Kahoku

Kahoku combines the calm of an agricultural town with the legacy of a trading community in a way that reflects its position in the Mogami River basin of central Yamagata. The municipality occupies part of the broad Murayama Basin, where cultivated fields and low settlements spread beneath the distant Ōu Mountains. Safflower, once a valuable source of red dye, shaped local life during the Edo period: growers sent the crop down the Mogami River toward the port of Sakata and wider markets. That heritage remains present in local products and events. Kahoku is also associated with niku soba, cold buckwheat noodles served in chicken broth. Browse additional webcams from Yamagata Prefecture to extend your view of the Mogami River basin.

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