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Black plank walls and weeping cherries. The little Kyoto of the north.
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Kakunodate (Akita dialect: Kagunda, Kaguda) is a place name in Semboku, Akita Prefecture, and the name of a National Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings. The land divisions of the domain period are still followed today and many buildings such as samurai residences remain; it is also called the 'Little Kyoto of Michinoku'. Kakunodate was the seat of the Tozawa clan in the Sengoku period. In 1602 (Keicho 7), after the Battle of Sekigahara, the Tozawa clan was transferred to Taga District in Hitachi, the Satake clan entered Akita, and the area became part of the Kubota domain.
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Designation：Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings
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