Free Winter Boots Rental  This year once again winter boots are available free to rent. Yonezawa faces a lot of snow and the winter but we still want you to enjoy walking around the city. We’ve prepared Snow and Water-proof boots for anyone to use to enjoy the winter land-scape. To rent; ・First fill out the ‘Winter Boots Rental Form’ ・We’ll hold onto your shoes and you can choose any boots you want. ・Feel free to rent them for a period up to 3 days. ・There’s no need to apply beforehand! ・Enquire for info about sizes and availability.   Renting times: 3 rd December 2016 – 31 st March 2017 between the hours of 9:00-17:00 ※Renting service not available on 1 st January.   Rental location Yonezawa Station Tourism Information Center (ASK) TEL: 0238-24-2965 (English Available)

  In an effort to get young people to get into fruit and veg, cooks and chefs from around Yonezawa have come together for this Vegetable Challenge Fair. Yonezawa Vegetable Challenge Fair  Each year Yonezawa hosts a Vegetable and Fruit challenge fair – getting restaurants and cafes to create special dishes with specific ingredients. This time ‘Yonezawa Apples’ and ‘La France Pears’ will be used! We’re also introducing the first ever ‘Sweets Fair’. Come try these unique and delicious dishes all made fresh! Participating Stores Fruit Shop Kiyoka Daizy Café Café ARB Café towa Café Azuma [Yonezawa Apple dishes] Fri 18 th Nov. to Wed. 30 th   [La France dishes] Thur. 1 st Dec. to Sun.11 th Dec.  

Due to expected snowfall the following roads will close a little earlier than planned for winter. ◆City Road: Hyakkozawa  Yonezawa Tsunagi to Fukushima Pref. Kitashiobara Town ◆City Road: Odaira-kaya-daira kougen sen From Odaira Community Center to Odaira Onsen. ◆City Road: Minegoshi-namekawa-sen & Seifuku-dairagoshi-kyouhayu-sen From Touge Station heading towards Namekawa Onsen and Uba Onsen (Planned Closure Date) Thur. 10 th November Until End of March 2017 Enquiries: Yonezaw City Construction Department TEL: 22-5111