Roadside station “Shirakaba no Sato Yamagata”

Kuji Citizens Market

Kuji Citizen's Kitchen is lined with 24 stores, including fresh fish stores, dry goods stores, vegetable and greengrocer stores, meat stores, and general food stores. You can buy seasonal fish and fresh vegetables, and it is recommended for choosing Kuji souvenirs.

Hiraniwa Kogen

Located at an altitude of 800m, halfway up Mt. Hiraniwa, the vast Hiraniwa Kogen is a scenic area designated as a prefectural natural park. It is a field where you can enjoy nature all year round, starting with wetland plants such as the herald of spring, the Japanese katakuri, to the dazzling green white birch forest in early summer, the astragalus azaleas in full bloom all over the plateau, the autumn leaves, and skiing in winter as the season progresses. [Astragalus azalea] Early to mid-June [Best time to see autumn leaves] Mid-October to early November

Kyuzo Mifune

A judoka from Kuji City. A petite person with a height of 159 cm and a weight of 55 kg, he began judo in junior high school, and after graduating, he moved to Tokyo and enrolled at the Kodokan. In 1930, he won the special match at the first All Japan Judo Championships. He studied under Sakujiro Yokoyama's instructor, 8th dan, and was promoted year by year, reaching the highest rank of 7th dan in 1923 and 10th dan in 1945. He devised many new techniques such as the ``air throw'' and became the prefecture's first Person of Cultural Merit in 1961.