• Akita

Nyuto Onsenkyo is a popular hidden hot spring area home to seven hot spring inns each wi…

• Akita

The Yokote Kamakura Festival is one of the Michinoku Godai Snow Festivals (five major sn…

• Multiple Areas

Mount Hachimantai is a mountainous plateau rising 1,613m above sea level stretching over…

• Akita

Kakunodate is a former castle town which flourished during the Edo period. Known as the …

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The mystical Lake Towada offers beautiful panoramic views reflecting the surrounding sce…

• Akita

Dakigaeri Gorge is a popular place of natural beauty surrounded in summer by verdant gre…

• Akita

Lake Tazawa has been selected as one of the 100 best landscapes of Japan. The cobalt blu…

• Akita

The Akita Kanto Festival is one of the three great festivals of Tohoku along with the Ao…

• Akita

Rokugo no Kamakura is a little New Years event with over 700 years of history, held annu…

• Akita

Built on the site of the town’s former castle ruins, Senshu Park is now home to be…

• Akita

The Omagari Hanabi fireworks festival boasts the top tradition and advanced techniques i…

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Facing the Japan Sea, the unique topography of Mount Chokai rises dramatically from sea …

• Akita

Nyudozaki is a scenic cape located at the northern tip of the Oga Peninsula offering a p…

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Shirakami Sanchi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site is a mountainous area extending across Ao…

• Akita

Oyasukyo Gorge was formed through fluvial erosion over thousands of years. A walking pat…

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Mount Hachimantai is a mountainous plateau rising 1,613m above sea level stretching over…

• Akita

Tamagawa Onsen is unique in Japan for two reasons. The first is that it is the source of…

• Akita

Kawarage Jigoku is one of the three major sacred places in Japan, along with Mt. Osore i…

• Akita

Kuroyu Onsen is a hidden hot spring located deep in the mountains surrounding Nyuto Onse…

• Akita

The Mototaki Fukuryusui Underflow features the beautiful contrast between the green moss…

• Akita

Damako is thought to predate kiritanpo (kiritanpo is food made of cooked uruchimai rice …

• Akita

“Namahage” is a folk ritual performed throughout the Oga Peninsula and surro…

• Akita

Ganiba Onsen was named after the crabs living in the nearby stream. The Onsen is popular…

• Akita

Along with the Gujo Odori in Gifu and the Awa Odori in Tokushima, the Nishimonai Bon Odo…

• Akita

Mount Kanpuzan Rotating Observatory is located 355 metres above sea level at the top of …

• Akita

The Oga Peninsula is the home of the strange creatures known as Namahage, demons with te…

• Akita

Kaneyu is a nationally registered tangible cultural property and a symbol of Noshiro Cit…

• Akita

Yuzawa city in Akita prefecture was the hometown of the ancient poet Ono no Komachi, ren…

• Akita

Godzilla Rock is a rock on the craggy shore of Shiosezaki, on the southern side of the O…

• Akita

Over the years, the rushing waters of the Minase River have deeply eroded the banks on e…

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Choshi Otaki Falls is the leading waterfall on the main course of the Oirase Stream that…

• Akita

Yasu-no-Taki Falls has been selected as the second of Japan’s 100 greatest waterfa…

• Akita

Kiritanpo is a local Akita dish of pounded rice grilled on a cedar stick that originated…

• Akita

This wintery festival has been continued for over 400 years. It is held annually on the …

• Akita

Shirakami-Sanchi, a mountainous area straddling Akita and Aomori Prefectures, is a habit…

• Akita

The wind caves are a mysterious spot where near-freezing winds blow even during summer d…

• Akita

Omoriyama Zoo is located in a corner of Omoriyama Park on Mount Omori, a scenic location…

• Akita

Oga Peninsula offers cycling routes in scenic areas along the sea and through a mountain…

• Akita

Nekobari Rock is a large uniquely-shaped rock sitting in the upper stream of Babame Rive…

• Akita

Shinzan Shrine has thrived as a sacred place for Sangaku-shinko mountain worshipers sinc…