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[Akita] Traditional winter sweets event! What is “Amekko City” in Odate City?

Akita Prefecture is known as a snowy country on the north side of Japan. Many of the festivals in Akita Prefecture are eccentric and fantastic. For example, in the summer, lanterns are arranged in rice ear shapes...

akoako2017.03.13

[Akita] Enjoy nature! 4 recommended driving courses!

A tour of the Oga Peninsula where you can enjoy the Sea of ​​Japan to your heart's content. Akita Prefecture is rectangular in shape that extends north and south. The Oga Peninsula, the birthplace of Namabald, is a peninsula that protrudes out to the west side. Along the coast...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2017.03.10

Hatahata

Akita's winter symbol "Hatahata"

The divine fish "Hatahata" is written in the kanji character "God" on the "fish" and "Hatahata" is written in the "Hatahata" symbol of Akita's winter and soul food, Hatahata, is the name of a fish caught off the coast of the Sea of ​​Japan...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2017.03.08

Unique to snow country! The charm of Mt. Moriyoshi in winter in Akita

Akita is cold, but hot. Winter in Akita Prefecture faces the Sea of ​​Japan. The cold, raging north winds, and endless snow piled up. Winter in Akita, a snowy country, is unprecedentedly harsh. However, the harshness of winter...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2017.03.02

Namahage Saito Festival

Akita is hot even in winter! 4 recommended winter festivals

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...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2016.10.27

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