government
	Providing discount tickets to tourist facilities
	Providing discounts on public transportation
	Dispatching tourism ambassadors
Related programs	Making arrangements for attractions and traditional performing arts
	Making arrangements for post-convention programs
	Making arrangements for sightseeing and hands-on experiences of Japanese culture for persons accompanying conference participants
	Arranging tour interpreters and guides	✓	English