Akita residents love festivals. The Kanto Festival is one of the three great festivals in Tohoku, and there are no ones who don't know about it. People in Akita Prefecture say that when the Kanto Festival approaches and the music practices begin to sound, blood roars...
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Seven inns and seven baths Nikuto Onsen is a hidden hot spring resort located in Lake Towada and Hachimantai National Park on the middle of Akita Prefecture. From Tokyo, you can take the Akita Shinkansen to Tazawako Station for about 3 hours, and the road from Tazawako Station is...
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A park with the remains of Kubota Castle, the Satake clan's castle, Chiaki Park in Akita City, Akita Prefecture is the remains of Kubota Castle, the castle of the Akita Domain lord, Satake clan. It was designed by Nagaoka Anpei in 1884 and was developed as a park...
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A place where the Edo period's streetscape remains The Kakunodate Samurai Mansion is a series of mansions of middle and lower-level samurai during the Edo period that remain in the Kakunodate district of Senboku City, Akita Prefecture. From Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture to Senboku, Akita Prefecture...
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Lake Tazawa is the deepest lake in Japan Lake Tazawa is the deepest lake in Japan, located in Senboku City, Akita Prefecture. The area is 25.8 square kilometers, the 19th largest in Japan, so the lake is...
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