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秋田県 · Regional selections

Oga Kaisen Ichiba

白神・能代・男鹿／グルメ・お酒

A market of Oga's seafood, with an eating area attached.

秋田県 · Regional selections

秋田竿燈まつり

秋田／歴史・文化／イベント・祭り／体験・見学／グルメ・お酒

Akita City's summer festival, about 270 years old. Bamboo poles hung with lanterns are balanced on forehead and hip as bearers move through the street…

秋田県 · Regional selections

Hachimantai Dragon Eye (Kagami-numa)

十和田・八幡平／自然・景観／体験・見学

Kagami Pond on Hachimantai. For a few days during the thaw, the pond takes the look of a dragon's eye.

秋田県 · Regional selections

田沢湖

大曲・角館・田沢湖／自然・景観

At 423.4 metres, the deepest lake in Japan, holding water of a deep lapis blue.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Unosaki Coast

白神・能代・男鹿／自然・景観／レジャー

A shallow shore at Oga. On windless days the wet sand mirrors the sky.

秋田県 · Regional selections

National Fireworks Competition (Omagari Fireworks)

大曲・角館・田沢湖／イベント・祭り

A fireworks competition at Omagari in Daisen. Makers come from across Japan; it is held to be the most prestigious such contest in the country.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Kanpūzan Kaiten Tenbōdai

白神・能代・男鹿／自然・景観／道の駅・お土産

A revolving lookout on the summit of Mount Kanpu, turning a full circle over the Oga Peninsula and the former Hachirogata lagoon.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Kujūkushima (Kisakata)

由利本荘・鳥海／自然・景観

A landform at Kisakata in Nikaho. Once a scenic bay of small islands, it was lifted into dry land by an earthquake.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Akita City Folk Performing Arts Heritage Center (Neburi Nagashi-kan)

秋田／歴史・文化／体験・見学

A centre in Akita City where you can try lifting a full-size kanto pole.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Akita Dog Museum (Akita Dog Preservation Society)

大館・阿仁・森吉／歴史・文化／体験・見学

The Akita dog preservation society's building in Odate. A museum on the third floor holds the breed's history.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Nyūdōzaki

白神・能代・男鹿／自然・景観／道の駅・お土産

The northern tip of the Oga Peninsula. A lighthouse stands on a grass plateau and you can climb inside.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Akita Dog Walking Health Walk

白神・能代・男鹿／自然・景観／体験・見学／レジャー

Walk with an Akita dog in Mitane. You are shown how to handle the dog before setting out.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Akita Dog Cafe

大館・阿仁・森吉／体験・見学／グルメ・お酒／道の駅・お土産

A shop opened in Odate in May 2025 where you can spend time with Akita dogs.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Kawarage Jigoku

湯沢・栗駒／自然・景観

A hillside in Yuzawa. Sulphurous gas escapes so nothing grows, and only white rock is exposed.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Chōkai-san Hokotate Tenbōdai

由利本荘・鳥海／自然・景観

A lookout at the fifth station of Mount Chokai, taking in Tobishima out in the Sea of Japan and the Oga Peninsula.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Mount Moriyoshi and Ani Gondola

大館・阿仁・森吉／自然・景観／体験・見学／レジャー

A ropeway to near the summit of Mount Moriyoshi, known as one of Japan's hundred flower mountains, with frost-covered trees in winter.

秋田県 · Regional selections

男鹿水族館GAO

白神・能代・男鹿／体験・見学

An aquarium facing the Sea of Japan, known for a large tank recreating the Oga sea and for its polar bears.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Dakigaeri Keikoku

大曲・角館・田沢湖／自然・景観

A gorge in Semboku. The name is said to come from banks so close you had to turn back rather than go on.

秋田県 · Regional selections

秋田ふるさと村

横手・増田／体験・見学／レジャー／グルメ・お酒／道の駅・お土産

A large visitor complex in Yokote, with a products hall and one of the largest planetariums in Tohoku.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Funoshi-no-taki Falls

秋田／自然・景観

A three-tier waterfall at Kawabe in Akita City. The water is clear to the riverbed.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Kakunodate Festival Float Event (Kakunodate Festival)

大曲・角館・田沢湖／歴史・文化／イベント・祭り／体験・見学

Kakunodate's festival, held every 7 to 9 September. Some 400 years old, it has floats that ram each other.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Nyūtō Onsenkyō Tsurunoyu Onsen

大曲・角館・田沢湖／温泉・宿泊施設／グルメ・お酒

The oldest inn in the Nyuto hot-spring district. A thatched main building stands over cloudy white water.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Enishi

大曲・角館・田沢湖／体験・見学／温泉・宿泊施設

A 50-year-old house in Semboku repaired as a guesthouse. Room-only lodging shared with an Akita dog.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Mototaki Fukuryūsui

由利本荘・鳥海／自然・景観

A spring in Nikaho. Water issues from the whole face of a rock five metres high and thirty wide.