• Akita

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

• Akita

The Hachimantai Dragon Eye is a mysterious sight caused by a natural phenomenon of Kagam…

• Akita

Nyuto Onsenkyo is a hot spring town famous throughout Japan for its hidden hot springs. …

• Akita

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

• Akita

Lake Tazawa (Tazawako) is a stunning lake in Akita and has been selected as one of the 1…

• Akita

The name Gozanoishi Shrine (sitting stone shrine) is derived from the fact that Lord Sat…

• Akita

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

• Akita

Dakigaeri Valley, with its beautiful and mysterious azure mountain streams, is also know…

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

Tamagawa Dam and Hosenko Lake (Hosenko) and Yoroihata Dam and Shusenko Lake (Shusenko), …

• Akita

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

• Akita

During the Lavender Festival, visitors can enjoy the sale of lavender goods, various gou…

• Akita

Iai instructors who have been practicing iaido in the Kakunodate Budokan on the street o…

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

Enjoy European-style cuisine and home-brewed beer made with fresh local vegetables from …

• Akita

The Nyuto Onsenkyo "Yumeguri-go" is a shuttle bus that circulates among the se…

• Akita

Lake Tazawa, the deepest lake in Japan, is 423.4 meters deep!Let's paddle out into t…

• Akita

The first glamping field in the northern Tohoku region to feature the "jyubako"…

• Akita

The Tazawako Campground has a wooded environment of rustic beauty that is a five-minute …

• Akita

Visitors can learn more about the history of fireworks, the process of making fireworks,…

• Akita

Lake Tazawa is the deepest lake in Japan, with its lapis lazuli surface and the legend o…

• Akita

Since 1910 (Meiji 43), Oomagari's fireworks has more than 110 years of history. Omag…

• Akita

"Kakunodate Matsuri no Yama Event,” a nationally designated Important Intangi…

• Akita

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

The Someiyoshino cherry trees on the banks of the Hinokinai River were planted in 1934 t…

• Akita

Surrounded by a forest of beech trees, the open-air baths (simple sulfur spring) offer a…

• Akita

The priest will explain the relationship between the Kakunodate samurai and Zen, and the…

• Akita

• Akita

This is an annual event in which giant paper balloons decorated with pictures of warrior…

• Akita

• Akita

A series of dynamic big slopes with a view of the abundant mountains and lapis lazuli-co…

• Akita

• Akita

Steamed in a tent sauna with temperatures well over 100 degrees Celsius.A pleasant sweat…

• Akita