Oga, Akita / 寒風山回転展望台
Kanpuzan Revolving Observatory
A 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.
Last official check
25 Sept 2026
Traveler reports
0
Reports open in Phase 2
Next scheduled check
24 Dec 2026
Before you go
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- Opening hours
8:30-17:00 (mid-March to early December).
Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site- Closed
Closed from mid-December to early March; open every day during the season.
Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site- Admission
Not checked yet — we have not confirmed this on an official source yet. Check with the spot before you go.
- Getting there
About 10 minutes by car from Wakimoto Station. There is no route bus; a shared sightseeing taxi, the Kanpuzan Liner, runs between Oga Station and the mountain.
Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site- Parking
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- Payment
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- Accessibility
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Address: Oga, Akita (Japanese address: 秋田県男鹿市脇本富永寒風山62-1)
Official site: http://www.akita-chuoukotsu.co.jp/kanpuzan/
Location
Smaller pins are other spots nearby.
Nearby spots
- No photo yetNamahage Museum and Oga Shinzan Folklore MuseumAkita9 km away (straight line)
Photo: KQuhen / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)Oga Aquarium GAOAkita15 km away (straight line)
Photo: 掬茶 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)Cape Nyudozaki and Nyudozaki LighthouseAkita17 km away (straight line)
Distances are straight-line distances, not travel distances.
Crowds
- Crowd level
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- Best time to visit
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- Peak time
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- Busiest days
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- Busiest season
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- Latest traveler report
- None yet
Traveler crowd data by time of day appears after 5 traveler reports (0 so far).
Visiting respectfully
- Local etiquetteThe 4th-floor observation room turns once every 13 minutes: to the south the coast from Akita City and Mt. Chokai, to the west Mt. Honzan, Mt. Shinzan and Cape Nyudo, to the north Noshiro Port and the Shirakami Mountains, and to the east Ogata Village.Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site
Verification log
- 25 Sept 2026First check · Official website · http://www.akita-chuoukotsu.co.jp/kanpuzan/Description read from the official site.
- 25 Sept 2026First check · Tourism board · https://akita-fun.jp/spots/381Hours, access, seasons, address and coordinates read from a tourism organization's site.