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)
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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Studio Sedic Shonai Open Set
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Uesugi-Jinja Shrine
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Fruit Picking
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Mogami Gorge Basho Line Sightseeing (Traveling down the Mogami River by boat)
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Yamadera(Risshaku-ji Temple)
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Yonezawa Station
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Cherry Blossoms in Hiyoriyama Park
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Somaro
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Sake Brewery Museum, Toko-no-Sakagura
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Kaminoyama Onsen Kurort
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Shonai Airport
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Togashi Candle Shop (Picture Candle Painting Experience)
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Yunohama Onsen
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Bunshokan
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Kaminoyama City Sightseeing Fruit Orchard
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Atsumi Onsen
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Zao Onsen district
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Romantic Sunset Cruises from Sakata Port
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Zao Okama crater lake
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Cherry Blossoms in Tsuruoka Park
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Hagurosan Goju-no-to(five storied pagoda)
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Kaminoyama Castle
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Chido Museum
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Kamo Aquarium “Jellyfish Dream House”
