2025 Yokote Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in March)

Akita in winter is like a dreamlike snow country. Every year, the grand Yokote Snow Festival is held in Yokote City, attracting countless tourists to experience the charm of winter. The Yokote Snow Festival has a history of over 450 years and is a traditional event during the Little New Year. Every winter, about 80 snow caves are built in the city. These snow caves are not only artistic creations but also important symbols of local culture. Visiting the Snow Cave Museum offers an opportunity to learn about the origins and evolution of these snow caves and to feel the local residents' appreciation and love for this tradition. In the museum, you can also personally experience wearing traditional padded half-coats. Wearing these thick clothes and walking into a real snow cave, you will feel the warmth and comfort of the snow cave's interior. The snow walls emit a faint glow, helping you understand the historical significance of snow caves.

📸 Mitsuaki Iwago's Kitten Exhibition is now open! 🐱 Photography is not allowed inside the photo exhibition. The bookmarks you get for tickets and souvenirs are also cute, so I'll post them here 🫶 🌟 Recommended points - A collection of adorable kitten photos by world-famous animal photographer Mitsuaki Iwago! - The adorable kittens are soothing to the soul. - Not only photos, but also Iwago's photography stories and the kittens' stories are introduced. Until July 15, 2024! 🎟️ Details 📌 Akita Museum of Modern Art 📍 62-46 Akasaka Tomigasawa, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, 013-0064 🚃 About 20 minutes by car from JR Yokote Station. Or about 30 minutes by bus to the museum from Yokote Station. 🕕10:00-18:00 (entry until 17:30) Come visit with your family and friends and immerse yourself in the wonderful world of kittens! 🐾 #TravelWithMe #Museum

I went to the Kamakura Festival in Yokote City on a day trip using the "Kyun Pass" issued by JR❄️ I was able to enjoy it fully in one day, as I was able to go inside the kamakura and take photos, and there were festival stalls set up! If you take the last Shinkansen, you can enjoy the night lighting! It seems that there was less snow than usual this year, and some of the small kamakura had melted, which was a bit disappointing, but it was a wonderful opportunity to experience something that is hard to experience in Tokyo. For lunch, I had Yokote Yakisoba at "Kidouraku Main Store"✨It was delicious! #KamakuraFestival

💫Jaganosaki Kawahara 📍Japan · Snake no Saki Kawahara - Yokote City, Akita Prefecture The Yokote Snow House Festival has a history of over 450 years. Mini Snow House Every little house is like a lantern Protecting the lights inside from going out - Local children spontaneously organized into a lantern-lighting team Busy in the snowy night Rekindle the extinguished lights At night, the twinkling lights A river beside a snowy sky Warm, romantic and super dreamy 📷Some pictures are from ins -

This is a specialty of the Jumonji district of Yokote City, and is a dish that will make you want to say, "This is the real Chinese noodle!" It is characterized by curly noodles that do not use kansui and a very light Japanese-style soup based on soy sauce 💡 It originated from "Marutama," but out of the several popular stores, I visited "Meidai Sankaku Sobaya Jumonji Main Store." If you enter before 11:30 on Saturday, there is still plenty of time, but by the time you leave, the store is packed with customers, and most of them are local people, which is proof that it is loved by many people 😊 By the way, the Jumonji district is quite far from Yokote city center, but there is also a Yokote store ◎ This Chinese noodle is not a type that packs a punch, so people will either love it or hate it 🤔 Personally, I like the light taste and the curly noodles that are easy to slurp! It feels like a charumera sound is playing in my head 🎶 Also, the large and chewy bamboo shoots and the tofu that soaks up a lot of soup are so delicious that you'll want to add toppings 😋 Please try the juicy and soaking tofu ✨ Chinese noodles (regular) 730 yen Additional bamboo shoots 220 yen Additional tofu 60 yen Business hours: 11:00-17:00 (18:00 on weekends) Visited: October 2021 #Tohoku #Tohoku trip #Akita prefecture #Akita #Akita sightseeing #Gourmet #Yokote #Yokote city #Jumonji #Yokote gourmet #Akita gourmet #Ramen #Chinese noodles #Jumonji ramen #Jumonji soba #Sankaku sobaya

The favorite thing to come to Japan is to do the manual experience. This time we chose the cherry skin craft that was only passed down in Akita. Use the skin of the cherry tree to make your own jewelry box. The thick original bark is hand-polished to become a thin, tough, soft bark with beautiful patterns, deep color, smooth and shiny surface, and a bit like a ripple. is said to be strong and strong, and also has the function of preventing moisture and cold. Cut out the favorite pattern according to your own idea and put it on the black lacquered jewelry box. Finishing and painting is completed. The pattern I made is a traditional cherry blossom pattern. was praised by the teacher, and the photo was posted in the store, so happy. Now I have another Utada Sakura leather jewelry box with special commemorative significance. It is especially recommended that you can eat the "cross-boiled noodles" from the end of the Akita farm in the village of Akita. Japan has a lot of fried noodles, but the noodles are not the same. The sauce is thicker and sweeter. It has won the championship in the local food competition. fried noodles are fried on the iron plate. The taste is very delicious, the price is very affordable, and the popularity is very high. Many people will buy the packaged semi-finished products and go home.

Japan's dream snow festival more than 4,000 snow house fairy tale world, beautiful is not true in Yoko City, Akita Prefecture, Japan, have the honor to watch the local "Yangshou Snow Festival", more than 4,000 large and small snow The house is unfolding in front of you like a picture, and suddenly I feel that this is the ultimate romance in the winter. [Festival background] As early as nearly 450 years ago, the local people continued to hold a celebration for the sacrifice of the god of water, and they entered the snow cave and put the copper plate into the money box to pray for healthy and healthy business. , the grain is abundant. [Main gameplay] The most atmospheric atmosphere is the lighting ceremony at night. Focusing on the Snakesakihara and Yokote Nan Elementary School campuses, you can see the mini-snow cave with candles on the whole city. . More than 100 big snow houses can enter the experience, the local children have long arranged liqueurs and rice cakes, warmly entertain you, the happy smile on their faces makes you feel good. After the experience, give them a few hundred thousand yen to express their wishes. [Local cuisine] One of the three most popular Japanese fried noodles, do not miss it. Noodles are thick and straight, the biggest feature is that the poached egg and assorted eight-treasure dish will be placed on the surface. Pour a small amount of sweet, refreshing sauce, then mix it with the egg yolk of the poached egg.