Elaborate floats and traditional performances honor this port town's spiritual guardian, a shrine established in 1620 by local leaders.
Akita · 20–21 Jul 2027
Prefectural art museum in central Akita, in a building by Tadao Ando, home to the Hirano collection and the Tsuguharu Foujita mural Events in Akita.
Akita
A summer harvest festival in Akita where tall bamboo poles hung with paper lanterns parade to traditional music, with daytime balancing performances.
Akita · 3–6 Aug 2027
The Akita Senshu Museum of Art showcases works by local Ranga artists and features a memorial hall dedicated to painter Kenzo Okada.
Akita
Elaborate floats and traditional performances honor this port town's spiritual guardian, a shrine established in 1620 by local leaders.
20–21 Jul 2027AkitaA summer harvest festival in Akita where tall bamboo poles hung with paper lanterns parade to traditional music, with daytime balancing performances.
3–6 Aug 2027Exact date not confirmed yetAkitaJR trains across Tohoku from Shin-Shirakawa north to Hakodate, Sapporo and Otaru for 6 days, including shinkansen
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Ruins of the northernmost government fort of ancient Japan, seat of Dewa Province in the Nara period, with a rebuilt east gate and a Nara-period toilet.
AkitaPrefectural art museum in central Akita, in a building by Tadao Ando, home to the Hirano collection and the Tsuguharu Foujita mural Events in Akita.
AkitaThe Akita Senshu Museum of Art showcases works by local Ranga artists and features a memorial hall dedicated to painter Kenzo Okada.
AkitaThe Namahage Sedo Festival recreates the winter tradition of demon-like Namahage visiting shrines and homes, known as one of Japan's three strangest festivals.
13–15 Feb 2027Exact date not confirmed yetOga · AkitaElaborate floats and traditional performances honor this port town's spiritual guardian, a shrine established in 1620 by local leaders.
20–21 Jul 2027AkitaA summer harvest festival in Akita where tall bamboo poles hung with paper lanterns parade to traditional music, with daytime balancing performances.
3–6 Aug 2027Exact date not confirmed yetAkitaA traditional autumn festival with 400 years of history, held in September in Kakunodate, featuring large wooden floats decorated with samurai warrior dolls.
7–9 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetSemboku · AkitaA shrine in Oga with its main sanctuary on the summit of Mount Shinzan, once a Shugendo mountain and the home of the Shinzan namahage tradition.
Oga · AkitaRuins of the northernmost government fort of ancient Japan, seat of Dewa Province in the Nara period, with a rebuilt east gate and a Nara-period toilet.
AkitaPrefectural art museum in central Akita, in a building by Tadao Ando, home to the Hirano collection and the Tsuguharu Foujita mural Events in Akita.
AkitaHilltop site of Kakunodate Castle above the old samurai town, held by the Tozawa clan in the Middle Ages and by the Ashina clan until 1620, now a park.
Semboku · AkitaA museum in Odate on the history of the Akita dog, run by the Akita Dog Preservation Society, with displays on the breed's hunting past and on Hachiko.
Odate · AkitaWooden stadium completed in 1997 with a roof made from 25,000 Akita cypress trees allowing sunlight without artificial lighting.
Odate · AkitaThe Akita Senshu Museum of Art showcases works by local Ranga artists and features a memorial hall dedicated to painter Kenzo Okada.
AkitaLake Tazawa, Semboku, Akita, is Japan's deepest lake at 423 meters, a caldera lake known for its clear blue waters and the golden statue of Tatsuko.
Semboku · Akita
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