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Koshio Jinja
An old shrine tied to legends of the subjugation of the Emishi. It preserves an early stratum of belief in Akita.
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Iyataka Jinja
It enshrines the scholar of Japanese classics Hirata Atsutane, and stands on the site of Kubota Castle, now Senshu Park.
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Taiheizan Miyoshi Shrine
The head shrine of Miyoshi Reijin, a deity of strength. Its Bonten festival on January 17 is known for a fierce scramble.
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Hachiman Akita Jinja
It stands on the site of Kubota Castle and enshrines the Satake clan.
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Akita Castle Ruins
The site of the administrative base of Dewa Province, overlapping with the cult of Koshio Jinja.
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Hachiman Akita Jinja
It stands on the site of Kubota Castle and enshrines the Satake clan.
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Akita Kanto Festival
Akita City's summer festival, about 270 years old. Bamboo poles hung with lanterns are balanced on forehead and hip as bearers move through the streets.
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Akita Museum of Art
Built by Tadao Ando to house Foujita's single 20-metre mural of Akita's festivals.
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Akita Senshu Museum of Art
Holds Akita Ranga, a short-lived school that tried Western perspective with Japanese brushes.
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Akita Red Brick Museum
A 1912 bank keeping rooms for the metalsmith Shiro Sekiya, a Living National Treasure, and printmaker Tokushi Katsuhira.
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Akita Prefectural Museum
Keeps the illustrated travel records of Sugae Masumi, whose sketches founded Japanese folklore studies.
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Former Nara Family Residence
A wealthy farmer's house in the two-gate style unique to Akita; an Important Cultural Property.
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Neburi Nagashi Museum
A nine-metre bamboo pole hung with 46 lanterns, shown and demonstrated all year.
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Tsuchizaki Float Festival
Warrior-doll floats carrying satirical placards on their backs; UNESCO Intangible Heritage.
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Akita Silver Filigree
Silver wire finer than hair, coiled into spirals - a mine technology turned into jewellery.
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Yabase Doll
Unglazed clay dolls painted in mud pigments, a folk tradition brought back from near extinction.
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Akita Arts Center
The 1967 former prefectural museum reborn as a place to make art rather than only view it.
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BIYONG POINT
A city gallery run by Akita University of Art, alternating student and invited shows.
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Prints of Katsuhira Tokushi
A self-taught printmaker who drew, carved and printed alone, admired by Soetsu Yanagi.
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Akita Ranga
A school born when a samurai learned Western technique from Hiraga Gennai - and gone within a decade.