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Semboku
Akita countryside and home to Kakunodate
Things to do in Semboku
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Culture
Paper Balloon Festival in Semboku 2025
The Paper Balloon festival is a very colourful festival in the middle of the Akita winter
Activities
Kakunodate Fire and Snow Festival 2025
The Kakunodate Fire and Snow Festival (火振りかまくら Hiburi Kamakura) takes place in Kakunodate, Akita Prefecture annually on..
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![Asamai Park Iris Festival]( "Asamai Park Iris Festival")
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![Odate Rose Festival]( "Odate Rose Festival")
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![Akita International Dahlia Garden]( "Akita International Dahlia Garden")
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![Misato Town Lavender Festival]( "Misato Town Lavender Festival")
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![Akita: Nature and Akita Inu]( "Akita: Nature and Akita Inu")
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![Hydrangea Viewing at Unshoji Temple]( "Hydrangea Viewing at Unshoji Temple")
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![Yokote Kamakura Festival]( "Yokote Kamakura Festival")
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![Akita Kanto Festival]( "Akita Kanto Festival")
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![Getting From Tokyo to Akita]( "Getting From Tokyo to Akita")
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![Paper Balloon Festival in Semboku]( "Paper Balloon Festival in Semboku")
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![Taihei River Sakura Festival]( "Taihei River Sakura Festival")
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![Akita Dog Museum in Odate]( "Akita Dog Museum in Odate")
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![Akita: Nature and Akita Inu]( "Akita: Nature and Akita Inu")
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![Odate Rose Festival]( "Odate Rose Festival")
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![Exploring Japan's First World Natural Heritage Site]( "Exploring Japan's First World Natural Heritage Site")
7Exploring Japan's First World Natural Heritage Site
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![Misato Town Lavender Festival]( "Misato Town Lavender Festival")
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![Asamai Park Iris Festival]( "Asamai Park Iris Festival")
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![Hydrangea Viewing at Unshoji Temple]( "Hydrangea Viewing at Unshoji Temple")
10Hydrangea Viewing at Unshoji Temple
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Where to eat in Semboku
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Food
Orae Waterfront Restaurant
Bonson LamOrae looks like an Swedish cafe with blonde country log cabin like tables and chairs, but it serves German , Italian and Japan..
Cafe
Orae Lakeside Restaurant
Bonson LamGerman, Italian and Japanese yoshoku cuisine dominate the menu, with family favorites like croquettes, hamburg patties and ginger..
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Tazawako Mountain Harvest Cafe
Bonson LamThis lakeside cafe specializes in sansai or wild greens with set courses from 1350 yen, all presented simply on white plates. ..
Places to stay in Semboku
Japanese
Nyuto Onsen
Steve MortonSet 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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Kuroyu Onsen
Keith WyssThe iconic Nyuto Onsen has several hot spring resorts in the beautiful mountains of eastern Akita, which are open from Spring ..
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Ganiba Onsen
Malcome LarcensSet in the Hachimantai National Park on the edge of Akita and Iwate prefectures, with most of the onsen hot springs open to the..
Latest Semboku Reports
Activities
Guide to Photography Part 2: Light
Ignatius KohThis photography guide tackles lighting conditions that you can almost never control. Hopefully with after reading this, you can..
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Six Days in Tohoku
Ignatius KohNot much is known about Tohoku to the average traveller; perhaps only the memory of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake that devastated..
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Tazawako Ski Resort
Malcome LarcensLooking for an awesome ski resort with plenty of powder away from the crowds and near some of the best hot springs in Japan. Tazawako..