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秋田県 · Regional selections

Tazawa-ko Kankō Jōhō Center "Foreake"

大曲・角館・田沢湖／レジャー

A tourist information centre inside Tazawako Station, advising on local transport and lodging.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Historic Site Osarizawa Mine (Modernization Industrial Heritage)

十和田・八幡平／歴史・文化／体験・見学

The remains of a mine said to have been found in 708. Walk the tunnels and see how the work was done.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Fireworks Traditional Culture Museum Hanabi-AMU

大曲・角館・田沢湖／歴史・文化／体験・見学

A museum in Daisen on the history of the Omagari fireworks and how fireworks are made.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Akita Geijutsu Gekijō Milhas

秋田／歴史・文化

A cultural centre in Akita City opened in 2022, with halls large and small.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Kabushiki Gaisha Saiya Shuzōten

由利本荘・鳥海／歴史・文化／体験・見学

A sake brewery in Yurihonjo whose brewers grow their own sake rice.

秋田県 · Regional selections

角館樺細工伝承館

大曲・角館・田沢湖／歴史・文化／体験・見学

A crafts hall in Kakunodate, with demonstrations of kabazaiku, work made from wild cherry bark.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Andō Jōzō Honten

大曲・角館・田沢湖／歴史・文化／体験・見学

A miso and soy sauce maker in Kakunodate founded in 1853, with its storehouse parlour open to visitors.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Omoide-no-Kata Bunkou (the Kata Branch School of Memories)

大曲・角館・田沢湖／体験・見学

A branch school that closed in 1974, repaired and opened to visitors. The classrooms remain as they were.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Akita Airport Souvenir Plaza A-EL

秋田／道の駅・お土産／グルメ・お酒

A souvenir shop on the second floor of Akita Airport, gathering goods from across the prefecture.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Wappa Building (magewappa-making experience)

大館・阿仁・森吉／歴史・文化／体験・見学／道の駅・お土産／グルメ・お酒

A magewappa shop in Odate. Try the process of bending cedar into shape.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Odate-Noshiro Airport Roadside Station

大館・阿仁・森吉／道の駅・お土産

An unusual case in which the airport itself is the roadside station. A statue of an Akita dog stands inside.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Godzilla-iwa

白神・能代・男鹿／自然・景観

A strange rock on the Oga coast. In the evening, backlit, the shape the name promises appears.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Dakedai Nature Observation Education Forest

白神・能代・男鹿／自然・景観

A beech forest outside the Shirakami range, letting you see old-growth forest without entering the core zone.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Kazuno Antler Roadside Station

十和田・八幡平／グルメ・お酒／道の駅・お土産

A roadside station in Kazuno, displaying the floats of the Hanawa Bayashi festival.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Tazawako Sauna

大曲・角館・田沢湖／自然・景観／体験・見学／レジャー

A sauna on the shore of Lake Tazawa. After the heat, you go into the lake.

山形県 · Regional selections

Mount Haguro

庄内地方

One of the Three Mountains of Dewa. A stone stair of 2,446 steps climbs through cedars to the shrine at the top, a mountain of ascetic practice.

山形県 · Regional selections

銀山温泉

村山地方

A hot-spring street where three-storey wooden inns face each other across the Ginzan River. The Taisho-era buildings are still in use.

山形県 · Regional selections

蔵王温泉

村山地方

A strongly acidic sulphur spring. The flow is generous, and in winter it fills with people who come to see the frost-covered trees.

山形県 · Regional selections

Yamadera and Hojusan Risshakuji Temple

村山地方

A mountain temple said to date from 860. Climb steps cut into the rock and halls appear on the cliff face.

山形県 · Regional selections

Kaminoyama Onsen

村山地方

A hot spring in the castle town of the Kaminoyama domain, counted among the three pleasure resorts of Ou.

山形県 · Regional selections

Tarumizu Ruins / Minenoura

村山地方

Grottoes beyond Yamadera. A gate and a small shrine are set into a sheer rock face.

山形県 · Regional selections

Yamagata Epson Aquarium Kamo-sui

庄内地方

An aquarium in Tsuruoka holding more jellyfish species than anywhere in the world, refitted in April 2026.

山形県 · Regional selections

Kuki Shrine

村山地方

A shrine in Asahi built in 1990, whose object of worship is the air itself.

山形県 · Regional selections

Mifuchi Gorge Passage Worship

置賜地方

A gorge on the Nagai dam lake. The banks close in and it can be entered only by boat.