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

• Akita

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

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

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

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

• 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

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

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

• Akita

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

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Kakunodate Town in Senboku, Akita Prefecture, is also known as the “Little Kyoto o…

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

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

• Akita

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

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

• Akita

Under the guidance of one of Japan’s leading breeders of the Akita inu that raised…

• Akita

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

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The Namahage Sedo Festival is one of the Michinoku Godai Snow Festivals (five major snow…

• Akita

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

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Oku-Oyasukyo Ooyu Onsen is where hot springs and clouds of steam well up in a deep mount…

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Around 3,700 cherry blossoms and rapeseed blossoms bloom for about 11 kilometers along P…

• Akita

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

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

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This aquarium is in an ideal location overlooking the Sea of Japan. There are many livin…

• Akita

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

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There are several observation decks that overlook Lake Towada, but the views from the Ha…

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Goshogake Onsen is located on the Hachimantai Aspite Line, a scenic driving route traver…

• Akita

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

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

• Akita

Wide-open grasslands, numerous wind turbines, a scattering of large and small lakes and …

• Akita

The 1,637 m Mt. Akita-Komagatake is the collective name for several peaks including Mt. …

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Neburi Nagashi Kan is the nickname given to the Akita City Folk Performing Arts Heritage…

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

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

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The Nakajimadai Shishigahana Marsh is surrounded by a primeval forest of beech trees. Th…

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

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

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

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Roadside Station Gojome is famous for its traditional Gojome Morning Market with a histo…

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