Best Tourist Spots In Akita
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Tazawa Lake lies in east of Akita and near the boundary between Iwate. It has a proud depth of 423.4m and the clarity is so high that the lake has deep blue color.
Kakunodate Samurai Residential Area is famous as a great spot of weeping cherry blossoms in spring. And, actually, some of them have great fall foliage hanging out of the house such as Onoda House in autumn. What's more, they are illuminated in spring and autumn!◎Access: 20 min walk from Kakunodate Station of Akita Shinkansen. Parking lot is available.
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Kakunodate Samurai Residential Area
Address
Kakunodate-machi, Semboku-shi, AkitaGoogle Map
How to get there
Ōmagari Firework Festival in Akita is one of the three biggest firework festivals in Japan. All spectators get so excited, and the festival becomes like a live music concert. The fireworks shot off as long as 700 meters have enough height and is really worth seeing. Let's visit all of the three biggest firework festivals in Japan!
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Omagari National Fireworks Competition
Address
2 Omagari Funaba-cho, Daisen-shi, AkitaGoogle Map
How to get there
20 min walk from JR Omagari Station
Parking
Free parking area is available
There are many samurai residences extant in Kakunodate, the east of Akita. In each house, fine trees are planted and surround the area with fresh green in the beginning of summer.
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Kakunodate
Address
Kakunodatemachi, Semboku-shi, AkitaGoogle Map
You cannot enter around Moto Taki Fall itself, you can enjoy the fantastic atmosphere in its subsoil waterfall.
Name
Mototakifukuryusui
Address
Mototaki Kisakata-machi, Nikaho-shi, AkitaGoogle Map
Kawarage Oyu Waterfall in the southern part of Akita, you can enjoy the open air hot spring in basins. Limited during summer, wearing bathing suits, men and women bathing together like a heated pool.
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Kawarage Otaki Falls
Address
Kawarageotaki, Yuzawa-shi, AkitaGoogle Map
Akita Kanto Festival is one of the three great festivals in Tohoku Region. Held at the beginning of August, more than 270 sticks of Kanto, compared to ears of rice, go up all together. They hold 12meters Kanto on their waists, shoulders and foreheads, I get excited to see them very close!
Name
Akita Kanto Festival
Address
Kyokuhokusakae-machi, Akita-shi, AkitaGoogle Map
Called as a little Kyoto, Kakunodate in Akita Prefecture has welcomed the blooming season of cherry blossoms. They are proudly blooming at Hinokinaigawa Bank as long as 2 kilometers, and Samurai House Street, that are selected as one of the 100 best cherry blossom places in Japan.◎Sakura Festival 4/20-5/5 in 2018.
Name
Hinokinaigawa Bank
Address
Kakunodate-machi, Semboku-shi, AkitaGoogle Map
How to get there
20 min walk from JR Kakunodate Station. By car, 40 min from Omagari IC.
