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Akita Inu Station
A centre near Akita Station. The days you can meet the Akita dogs are set week by week.
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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.
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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.
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Akita City Folk Performing Arts Heritage Center (Neburi Nagashi-kan)
A centre in Akita City where you can try lifting a full-size kanto pole.
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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.
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Akita Dog Walking Health Walk
Walk with an Akita dog in Mitane. You are shown how to handle the dog before setting out.
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Akita Dog Cafe
A shop opened in Odate in May 2025 where you can spend time with Akita dogs.
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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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Oga Aquarium GAO
An aquarium facing the Sea of Japan, known for a large tank recreating the Oga sea and for its polar bears.
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Akita Furusato Village
A large visitor complex in Yokote, with a products hall and one of the largest planetariums in Tohoku.
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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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Odate Kosaka Railway Rail Bike
Ride a pedal-powered vehicle along the tracks of the former Kosaka railway.
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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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Kakunodate Rekishimura Aoyagi-ke
One of Kakunodate's samurai houses, where you can put on a sword and armour.
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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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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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Akita Nairiku Jūkan Tetsudō
A 94.2-kilometre local line crossing the inland prefecture, running through rice country and mountain valleys.
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Naruse Dam
A dam under construction at Higashinaruse. Ahead of completion in fiscal 2027, the works can be toured.
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Tazawa-ko Yūransen
A boat circling Lake Tazawa, reaching inlets you cannot see from the shore.