Yonezawa City Uesugi Museum, Yonezawa

Name: Yonezawa City Uesugi Museum
Address: Yonezawa, Japan
Telephone: +81 238-26-8000

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Yonezawa City Uesugi Museum opened in the former grounds of Yonezawa Castle in Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, in 2001. The collection of some 18,800 objects includes the National Treasures Scenes In and Around the Capital, by Kanō Eitoku, and Uesugi Family Documents. ()

Local name: 米沢市上杉博物館 Opened: 29 September 2001 (23 years ago)Coordinates: 37°54'27"N, 140°6'25"E

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Yonezawa Japan

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Yonezawa City Uesugi Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Yonezawa Uesugi clan cemetery, Yonezawa Castle, Ichinosaka ruins, Furushida-Higashi ruins.

1 miNW
Temple, Buddhist architecture
Yonezawa Uesugi clan cemetery, Yonezawa
25 min walk • The Yonezawa Domain Uesugi clan cemetery is located in the city of Yonezawa, Yamagata. The cemetery contains the graves of the successive daimyō of Yonezawa Domain over a 390-year period, each housed in its own memorial wooden chapel. The cemetery was designated a National Historic Site in 1984.
~930 ftNW
Forts and castles
Yonezawa Castle, Yonezawa
5 min walk • Yonezawa Castle is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in the center of the city of Yonezawa, southern Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Edo period, Yonezawa Castle was home to the Uesugi clan, daimyō of Yonezawa Domain.
1.4 miW
Archaeological site
Ichinosaka ruins, Yonezawa
36 min walk • The Ichinosaka ruins is an archaeological site containing the ruins of an early Jōmon period settlement located in what is now part of the city of Yonezawa, Yamagata in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1997.
0.8 miSW
Archaeological site
Furushida-Higashi ruins, Yonezawa
21 min walk • The Furushida-Higashi ruins is an archaeological site containing the ruins of a large-scale Heian period residence located in what is now part of the city of Yonezawa, Yamagata in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2000.