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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 …

• Akita

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

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

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Tsuru-no-Yu Onsen is the oldest hot spring in Nyuto Onsenkyo and used to be a spa resort…

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

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

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Kabazaiku is a craft made using the bark of Yamazakura cherry trees. This traditional cr…

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

• Akita

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

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Each year on February 10, massive paper balloons with drawings of warriors, beautiful wo…