Akita City "began in 1602, when Yoshinobu Satake moved to another country," according to the Akita City website. Yoshinobu Satake (Satake Yoshinobu) is Akita...
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Odate City, Akita Prefecture, is located in the middle reaches of the Yoneshirogawa River that crosses northern Akita Prefecture, and is the northernmost city in Akita Prefecture, bordering Aomori Prefecture.
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Minamoto no Yoshiie's younger brother Yoshimitsu Minamoto joined Minamoto no Yoshiie's army from Kyoto to help his brother out of his predicament. The Allied forces were in trouble at the time...
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With Mae Kiyohara (Kiyohara no Sanehira) dying of illness, the internal conflict within the Kiyohara clan finally came to an end. The six districts of Oku, which belonged to Mae, were ruled by Mutsu no kami...
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After the war of the previous nine years, Minamoto no Yoriyoshi returned to Kyoto, and the Kiyohara clan ruled the Oku six districts of Mutsu (inland of Iwate Prefecture), which had been ruled by the Abe clan...
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After being defeated by Abe Sadato in the Battle of the Yellow Sea, Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and his son Yoshiie worked hard to strengthen their military strength.
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"Kosaka Railway Rail Park" uses the former Kosaka Station of the Kosaka Railway, which was abolished in 2009, and the depot and marshalling yard at Kosaka Station.
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Also known as the ``Twelve Years' Battle of Oshu,'' this battle was fought in Mutsu and Dewa, present-day Iwate and Akita prefectures, at the end of the Heian period.
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Along National Route 398 near the prefectural border of Miyagi, Iwate, and Akita prefectures, there is a hot spring spot where bathing is prohibited, which is rare even in Japan. Oyasukyo Daifunto...
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The Kawabata area in Akita City, which was once considered the best entertainment district in the Tohoku region, has become less crowded in recent years, despite the area around Akita Station becoming a bustling downtown area.
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