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MiyagiNature & SceneryMiyagi
Shiroishi Umen
Wheat noodles stretched without oil. They are notably short, nine centimetres, and Shiroishi people have eaten them daily.
Miyagi
Shiogama-shi Uoichiba
A high-hygiene market completed in 2017. From the viewing route on the second floor you can watch the auction.
MiyagiNature & SceneryMiyagi
Nihon Kokeshi-kan
In Naruko Park, showing some 5,000 traditional kokeshi, with makers demonstrating and painting to try.
Miyagi
Kenritsu Toshi Kōen Matsushima Kōen
A park along the Matsushima shore, made up of the central and green plazas and Namiuchihama park, with Godaido and Fukuurajima among them.
MiyagiNature & SceneryMiyagi
Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi
Home ground of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, with a Ferris wheel and a carousel as well.
AkitaNature & SceneryOmagari - Kakunodate - Lake Tazawa
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.
Akita
Akita Inu Station
A centre near Akita Station. The days you can meet the Akita dogs are set week by week.
Akita
Namahage Museum and Oga Shinzan Folklore Museum
A centre in Oga with over 150 Namahage masks, and a neighbouring farmhouse where the New Year's Eve rite is performed.
AkitaNature & Scenery
AkitaExperiencesAkita
Hachimantai Dragon Eye (Kagami-numa)
Kagami Pond on Hachimantai. For a few days during the thaw, the pond takes the look of a dragon's eye.
AkitaNature & Scenery
AkitaNature & SceneryAkita
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.
Akita
Kujūkushima (Kisakata)
A landform at Kisakata in Nikaho. Once a scenic bay of small islands, it was lifted into dry land by an earthquake.
AkitaCulture & HistoryAkita
Akita Dog Museum (Akita Dog Preservation Society)
The Akita dog preservation society's building in Odate. A museum on the third floor holds the breed's history.
AkitaExperiencesAkita
Akita Dog Walking Health Walk
Walk with an Akita dog in Mitane. You are shown how to handle the dog before setting out.
Akita
Akita Dog Cafe
A shop opened in Odate in May 2025 where you can spend time with Akita dogs.
AkitaNature & SceneryAkita
Kawarage Jigoku
A hillside in Yuzawa. Sulphurous gas escapes so nothing grows, and only white rock is exposed.
Akita
Chōkai-san Hokotate Tenbōdai
A lookout at the fifth station of Mount Chokai, taking in Tobishima out in the Sea of Japan and the Oga Peninsula.
AkitaNature & SceneryAkita
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.
AkitaNature & SceneryOmagari - Kakunodate - Lake Tazawa
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.