How do you combine Fukushima and Yamagata?
Yes. Fukushima and Yamagata combine well on one trip. As a rough guide, allow a full day in Fukushima and a full day in Yamagata, around 2 days in total.
How the two connect
Fukushima and Yamagata are only about 55 km apart, close enough to combine on the same trip without long transfers, and easy to do as a day trip in either direction. The nearest airport to Fukushima is Fukushima Airport (FKS), about 58 km away; for Yamagata it is Yamagata Airport (GAJ), about 20 km away, so you can fly into one and out of the other.
Suggested days
- Fukushima
- a full day
- Yamagata
- a full day
- Together
- 2 days · about 55 km apart
These are starting points, not fixed rules. Add a day to whichever place matches your interests, and build in the travel time between them.
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Day suggestions are a planning guide based on each place's size and profile, not fixed itineraries. Distances are great-circle figures derived from place coordinates; airport data from OurAirports. How Head Your Way compiles its data.