If you are under 20, please refrain from entering.
Also known as yamagata-station-front
Yamagata Station Front is one of the commercial districts that make up central Yamagata City. The city's town-centre revitalisation plan, approved by the Cabinet Office, names the station-front district and the Nanokamachi district as its two main commercial districts.
For travel to Yamagata, the Tohoku tourism organisation gives about 2 hours 45 minutes from Tokyo on the Yamagata Shinkansen. The station-front district is one of the city’s two commercial centres identified in its town-centre revitalisation plan.
The same plan says the two commercial districts, the station front and Nanokamachi, form the town centre, clustered in a square loop that links the two of them.
Yamagata Station Front has no listed venue yet; when listings are added, venues will be shown on this page. Listings in Yamagata Prefecture are currently collected on the Yamagata page.
Under Article 5-2 of Yamagata Prefecture's ordinance implementing the Entertainment Business Act, late operation after midnight is allowed in Kasumicho 1 and 2-chome, blocks 1 to 6 of Kasumicho 3-chome, blocks 1 to 6 of Saiwaicho in Yamagata City, among others. The rule covers regulated entertainment businesses, hostess venues included; Nanokamachi is not on that list.
Yamagata Station Front is generally fine for a night out. The main risk is bottakuri, a padded bill at the end. Stick to venues that post their prices, skip street touts steering you into ‘free’ bars, and confirm the set fee plus any nomination or bottle charges before you order.
Payment methods vary by venue. Check the listing and confirm with the venue before booking.
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