Only a 5-minute walk from JR Yamagata Station’s West exit, the Richmond Hotel Yamagata Ekimae features comfortable rooms with free Wi-Fi, beverage vending machines and massage treatments. It features a 24-hour front desk and free-use internet PCs. Laptop computer rentals are also available. Richmond Hotel Yamagata Ekimae is an 8-minute walk from Kajo Park, which has the ruins of Yamagata Castle It’s also a 7-minute drive from the Bunshokan prefectural museum and garden, and a 30-minute drive from Yama-dera Temple. Facilities at the Yamagata Ekimae Richmond Hotel include snack vending machines and a free-use microwave, and a shoe dryer, iron and such can be borrowed at the front desk. DVD players or an air humidifier are available for a fee. A convenience store is located a 1-minute walk away. These air-conditioned rooms are fitted with an LCD TV, a desk with a desk lamp and an electric kettle. The private bathroom includes a bathtub, toiletries and a hairdryer. Japanese and Western breakfast foods are served as a daily breakfast buffet at the dining room, between 6:30 am and 9:30 am on weekdays and 6:30 am-10 am on weekends and holidays.