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Beauty and the Namahage Beast

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Top Attractions in Akita

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Akita Top 10

  1. Our Lady of Akita Catholic Church
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    Our Lady of Akita Catholic Church

    Akita City
  2. Yokote Kamakura Festival
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    Yokote Kamakura Festival

    Culture
  3. Namahage Sedo Festival
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    Namahage Sedo Festival

    Oga Peninsula
  4. Akita Kanto Festival
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    Akita Kanto Festival

    Akita City
  5. Omagari Hanabi
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    Omagari Hanabi

    Activities
  6. Akita Dog Museum in Odate
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    Akita Dog Museum in Odate

    Culture
  7. Kakunodate Fire and Snow Festival
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    Kakunodate Fire and Snow Festival

    Semboku
  8. Getting From Tokyo to Akita
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    Getting From Tokyo to Akita

    Akita City
  9. Nyuto Onsen
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    Nyuto Onsen

    Semboku
  10. Akita: Food Guide
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    Akita: Food Guide

    Food

Upcoming Akita Events

Odate Shining Street
Activities

Odate Shining Street

Early Dec - Mid Jan

Odate Shining Street is an avenue of trees illuminated until early morning in Akita Prefecture. Some 82 trees over a 800 meter distance..

Free Entry
The Giant Tug of War of Kariwano
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The Giant Tug of War of Kariwano

Mid Feb

Each winter on February 10th the people of Kariwano district in Daisen City, Akita gather together for a giant tug of war that will..

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Where to eat in Akita

Akita: Food Guide
Food

Akita: Food Guide

Farah Bassyouni

Akita is a great place to sightsee and is known for its local dishes and cuisine that are bound to make your experience even m..

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Places to stay in Akita

Nyuto Onsen
Japanese

Nyuto Onsen

Steve Morton

Set in a beautiful forest covered mountain, Nyuto Onsen is one place very much worth visiting, and one that is very accessible..

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Ganiba Onsen
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Ganiba Onsen

Malcome Larcens

Set in the Hachimantai National Park on the edge of Akita and Iwate prefectures, with most of the onsen hot springs open to the..

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Kuroyu Onsen
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Kuroyu Onsen

Keith Wyss

The iconic Nyuto Onsen has several hot spring resorts in the beautiful mountains of eastern Akita, which are open from Spring ..

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Latest Akita Reports

Odate Rose Festival
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Odate Rose Festival

Kim

Rose fan? The annual Odate Rose Festival takes place at the Ishida Rose Garden in Akita, and the event showcases around 500 different..

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About Akita

Okinawa Nagasaki Fukuoka Saga Kumamoto Kagoshima Miyazaki Oita Ehime Kochi Tokushima Kagawa Yamaguchi Hiroshima Okayama Tottori Shimane Hyogo Kyoto Osaka Wakayama Nara Shiga Mie Fukui Ishikawa Toyama Gifu Aichi Nagano Shizuoka Niigata Yamanashi Kanagawa Tokyo Saitama Gunma Tochigi Chiba Ibaraki Fukushima Miyagi Yamagata Iwate Akita Aomori Hokkaido
Region Tohoku
Island Honshu
Capital Akita
Population 1,085,997
Area 11,637.54 km²

Get ready to gain weight when you’re in Akita Prefecture (秋田県, Akita-ken), where you can find delicious dishes galore.

Its prime location adjacent to the Sea of Japan means great seafood (most notably the hata hata fish), while Akita is also known for its Akita Komachi brand of rice and the high quality sake brewed from it. Other famous Akita foods include kiritanpo, Inaniwa udon noodles, and the Yokote yakisoba.

When you’re not eating, try visiting the Shirakami Mountains, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, or relax at the Nyuto Hot Springs. Akita is also the host of the All Japan Fireworks Competition, held annually on the fourth Saturday of August. If you’re visiting in the winter, watch out for men dressed as traditional namahage ogres!

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