• Akita

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

• Akita

• Aomori

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

• Iwate

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

• Akita

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 …

• Akita

• Akita

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

• Akita

• Aomori

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…

• Akita

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

• Yamagata

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

Yasu-no-Taki Falls has been selected as the second of Japan’s 100 greatest waterfalls. T…

• Iwate

• Iwate

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

• Akita

This tour takes you on a trek across the forested edge of the Shirakami Sanchi, a mounta…

• Akita

• Akita

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

• Akita

The tourou (a type of lantern) is one of Japan’s traditional lighting implements. …

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

Oga no Namahage is an annual event held around the Oga Peninsula in Akita Prefecture tha…

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

• Akita

• Akita

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

• Akita

• Akita

• Akita

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

• Akita

• Akita

• Akita

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

• Akita

Ookama Onsen is a hot spring housed in a reconstructed school building. The Nyuto Onsen …