Festivals Namahage Sedo Festival Mid Feb Namahage are ogre like creatures that roam around the Oga Peninsula of Akita, looking for lazy or disobedient kids.
Culture The Gem of Japanese Traditional Culture Featured After lunch, we set out to Oga Peninsula, which is about 1 hour drive from... Namahage Festival takes place at Shinzan Shrine in Oga Peninsula.
Culture 7 Winter Events in Akita Featured Namahage Sedo Matsuri Akita's Oga Peninsula is rife with legends about... In midwinter, towns on the peninsula celebrate the Namahage Sedo Matsuri
Culture Summer in Akita Senshu Park Kasia Szumna Room with a unique tea house garden, iris garden and a lovely pond with Oga
Culture Kubota Castle Hitoshi Kawai Akita downtown and central business district, all the way out to the Oga... peninsula and the ocean beyond, and it makes you wonder how Satake was
Festivals Akita Big Paper Balloon Festival Janessa Landry paintings of musha-e (warriors) or Kabuki actors in makeup, as well as bijin-ga