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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.
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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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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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Kujūkushima (Kisakata)
A landform at Kisakata in Nikaho. Once a scenic bay of small islands, it was lifted into dry land by an earthquake.
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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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Kawarage Jigoku
A hillside in Yuzawa. Sulphurous gas escapes so nothing grows, and only white rock is exposed.
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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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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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Gozanoishi Shrine
A shrine on the shore of Lake Tazawa, named for a stone the lord of the Akita domain sat on in 1650.
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Statue of Tatsuko
A gilded statue on the shore of Lake Tazawa, after the legend of Princess Tatsuko, who became the lake's spirit.
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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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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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Chōkai Blue Line
A mountain road linking Nikaho with Yuza in Yamagata, climbing in one run from sea level.
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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.