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秋田県 · Regional selections

御座石神社

大曲・角館・田沢湖／自然・景観／歴史・文化

A shrine on the shore of Lake Tazawa, named for a stone the lord of the Akita domain sat on in 1650.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Tamagawa Onsen

大曲・角館・田沢湖／温泉・宿泊施設

A hot spring yielding 9,000 litres a minute from a single source. Strongly acidic, it has long been used as a cure resort.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Akita-shi Shimin Ichiba

秋田／グルメ・お酒／道の駅・お土産

A market five minutes' walk from Akita Station. Fish, produce and pickle shops make it Akita's kitchen.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Mushinoyu Onsen Fukenoyu

十和田・八幡平／温泉・宿泊施設

A hot spring at about 1,100 metres on Hachimantai, the oldest in the Hachimantai hot-spring district.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Roadside Station Oga Ogare

白神・能代・男鹿／グルメ・お酒／道の駅・お土産

A roadside station in Oga selling local seafood, with a restaurant using the same ingredients.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Towada-ko

十和田・八幡平／自然・景観

A double caldera lake across Akita and Aomori, its surface 400 metres above sea level.

秋田県 · Regional selections

たつこ像

大曲・角館・田沢湖／自然・景観

A gilded statue on the shore of Lake Tazawa, after the legend of Princess Tatsuko, who became the lake's spirit.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Tennen Onsen Hotel Komachi

秋田／温泉・宿泊施設

A hot-spring hotel in Akita City, close to the centre and open for day use.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Akita Kūkō

秋田／体験・見学／道の駅・お土産

The airport at Yuwa in Akita City, linked by bus to points across the prefecture as the gateway by air.

秋田県 · Regional selections

JR Oga-eki

白神・能代・男鹿／体験・見学

The terminus of the Oga Line. Rebuilt in 2018, its rooftop terrace looks out to Mount Kanpu and the Sea of Japan.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Nishimonai Bon Odori

湯沢・栗駒／歴史・文化／イベント・祭り

A Bon dance in Ugo said to be some 700 years old. Dancers hide their faces under woven hats and black hoods.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Senshū Kōen

秋田／自然・景観／歴史・文化

A park on the site of Kubota Castle, with about 700 cherry trees, followed by azaleas and wisteria in early summer.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Kisakata Nemuno-Oka Roadside Station

由利本荘・鳥海／温泉・宿泊施設／グルメ・お酒／道の駅・お土産

A roadside station in Nikaho, among the largest in Tohoku, with a hot-spring bath looking out to the Sea of Japan.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Odate Kosaka Railway Rail Bike

大館・阿仁・森吉／体験・見学／レジャー

Ride a pedal-powered vehicle along the tracks of the former Kosaka railway.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Akita Dog Interaction Experience (Noshiro Kojuso)

白神・能代・男鹿／歴史・文化／体験・見学

An inn in Noshiro where you can meet Akita dogs, known for the bloodline of dogs presented to athletes abroad.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Kakunodate Rekishimura Aoyagi-ke

大曲・角館・田沢湖／歴史・文化／体験・見学

One of Kakunodate's samurai houses, where you can put on a sword and armour.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Akita Dog-no-Sato

大館・阿仁・森吉／体験・見学／道の駅・お土産

A centre in Odate with a display room of Akita dogs and material tracing the breed's history.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Aniai-eki

大館・阿仁・森吉／グルメ・お酒／体験・見学

A station near the middle of the Akita Inland Line, where the railway's head office and depot stand.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Hachimantai Goshogake Onsen

十和田・八幡平／温泉・宿泊施設

A single inn at 1,000 metres on Hachimantai, known for a steam bath laid over mud.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Nakajimadai and Shishigahana Marsh

由利本荘・鳥海／自然・景観

Some 26 hectares of marsh on the northwest flank of Mount Chokai. Its misshapen beeches and springs are a national natural monument.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Kōrakukan (Kuni Jūyō Bunkazai)

十和田・八幡平／歴史・文化／体験・見学

A playhouse built in 1910 as a welfare facility for a mine. Among the oldest wooden theatres in Japan, it is an important cultural property.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Chōkai Blue Line

由利本荘・鳥海／自然・景観

A mountain road linking Nikaho with Yuza in Yamagata, climbing in one run from sea level.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Akita Onsen Satomi

秋田／温泉・宿泊施設

A hot-spring inn in Akita City, drawing on natural water with over a century of history.

秋田県 · Regional selections

Kanpūzan Paraglider

白神・能代・男鹿／自然・景観／体験・見学／レジャー

Fly from the slopes of Mount Kanpu. You go tandem with an instructor, so no experience is needed.