Kakunodate Samurai Residences
An Edo-period samurai quarter in Kakunodate, Semboku. Black board fences and weeping cherries run on together; it is called the little Kyoto of the north.
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An Edo-period samurai quarter in Kakunodate, Semboku. Black board fences and weeping cherries run on together; it is called the little Kyoto of the north.
A gorge in Semboku. The name is said to come from banks so close you had to turn back rather than go on.
The oldest inn in the Nyuto hot-spring district. A thatched main building stands over cloudy white water.
A hot spring yielding 9,000 litres a minute from a single source. Strongly acidic, it has long been used as a cure resort.
One of Kakunodate's samurai houses, where you can put on a sword and armour.
A boat circling Lake Tazawa, reaching inlets you cannot see from the shore.
A round of the seven baths of the Nyuto hot-spring district. Every inn has its own water and its own buildings.
The furthest inn in the Nyuto hot-spring district, its buildings roofed in thatch and cedar bark.
A bicycle rental on the shore of Lake Tazawa. A circuit of the lake is about 20 kilometres.
An inn in the Nyuto hot-spring district with two separate sources, set in beech forest.
A storehouse-style information centre in front of Kakunodate Station, the starting point for a walk through the town.
A shop teaching stand-up paddling on Lake Tazawa, out over notably clear water.
A tourist information centre inside Tazawako Station, advising on local transport and lodging.
A miso and soy sauce maker in Kakunodate founded in 1853, with its storehouse parlour open to visitors.
A branch school that closed in 1974, repaired and opened to visitors. The classrooms remain as they were.
A sauna on the shore of Lake Tazawa. After the heat, you go into the lake.
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.
Kakunodate's festival, held every 7 to 9 September. Some 400 years old, it has floats that ram each other.
An autumn fireworks display in Daisen, held by season separately from the summer competition.
A museum in Daisen on the history of the Omagari fireworks and how fireworks are made.