Yamagata Explained

Yamagata may refer to:

Places

Japan

• Yamagata Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region on Honshu island
  • Yamagata (city), the capital city of Yamagata Prefecture
  • Yamagata Airport (IATA code GAJ), an airport located in Yamagata
  • Yamagata Shinkansen, one of Shinkansen lines running between Tokyo Station and Shinjo Station
  • Yamagata Station, the main train station of Yamagata City
• Yamagata, Gifu, a city in Gifu Prefecture
• Yamagata, Nagano, a village in Higashichikuma District, Nagano, Japan
• Yamagata, Iwate, a village in Iwate Prefecture
• Yamagata District, Hiroshima, a district in Hiroshima Prefecture
• Yamagata District, Gifu, a former district of Gifu Prefecture
• Yamagata, Ibaraki, a city in Ibaraki Prefecture
• Yamagata Domain, a Japanese feudal domain in Dewa Province
• Yamagata Castle, a castle in Japan

Elsewhere

• Yamagata Ridge, a nunatak in Oates Land, Antarctica

Other uses

• Yamagata (surname)
• 7039 Yamagata, a main-belt asteroid
• Montedio Yamagata, a J. League club based in Yamagata Prefecture
• Yamagata (Akira), a fictional character in the anime film Akira
• Yamagata dialect, the local dialect spoken in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
• B/Yamagata, lineage of Betainfluenzavirus