Scenic Drive on Route 7 - Along the Sea of Japan

Route 7 which is one of the national highways is a very nice scenic drive road. It mostly runs along the coastline of the Sea of Japan and runs through the mountain areas in some of its parts.

see also; 

• <Beach of the Back Side of Japan> http://funtravelinjapan.blogspot.jp/2013/08/beach-of-back-side-of-japan-sea-of.html
• <I'm back> http://funtravelinjapan.blogspot.jp/2012/05/im-back-to-this-page.html

I drove down though the highway from Tsuruoka City (south end) to Yuza Town (north end) in Yamagata prefecture this time. Unfortunately the weather wasn't good, but fun enough. If the weather had held, the vista of Japan Sea would have been magnificent.  

It is worth checking out what the area is like.

FYI:

• National Highway 7: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_National_Route_7
• About Tsuruoka City: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuruoka,_Yamagata
• Tsuruoka Tourist Association: http://www.tsuruokakanko.com/english/index.html
• About Yuza Town: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuza,_Yamagata
• Yuza Tourist Association (Japanese): http://www.yuzachokai.jp

Sea of Japan

Sea of Japan

Sea of Japan

Sea of Japan

View of small port town from route 7

Side road of route 7

Side road of route 7

Side road of route 7

Side road of route 7

Prefecture border between
Nigata (left) & Yamagata (right).

Putting a municipal border line in the middle of
residential area like this is rare. 

Looking towards the Nigata side. 

Looking towards the Yamagata side.

House of the left is in Yamagata.
The right one is in Nigata.
Laws, except local ordinances, are the same.
But taxes are different. I don't know which one is cheaper. 

They were in the Nigata side.