Sankyo Soko
This storehouse for rice was built in 1893.
Bringing the history of Sakata, a bustling rice shipping port, into the present. The wisdom of the people of old lives on in this cool storehouse; they took advantage of the natural world, planting elm trees behind the building in order to mitigate high temperatures in the summer etc. The storehouse is still used to store agricultural products today.
Street address
- 1-1-20 Sankyo-machi, Sakata City
About YAMAGATA Access
- Approximately 10 minutes from JR Sakata Station by bus
Opening Hours
- 9:00-18:00
(Sakata Yume-no-kura)
December 1 – February 28 : 9:00 – 17:00
Closed
- 1 January
(Sakata Yume-no-kura)
Fee
Best season
- All year
Point
- Inside Sakata Yume-no-kura there is an array of Sakata souvenirs, and places to eat and drink.
In the museum there are booths that introduce the history of Sakata, and the Kamekasahoko, a float created in the Edo Period for the Honma family, a wealthy merchant family of Sakata, is also displayed.
Spots around
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Mogami Gorge Basho Line Sightseeing (Traveling down the Mogami River by boat)
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Sake Brewery Museum, Toko-no-Sakagura
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Kaminoyama Castle
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Cherry Blossoms in Tsuruoka Park
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Studio Sedic Shonai Open Set
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Hagurosan Goju-no-to(five storied pagoda)
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Cherry Blossoms in Hiyoriyama Park
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Somaro
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Yunohama Onsen
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Romantic Sunset Cruises from Sakata Port
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Uesugi-Jinja Shrine
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Kaminoyama City Sightseeing Fruit Orchard
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Yonezawa Station
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Togashi Candle Shop (Picture Candle Painting Experience)
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Shonai Airport
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Atsumi Onsen
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Zao Okama crater lake
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Kamo Aquarium “Jellyfish Dream House”
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Yamadera(Risshaku-ji Temple)
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Kaminoyama Onsen Kurort
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Fruit Picking
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Zao Onsen district
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Bunshokan
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Chido Museum
