Iide Town

• Yamagata
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Iide Town, located in southwestern Yamagata Prefecture, is a town with a beautiful rural landscape that is counted as one of Japan's three major dispersed settlements. The sight of houses dotted across the vast plains, each surrounded by a protective grove of trees, conveys the aesthetics of traditional Japanese farming villages to the present day. Especially in spring, the submerged forest seen at Lake Shirakawa when meltwater flows in creates a mystical scene as if fresh green trees are growing directly from the lake surface, and canoeing through them is breathtakingly beautiful. It is also a treasure trove of gourmet food, nurturing the highest-grade brand of Iide Beef. At the foot of the majestic Iide Mountain Range, it is a place where you can savor with all five senses the essence of one of the Most Beautiful Villages in Japan, where nature and humans live in harmony.