Yonezawa

Yonezawa

 

a city in Japan, on the northern part of Honshu Island, in Yamagata Prefecture. Population, 92, 800 (1970). It is a center of the silk industry. There are also furniture, food-flavoring, and paper industries. Yonezawa is the site of an aviation factory. Nearby, in Onogawa, there are hot mineral springs.