Culture 7 Winter Events in Akita Featured Akita Prefecture offers visitors a host of festivals to liven up the cold winter months.
Festivals Yokote Kamakura Festival Mid Feb Every February, Akita's Yokote transforms into a fairytale landscape dotted with igloo-like structures in a festival dating..
Festivals Namahage Sedo Festival Mid Feb The Namahage Festival is held each year on the second Friday, Saturday and Sunday of February, around the time of the old or lunar..
Culture Akita Dog Museum in Odate Jeremy Yap Learn about the Akita dog with photos, information and exhibits. The Museum was built to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the..
Culture Our Lady of Akita Catholic Church Bonson Lam Seitai Hoshikai in Japanese means the Institute of the Handmaids of the Holy Eucharist. It is a community of nuns living a life..
Culture Akita Inu and Akita Prefecture Featured The link bewteen the Akita Inu (Dog) and Akita Prefecture
Culture Yuzawa Inukko Dog Festival Feb 13th - Feb 14th The Inukko dog festival is held on the second weekend in February in Yuzawa City in Akita
Culture Kakunodate Sakura Festival Late Apr - Early May The sakura or cherry blossom festival celebrates the arrival of spring and the cherry blossoms in the Samurai town of Kakunodate...