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