米泽市为东北地方南部、山形县东南部的都市。置赐地方的中心都市，置赐综合支厅的所在地。旧为南置赐郡及东置赐郡。

镰仓时代是长井氏的领土，室町时代由伊达氏统治。天文之乱后成为了伊达氏的居城。江户时代起至幕末是上杉氏所管治的城下町。

Yonezawa(米沢市,Yonezawa-shi) is a city in Yamagata Prefecture, in the Tohoku region of northern Japan. Yonezawa is most famous for its local delicacies (apples, beef, and carp) and for being a castle town that was once home to the Uesugi clan, including the daimyō Uesugi Yozan.