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Kanpūzan Kaiten Tenbōdai
A revolving lookout on the summit of Mount Kanpu, turning a full circle over the Oga Peninsula and the former Hachirogata lagoon.
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Kawarage Jigoku
A hillside in Yuzawa. Sulphurous gas escapes so nothing grows, and only white rock is exposed.
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Mount Moriyoshi and Ani Gondola
A ropeway to near the summit of Mount Moriyoshi, known as one of Japan's hundred flower mountains, with frost-covered trees in winter.
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Dakigaeri Keikoku
A gorge in Semboku. The name is said to come from banks so close you had to turn back rather than go on.
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Funoshi-no-taki Falls
A three-tier waterfall at Kawabe in Akita City. The water is clear to the riverbed.
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JR Oga-eki
The terminus of the Oga Line. Rebuilt in 2018, its rooftop terrace looks out to Mount Kanpu and the Sea of Japan.
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Kakunodate Rekishimura Aoyagi-ke
One of Kakunodate's samurai houses, where you can put on a sword and armour.
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Kōrakukan (Kuni Jūyō Bunkazai)
A playhouse built in 1910 as a welfare facility for a mine. Among the oldest wooden theatres in Japan, it is an important cultural property.
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Kanpūzan Paraglider
Fly from the slopes of Mount Kanpu. You go tandem with an instructor, so no experience is needed.
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Towadako Himemasu-no-Sato Wainai Roadside Station
The roadside station that serves as the gateway to Lake Towada from the Akita side, serving dishes of kokanee salmon.
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Tazawa-ko Yūransen
A boat circling Lake Tazawa, reaching inlets you cannot see from the shore.
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Tazawa-ko Rental Cycle
A bicycle rental on the shore of Lake Tazawa. A circuit of the lake is about 20 kilometres.
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Senboku City Tourist Information Center "Kakunodate Ekimae Kura"
A storehouse-style information centre in front of Kakunodate Station, the starting point for a walk through the town.
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TAZAWAKO SUP HOUSE
A shop teaching stand-up paddling on Lake Tazawa, out over notably clear water.
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Showa Blume-Messe Akita Roadside Station
A roadside station in Katagami. In a town known for flowers, it sells cut flowers and plants direct.
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Tazawa-ko Kankō Jōhō Center "Foreake"
A tourist information centre inside Tazawako Station, advising on local transport and lodging.
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Historic Site Osarizawa Mine (Modernization Industrial Heritage)
The remains of a mine said to have been found in 708. Walk the tunnels and see how the work was done.
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Andō Jōzō Honten
A miso and soy sauce maker in Kakunodate founded in 1853, with its storehouse parlour open to visitors.
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Omoide-no-Kata Bunkou (the Kata Branch School of Memories)
A branch school that closed in 1974, repaired and opened to visitors. The classrooms remain as they were.
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Dakedai Nature Observation Education Forest
A beech forest outside the Shirakami range, letting you see old-growth forest without entering the core zone.