Transportation / Area Maps

Main Building: Yamagata Prefectural Museum

1-8 Kajo-machi, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata-ken (located in Kajo Park) 990-0826
Tel. 023-645-111     FAX 023-645-1112
 

▐ Getting here by train

  • 15 minutes walk from the East Entrance of JR Yamagata Station through Kajo Park's Otemon Great East Gate. 
  • 10 minutes walk from the West Entrance of JR Yamagata Station through Kajo Park's South Gate. 

▐ Getting here by Car

  • Only the North Gate of Kajo Park is open to cars.
    Please follow the traffic signs posted in Kajo Park to the parking lot. 
  • A free parking lot is in front of the Museum. Other free parking lots are available in the park. 
  • Parking for 10 standard sized cars is available in front of the Museum.

▐ Routes to the Museum

  • 20 minutes by car from the Yamagata Motorway Yamagata-Zao interchange. 
  • 10 minutes by car from the Yamagata-Chuou interchange of  theTohoku-Chuou Motorway. 
Map of Main Building


Branch Building: the  Education Resources Building (Kyouiku Shiryoukan)

2-2-8 Midori-cho, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata-ken 990-0041 
Tel. 023-642-4397         FAX 023-642-4403

▐ Getting here by Bus

  • Please take the bus to Numanobe or Chitose Park from the JR Yamagata Train Station,  and get off at the Kitako-mae station.
    ( about  a 10 minute ride) 

▐ Getting here by Car

  • There is a free parking space on the right about 50m north of the crossroad in front of the Educational Resources Museum.
    Parking places available there for 4 standard-sized cars.

▐ Routes to the Museum

  • 10 minutes by car from the Yamagata-Zao interchange of the Yamagata Motorway. 
  • 15 minutes by car from the Yamagata-Chuou interchange of  the Tohoku-Chuou Motorway. 

Routes to the Museum

 


Affiliated Nature Study

 Park 



▐ Getting here by Car

  • Please use the parking space at Magari-numa lake in the prefecture-owned park Kenmin-no-Mori.  
    2 minutes walk to the entrance.

▐ Routes to the 

Nature Study 

Park

  • 35 minutes by car from the Yamagata-Chuou interchange of theTohoku-Chuou Motorway. 
  • 45 minutes by car from the Yamagata-Zao interchange of the Yamagata Motorway. 

▐ Getting to the Park by Bus

  • Currently, there is no regular bus service to the bus stop in front of  Kenmin-no-Mori park.
  • The closest bus stops are Hataya, the last stop of the Yamagata-Hataya bus line, and Oginokubo, the last stop of the Yamagata-Oginokubo bus line.
    It is about an hour on foot from there to the Affiliated Nature Study Park. 
    Please note that there are no buses on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. 

Map of the Affiliated Park for Nature Studies