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Yamadera

Yamagata

A temple on a rocky mountainside, reached by 1,000 stone steps, where Bashō wrote.

Photo: Tak1701d · CC BY-SA 3.0
Best Time to Go
May–Jun, Oct–Nov
Our full guide to Yamadera is being written. It's on the Hokkaido and Tohoku list as Worth a Detour.

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