Yamagata Prefecture

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Drink fresh beer next to the tanks it came from
All over Japan, small craft breweries pour their beer in taprooms set right beside the brewing tanks, so what you drink was made a few steps away. Order a few small glasses to compare styles, often with food made to go with them. The places in and around Tokyo make an easy evening out, while those farther away fit into a longer trip through the region.
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Obanazawa
A hot spring town of wooden inns and gas lamps
Ginzan Onsen is a hot spring village in the mountains of Yamagata, in northern Japan, where wooden inns three and four stories tall, built about a century ago, face each other across a narrow river. Warm up in the public bath or a footbath, snack on fresh tofu as you walk, and wait for dusk, when gas lamps come on along the river. It is about three and a half hours from Tokyo by shinkansen and bus, so most people stay the night; in winter, day visits have limits, so check the official site first.
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Ride a bus straight into a lake
On an amphibious bus, often called a duck tour, you ride along the road, then roll down a ramp into a lake with a big splash, and the bus carries on across the water as a boat. Most run only from spring to autumn, and strong wind or high water can cancel a trip, so check the season and book ahead.

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