Yamagata, with Akita Prefecture, composed Dewa Province until the Meiji Restoration.
Yamagata Prefecture is located in the southwest corner of Tohoku, facing the Sea of Japan.
Yamagata Prefecture is also known for its local dialect Yamagata-ben, sometimes thought of as backward sounding and the butt of jokes in other parts of Japan.
As for the lion dance at Takadama, it is said that the begging is connected with the inhabitant of Dobashi, Nakayama town in Yamagata Prefecture next to Tendo city.
Yamagata prefectural governor and the mayor of yamagata city, they nagotiated with the Minister of Transport at a hotel in Yamagata City.
Yamagata Prefecture settled on the route from Fukushima Prefecture into Yonezawa City, visiting Takahatatown, Yamagata City and Tendo City.