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Photo: Yauchi / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0Odate, AkitaAkita Dog Hall (Akita Dog Preservation Society)The museum on the 3rd floor displays detailed material on the history and nature of Akita dogs, and in front of the hall stands "Bokyo no Hachiko", a statue of the loyal dog Hachiko, who was born in Odate. On weekdays only, real Akita dogs are in the office (no petting; they may be absent at short notice). The society's main show is held every May 3, with over 150 Akita dogs from around the world judged by the "Akita standard".Official check: 28 Sept 2026
Photo: inunami / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (cropped and resized)Odate, AkitaAkita Dog Visitor Center, OdateIn front of Odate Station: see real Akita dogs through glass, plus a small Akita dog museum and a souvenir shop. The building is modelled on the old Shibuya Station of Hachiko's time.Official check: 25 Sept 2026- Photo: Ocavis Leechroot / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 (resized)Yokote, AkitaAkita Furusato-muraA family theme park with one of Tohoku's largest planetariums, a trick-art castle and Akita local food; entry to the village is free and it is 3 minutes from Yokote IC.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACAkita, AkitaAkita Museum of ArtA Tadao Ando-designed museum near Akita Station, home to Tsuguharu Foujita's huge mural "Events in Akita".Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACAkita, AkitaAkita Shimin Ichiba MarketAkita's kitchen, 3 min on foot from JR Akita Station: fresh fish, salted salmon roe and cod roe, vegetables, sake and souvenirs, with a market-run sushi bar.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: 掬茶 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)Oga, AkitaCape Nyudozaki and Nyudozaki LighthouseA grassy headland at the northwestern tip of the Oga Peninsula on latitude 40° N, with one of Japan's 16 lighthouses you can climb.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: 掬茶 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)Semboku, AkitaDakigaeri GorgeA 10 km gorge on the Tama River known for fresh green and autumn leaves, with a red suspension bridge and the Mikaeri Falls.Official check: 25 Sept 2026- Photo: 掬茶 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (resized)Daisen, AkitaFormer Ikeda Family GardenThe garden of the Ikeda family, once among the three greatest landowners in Tohoku; in 2004 it became the first garden in Akita designated a national Place of Scenic Beauty.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: 掬茶 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (resized)Kazuno, AkitaGoshogake OnsenA single mountain inn in Hachimantai with seven kinds of baths, including a box steam bath where only your head sticks out and a mud bath; day bathing 10:30-15:00, closed on Tuesdays.Official check: 25 Sept 2026- Photo: SAGI1955 / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 (resized)Semboku, AkitaHachimantai Dragon Eye, Kagami-numa PondA pond near the summit of Mt. Hachimantai whose melting snow forms a dragon's eye only when conditions line up, usually from late May to early June; about 20 minutes on foot from the summit car park.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACSemboku, AkitaKakunodate Samurai DistrictA preserved Edo-period samurai quarter known as the "Little Kyoto of Tohoku"; several houses are open inside.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACOga, AkitaKanpuzan Revolving ObservatoryA revolving observation room on the 4th floor that turns once every 13 minutes, giving a 360-degree view from Oga Peninsula to Mt. Chokai; open from mid-March to early December.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACYuzawa, AkitaKawarage JigokuSulphurous gas still vents here, so no plants grow and the whole mountain shows bare, strangely shaped rock; also called the sacred mountain "Kawarage", its scenery looks like hell itself. It is counted among Japan's three great sacred sites with Osorezan and Tateyama.Official check: 28 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACKosaka, AkitaKorakukan TheaterA Meiji-era theater and National Important Cultural Property still in use; a guided tour of about 30 minutes shows the revolving stage, trapdoor and actors' graffiti in the dressing rooms (adults 700 yen).Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: 掬茶 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped and resized)Nikaho, AkitaKujukushima (Kisakata)Once known far and wide as a scenic place of "88 lagoons and 99 islands", Kisakata became land when the seabed rose in the great earthquake of 1804. In "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" (1689) Matsuo Basho wrote that "Matsushima seems to laugh, Kisakata seems to grieve" and composed a haiku here. It can be seen from the observation room of the roadside station "Nemu no Oka". A national natural monument.Official check: 28 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACSemboku, AkitaKuroyu Onsen, Nyuto Onsen VillageThe innermost inn of Nyuto Onsen Village, with the spring bubbling up beside the thatched bath huts; open for day bathing from mid-April to early November.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACSemboku, AkitaLake ShusenkoA dam lake along National Route 341. From the dam park there is a refreshing view, and from the Shin-Tamagawa Bridge upstream you can see a submerged forest when the water is high and a marsh-like landscape when it is low; the autumn leaves reflected on the cobalt-blue water are also worth seeing.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
Photo: 掬茶 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)Semboku, AkitaLake TazawaJapan's deepest lake (423.4 m), a round lake about 20 km around with deep blue water.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Ryuetsu Kato / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0Nikaho, AkitaMototaki Spring FallsWater from Mt. Chokai seeps out across a rock face about 30 m wide, 50,000 tons a day, falling over green moss; about 10 minutes on foot from the car park.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACKitaakita, AkitaMt. Moriyoshi Ani GondolaA 6-seat gondola that climbs to 1,167 m on Mt. Moriyoshi, known for alpine flowers in summer and rime-covered "snow monster" trees from early January to early March.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Kumpei Shiraishi / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 (resized)Oga, AkitaNamahage Museum and Oga Shinzan Folklore MuseumMore than 150 Namahage masks on display, and next door a live Namahage ritual in a traditional farmhouse (UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage).Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: KQuhen / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)Oga, AkitaOga Aquarium GAOAn aquarium on the Sea of Japan coast of the Oga Peninsula with polar bears, penguins and seals, and Akita's prefectural fish, the sandfish (hatahata), on show all year.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: 掬茶 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)Kazuno, AkitaOyu Stone CirclesTwo large Jomon-period stone circles (about 2000-1500 BC), part of the World Heritage "Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan".Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Cal3135 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Yuzawa, AkitaSato Yosuke Inaniwa Udon Flagship StoreThe flagship store of Sato Yosuke, an Inaniwa udon maker, where you can watch craftsmen twist, press and stretch the noodles through glass for free and then eat them; the most popular dish is the two-dip tempura seiro (1,850 yen).Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: 掬茶 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (resized)Akita, AkitaSenshu Park, Kubota Castle SiteThe site of Kubota Castle, home of the Satake lords for 267 years, a castle with no stone walls or keep; the park is open all day and has about 630 cherry trees.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: 8-Forest / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)Nikaho, AkitaShishigahana MarshA 26-hectare spring-fed marsh on the northwest slopes of Mt. Chokai, a Natural Monument, home to the ball-shaped "Chokai marimo" moss and the giant beech "Agariko Daio".Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Raita Futo / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (resized)Semboku, AkitaTamagawa OnsenA mountain hot-spring retreat known for Japan's most acidic spring water (pH 1.2, 98°C), with a 9,000-litre-a-minute source; day bathing 10:00-15:00, closed in winter.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACSemboku, AkitaTsurunoyu Onsen, Nyuto Onsen VillageThe oldest of the eight inns in Nyuto Onsen Village, with a thatched-roof main building and four different springs on one site.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACOga, AkitaUnosaki CoastA 1,500 m stretch of coast from the south of the Oga Peninsula to Daijima, sometimes called "Akita's Uyuni Salt Flat" for scenery reflected in its mirror-like water. At low tide shallows about 200 m wide appear and are busy with people exploring the rock pools. It is one of Japan's "100 Best Beaches", and the view at dusk is especially beautiful.Official check: 28 Sept 2026
Photo: Raripochi / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)Yokote, AkitaYokote Kamakura-kanSee real kamakura snow huts made by craftsmen all year round in a display room kept at about minus 10 degrees; the Yokote Kamakura festival itself is held on the 2nd Friday and Saturday of February.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Ocavis Leechroot / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 (resized)Yokote, AkitaYokote Masuda Manga MuseumJapan's first museum dedicated to manga, holding original drawings by over 100 artists; the permanent exhibition is free.Official check: 25 Sept 2026- No photo yetAkita, AkitaAkita City Folk Performing Arts Hall "Neburi Nagashi Kan"A city museum of Akita's festivals where anyone can try balancing a real Kanto festival lantern pole, with live Kanto performances on weekends from April to October.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
- No photo yetAkita, AkitaAkita Dog StationA place to meet Akita dogs in "Area Nakaichi", a short walk from Akita Station; the dogs are shown on Saturdays and Sundays. To avoid stressing the dogs you may not touch them, but photos are allowed. The station also serves as a training place for Akita dogs rescued after being abandoned, and part of the sales of its goods goes to protecting Akita dogs.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
- No photo yetSemboku, AkitaKakunodate Kabazaiku DenshokanA city craft museum in Kakunodate with live demonstrations of kabazaiku cherry-bark craft, displays of bark and maple-strip crafts, and armour of the Satake-Kita family.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
- No photo yetYuzawa, AkitaKawatsura Lacquerware Traditional Crafts CenterA crafts center for Kawatsura lacquerware, with 800 years of history: over 800 pieces for sale on the 1st floor, a history museum on the 2nd, and chinkin and maki-e workshops (2,750 yen per person for 3 or more).Official check: 25 Sept 2026
- No photo yetOga, AkitaOga Seafood MarketA seafood market with a wide range of seafood from Oga, with a restaurant attached. It serves hearty seafood bowls and set meals; the "Kaiho-don" piled with shrimp, sea urchin and salmon roe and the "Kaisen Teishoku", limited to 10 a day, are popular.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
- No photo yetOdate, AkitaShibata Yoshinobu Shoten, Wappa Building Store: Odate MagewappaA shop and gallery for Odate magewappa, bent cedar boxes, 3 minutes on foot from Odate Station; you can make a round bento box (8,800 yen) or a bread plate (4,950 yen) with a craftsman's tools, by phone reservation.Official check: 25 Sept 2026