Culture Yokote Kamakura Festival 2027 Feb 13th - Feb 14th Every February, Akita's Yokote transforms into a fairytale landscape dotted with igloo-like structures in a festival dating..
Festivals Namahage Sedo Festival 2027 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 Nyuto Onsen Village and Its Seven Springs in Akita’... Joanna Ligon Hidden in the snowy mountains of Akita Prefecture, Nyuto Onsen Village feels like something out of a fairytale. This quiet mou..
Culture Akita Kanto Festival 2026 Aug 3rd - Aug 6th The Kanto Matsuri is also known as the pole lantern festival. It is a Tanabata related celebration in Akita City held annually from..
Culture Paper Balloon Festival in Semboku 2027 Wednesday - Feb 10th The Paper Balloon festival is a very colourful festival in the middle of the Akita winter
Festivals Yuzawa Inukko Dog Festival 2027 Mid Feb The Inukko dog festival is held on the second weekend in February in Yuzawa City in Akita
Culture Kakunodate Cherry Blossom Festival 2026 Mid Apr - Early May The sakura or cherry blossom festival celebrates the arrival of spring and the cherry blossoms in the Samurai town of Kakunodate...
Culture Akita Inu and Akita Prefecture Featured The link bewteen the Akita Inu (Dog) and Akita Prefecture