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Obanazawa (尾花沢) [1] is a city in Yamagata, Japan.

[edit] Understand

Obanazawa's main claim to fame is that it has one of the highest snowfalls in the entire world, with over two meters falling in an average winter, and they've even developed a special sharply peaked "flower hat" (hanagasa) to stop snow accumulating on your head. Haiku poet Matsuo Basho spent ten days here on his journey along the Narrow Road to the Deep North.

[edit] Get in

[edit] Get around

[edit][add listing] See

• Natagiri mountain pass (Natagiri Toge)
• Yosen Temple

[edit][add listing] Do

• Ginzan Onsen hotsprings

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[edit][add listing] Eat

• Obanazawa beef

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[edit] Get out

Aomori ← Akita ←

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→ Yamagata → Fukushima