see more pictures at
http://tabitatsu.blogspot.com/2010/02/rime-on-trees-at-zao-yamagata_27.html
I went there in Feb 2008. After a 40-minute bus ride from Yamagata train station, I arrived at the bus terminal of Zao Onsen (Zao hot spring). From here you can take the ropeway up into the mountains. The lift took me to the highest point (1661m), but it was too cold to enjoy the...
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