• Akita

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

• Akita

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

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

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

• Akita

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

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

Located south of Lake Towada, Oyu Onsen is a hot springs area that naturally sprang fort…

• Akita

Yuze Onsen, located midway between Morioka and Lake Towada, is an onsen area along a mou…

• Akita

Spend a day going around viewing the beautiful foliage in Shirakami-Sanchi, a UNESCO Wor…

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• 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

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

• Akita

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

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

• Akita

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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