Typical but Beautiful Landscape of Yamagata Prefecture

When you drive through the prefecture of Yamagata, you definitely see 3 major features of the region.

There are (is) ;

(1) a lot of mountains.

(2) a lot of rice fields.

(3) Mogami River running through almost every area of Yamagata.

I visited at Asahi Town which is located almost in the middle of the prefecture and it has every characteristic of Yamagata - mountains, rice fields, and Mogami River.  Looks like a typical town of Yamagata. 

FYI:

• About Asahi Town: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi,_Yamagata_(Nishimurayama)
• Asahi Town Tourist Association: http://asahimachi-kanko.jp/overseas/w_english.html
• About Mogami River: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogami_River

Mogami River

Mogami River

Mogami River

Mogami River

View of downtown Asahi. 

Kunugi-Daira Terraced Rice Fields.
This rice field scenery is selected as one of the most beautiful
100 terraced rice field landscapes in Japan.