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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.
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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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Nyūtō Onsenkyō Tsurunoyu Onsen
The oldest inn in the Nyuto hot-spring district. A thatched main building stands over cloudy white water.
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Mototaki Fukuryūsui
A spring in Nikaho. Water issues from the whole face of a rock five metres high and thirty wide.
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Tamagawa Onsen
A hot spring yielding 9,000 litres a minute from a single source. Strongly acidic, it has long been used as a cure resort.
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Akita-shi Shimin Ichiba
A market five minutes' walk from Akita Station. Fish, produce and pickle shops make it Akita's kitchen.
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Mushinoyu Onsen Fukenoyu
A hot spring at about 1,100 metres on Hachimantai, the oldest in the Hachimantai hot-spring district.
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Roadside Station Oga Ogare
A roadside station in Oga selling local seafood, with a restaurant using the same ingredients.
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Tennen Onsen Hotel Komachi
A hot-spring hotel in Akita City, close to the centre and open for day use.
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Akita Kūkō
The airport at Yuwa in Akita City, linked by bus to points across the prefecture as the gateway by air.
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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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Senshū Kōen
A park on the site of Kubota Castle, with about 700 cherry trees, followed by azaleas and wisteria in early summer.
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Kisakata Nemuno-Oka Roadside Station
A roadside station in Nikaho, among the largest in Tohoku, with a hot-spring bath looking out to the Sea of Japan.
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Akita Dog Interaction Experience (Noshiro Kojuso)
A kennel in Noshiro where you can meet Akita dogs, known for the bloodline of dogs presented to athletes abroad.
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Akita Dog-no-Sato
A centre in Odate with a display room of Akita dogs and material tracing the breed's history.
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Hachimantai Goshogake Onsen
A single inn at 1,000 metres on Hachimantai, known for mud baths and box steam baths.
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Nakajimadai and Shishigahana Marsh
Some 26 hectares of marsh on the northwest flank of Mount Chokai. Its misshapen beeches and springs are a national natural monument.
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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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Chōkai Blue Line
A mountain road linking Nikaho with Yuza in Yamagata, climbing in one run from sea level.