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Soft and Fluffy Let’s meet the dogs! is home to the well-known Akita breed of Japanese dogs. The bronze statue of the loyal dog Hachiko, well-known as the meeting spot in front of Station, is an Akita. Akita Dogs are characterized triangular-shaped ears, curled tails, large bodies, and gentle personalities. Come and meet them here in Akita! no Sato Ogare * There are cases when the Akita dogs cannot appear Address: 1-19 Shinhama, Funagawa, Funagawa Minato, Oga, Akita Prefecture as scheduled in consideration of their physical Tel: 0185-47-7515 condition. For further information, please check the Dogs present: Around 10:00 on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays websites or social media of the tourist facilities on this http://michinoekioga.co.jp/ page, or contact them directly. Beautiful Akita Guide Book Published Guide Book in September 2019/Edited Akita Beautiful and published by the Akita Tourism and Promotion Division Postcode: 010-8572 3-1-1, Sanno, Akita

Akita Dog Station Akita Dog Visitor Center Address: 1st Floor Area Nakaichi, 1-4-1 Nakadori, Akita City, Akita Prefecture Address: 1-13-1 Onari, Odate, Akita Prefecture Tel: 018-807-2535 (General incorporated association ONE FOR AKITA) Tel: 0186-59-4649 (Akita Inu no Sato) Dogs present: 11:00-15:00 on Tuesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays (Break time: 11:20-12:00 & 14:05-14:45) Dogs present: 9-00-18:00 April-October & 9:00-17:00 November-March Closed: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays *Open Thursdays just for sale of products Closed: 31st December & 1st January http://www.saveakita.or.jp/ https://akitainunosato.jp/

vieitnyc oesf AoKf cetri AITkA xAp it E a Activities Akita Inu Kaikan Mt. Moriyoshi Ani Ski Resort Introduction Lots of festivals, Address: 13-1 Sannomaru, Odate, Akita Prefecture Address: 79-5 Anikaginodaki, , Akita Prefecture Tel: 018-824-8686 Tel: 0186-82-3311 hot springs, foods Dogs present: 9:00-16:00 Dogs present: Please contact us to enquire or check our homepage. to the sightseeing spots Closed: Saturday afternoons 21st November-21st April, Sundays & national holidays, http://www.aniski.jp/ & souvenirs New Year Holidays (28th December-3rd January), and afternoon of 13th August http://akitainu.sakura.ne.jp/ and Activities of Akita 01 04 Discover experiences in spring, summer, Experience the nature autumn, and winter, all throughout the year, of Akita to the fullest! that you can only have in Akita! Enjoy in Akita! With its rich natural environment, Akita Prefecture is often known as ‘Bi no Kuni (The Country of Beauty)’. Naturally the essential Japanese food and cultural experiences are here in Akita for you. However, you can also enjoy a variety 05 of leisure experiences in the mountains, seas, and here throughout 06 all four seasons.

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The rich nature of the land here means there are a variety of activities to experience!

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A giant canvas! e deepest in Japan! Feel the history! A food that slips down the throat! Majestic scenery! Enjoy a secluded hot spring! Vivid blueness Take a walk in Mother Nature Enjoy a diverse variety of courses! Tambo Art Kayaking Experience Kakunodate Bukeyashiki Street Junsai Picking Mt. Moriyoshi Gondola Nyuto Hot Spring Village e Hydrangeas of Unsho-ji Temple Hiking Experience Skiing & Snowboarding Tambo art uses rice paddies Lake Tazawa is the deepest This sightseeing spot, where Enjoy the unique avor and Mt. Moriyoshi is known as There are 7 hot springs in this This temple has gained popularity in There are numerous well known Winter sports are hugely popular as a canvas to paint giant lake in Japan with a depth of the townscape gives you a texture of the luxury food one of the hundred best incomparable hot spring area, recent years due to being featured in places for hiking in Akita with its in the of Akita. pictures with dierent 423.4m. You will love its real sense of the Edo era, junsai (water shield). This is mountains for wild owers, and each of them has dierent the media as a beautiful, picturesque expanses of natural beauty. One There are a large number of ski colored rice plants. beautiful blueness that attracts 2,000,000 visitors the only place you can and also its snow-covered histories, appearances and spot you’ll want to visit at least once. representative example is the resorts and courses around Akita *The art pictured above is spreads out and lls your annually. You can try on a experience maneuvering a tree scenery of winter. spring types. Please try these It’s a popular spot in Oga during early huge, strangely shaped Japanese including Tazawako Ski Resort alongside the Akita Nairiku eld of vision. kimono and ride rickshaws small boat and carefully 'secret springs' of Japan. summer. It is also beautifully beech tree, the Agariko Daiou, in and Mt. Moriyoshi Ani Ski Resort. Junkan Railway. here. picking these plants one by *Kuroyu Hot Spring is pictured. illuminated during the nighttime. Shishigahama wetland. *Tazawako Ski Resort is pictured. one!

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ThisKanto is one ofFestival the 3 great Festival festivals of Tohoku. The sight of Tenku no Fuyajo candle-lit paper lanterns This festival of giant castle attached to countless Kanto lanterns was revived in the poles swaying like ears of rice is summer of 2013 after a gap of breathtaking. over a century. The two Giant Venue: Akita City impressive giant lanterns are 17.6m and 24.1m Held: 3rd-6th August annually paraded down the street of lanterns! MAP B-1 Noshiro accompanied by taiko drums and a traditional hayashi orchestra. Venue: Noshiro Held: Early August MAP B-4

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You can also experience holding the Kanto poles! O ga Namahage What are the Namahage? These are divine joy-bringing spirits that visit the houses of the Oga District on the night of 31st December to caution against idleness. They also bear the blessings of sound health and good harvests from the seas and mountains. They are registered as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage. Where can I meet the Namahage? Namahage Museum You can see all the Namahage in this museum. The over 150 Namahage masks that are actually in use make an incredible sight here! There is also an excellent video images area and souvenir area here. Akita Prefecture is the land of festivals! 05 See up close the traditional skills passed down through the generations! Be treated to some 02 sweet amazake and mochi! Festival This is a Lunar New Year's event in worship of the God Oga Shinzan Folklore Musuem of water. Children give out sweet amazake fermented You can experience Namahage performances at Oga Nishimonai rice drink and mochi in the kamakura snow houses. Shinzan Folklore Musuem, which is located next to the Bon Odori Dance Venue: Yokote Held: 15th-16th February annually Namahage-Musuem. This is one of the three major MAP B-5 Business hours, holidays, and entrance fees vary depending Bon Odori dances and started on the season so please check the Website. around 700 years ago. It is a distinctive mystical dance. Venue: Ugo Held: 16th-18th August 06 Namahage Sedo Festival Namahage are gods MAP B-2 not demons! This is a tourist event that combines a Shinzan Shrine Paper Balloon Festival of Kami-Hinokinai of Shinzan Shrine with the Namahage. It’s a mystical and Over 100 giant paper balloons depicting soul-stirring winter festival in the snow where the pictures of warriors and beautiful women Namahage perform a wild dance. You can also try soar up into the night sky. releasing these Venue: Oga Venue: Semboku paper balloons! Held: The 2nd Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in February Held: 10th February annually annually MAP B-6

03 You can enjoy fireworks here every month! ThisOmagari is Japan's greatest Fireworks national rework Being the Town of Fireworks, fireworks are set off every competition, where Japan’s best month in Daisen. Not just in summer, you can enjoy pyrotechnicians gather. firework shows with the cherry blossoms, the autumn Venue: Daisen leaves, and the snows of winter. Held: Last Saturday in August annually 03 MAP B-3 04 Nyuto Hot Spring Village The seven hot springs dotted around the Enjoy nostalgic scenes of Japan base of Mt. Nyuto are known as Nyuto Hot Spring Village. Each hot spring here has their own unique spring sources and on the local train lines varying qualities. There are over 10 Motoyu Yuzankaku Hot Spring varieties of hot springs in total. MAP C-2 Japan Association of Secluded Hot Spring Inns Hotel Kazuno Oga Hot Spring Village Let's ride Oga, famous for its Namahage, houses this hot the ‘hot spring tour’ bus! Oyu Hot Spring Village spring village. There are many hot spring facilities This hot spring naturally welled up alongside the Oyu River 800 years ago. here where you can enjoy the nature of the Japan Located in the middle of the northern Tohoku region, this hot spring is popular Sea, Oga, and its seasonal foods to the fullest. Taenoyu Hot Springs as a well situated base for sightseeing. MAP C-6 MAP C-1 Yuze Hot Spring Village Known as ‘ no yu (the spring of beautiful ladies)’, this spring has a reputation for your skin getting softer and moister every time you Gono Line (Resort Shirakami) bathe in it. This local line that connects Prefecture with Higashi Noshiro in Akita Prefecture measures 147.2km in MAP C-7 length. As the view from the train windows are beautiful, Yuze Hotel it's popular across Japan as a train line people want to experience riding on at least once. A therapeutic hot spring MAP D-1 since the Edo era Hachimantai Yuri Kogen Railway Hot Spring Village It measures 23km in length and connects 12 stations around the base This hot spring village wells up in the of Mt. Chokai. One of its attractions is great natural beauty of 1,000m above the various events they hold inside the sea level. As there are many hot train, which vary by season. springs e ective for various Fukenoyu Hot Springs conditions here, they are always Japan Association of Secluded Hot Spring Inns MAP D-2 bustling with guests for searching for therapeutic bathing. MAP C-8

Some popular hot springs, well known even across Japan, are always Tsurunoyu Hot Springs ready to welcome you. Japan Association of Secluded Hot Spring Inns MAP C-2 Tamagawa Hot Springs Spring water gushes out of the source at the largest amount in Japan Okuyama Ryokan Akinomiya with around 9000 liters per min. This spring is famous throughout Japan as one of the best therapeutic springs. Japan Association of Secluded Hot Spring Inns Hot Spring Village MAP C-9 Known as the oldest hot spring area in An outdoor bath from which you can get Akita, there are a number of hot spring inns scattered around here. They all have a superb panoramic view di erent sources, qualities, and e ects, so you can choose a hot spring based on these factors. Takanoyu Hot Springs MAP C-4 Japan Association of Secluded Hot Spring Inns

Ryokan Tarobee Akita Nairiku Doroyu Hot Springs Oyasukyo Jukan Railway This train line runs north-south inland This hot spring accommodation nestles quietly in Hot Springs and measures 100km in length. the valley upstream of the river. It is the most Nostalgic, indelible scenes of Japan secluded hot spring where you can enjoy This hot spring inn is located in Sukawa Hot Springs Kurikoma-Sanso including tranquil rural landscapes gray-white colored and thick hot spring water. the beautiful tourist spot of This hot spring has a sweeping panoramic view of the natural Oyasu Gorge. beauty from the outdoor bath. You can enjoy the changing and beautiful gorges spread out in MAP C-3 front of you. views of the four seasons from here. MAP D-3 MAP C-5 MAP C-10 05 Akita Prefecture, a treasure trove of beautiful foods The origin of some Japanese foods can be found here. From long ago Akita has had fertile land and pristine water. Of course you can enjoy great rice, but also enjoy the seasonal foods harvested in Akita’s mountains and sea to your heart’s content.

Cooked using a stone Odate Magewappa Kawatsura Lacquerware heated to 400 degrees! These are made by bending sheets of Akita cedar This is a traditional handicraft with an 800 year history. Kabazaiku wood. The great aroma of Akita cedar and the These lacquerware products, including owan wooden These wood products are made beautiful wood grain and natural color tone enhance bowls and smaller kobachi bowls, are both beautiful using the bark of cherry trees. the deliciousness of the food. and strong. They are a popular handicraft. Hinai chicken, one of Japan’s 3 best breeds of chicken

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Japanese If you say Akita, Akita Confectionery Japanese sake in Akita is made with excellent sake rice There are many kinds of confectionery in Akita long traditions. Recently and pristine water. The taste of real Akita sake has fans kiritampo springs to mind confectioneries with the popular Akita dog as a motif are on sale, too. throughout the world.

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Slips smoothly down your throat and has a unique chewiness Akita is the home of natural beauty. Take home some souvenirs along with its natural blessings. From T-shirts Souvenirs to small gifts e Akita dog are available. like stationery. e cut h th wit Popular even ods Go within Japan!

The Babahera ice cream spoken of in rumours! Akita Dog 03 04 Stu ed Animals These are very popular as souvenirs including models of Masaru, the Akita dog presented Babahera to the gure skater Alina Zagitova, and ice cream 01 02 03 04 limited edition designs that can only bought at airports in Akita Prefecture. Smoked Japanese Hinai Chicken Ishiyaki Hot Stone Inaniwa radish, a soul food Kiritampo Nabe of the locals Souvenir Shops Oyako-Don Cooking Noodles This is made by boiling Hinai Hinai chicken is one of the After putting some Oga sea These are one of the three chicken and vegetables Building Souvenir Plaza three best breeds of chicken bream or seaweed in a best udon noodles of Japan. together with Kiritampo, Akita Products Plaza Topico A-eru in Japan. Oyako-don made wooden tub, it is cooked by They have a distinctive which are made by pounding with Hinai chicken and eggs the sizzling stone placed smooth texture, strong cooked rice, wrapping this 1st Floor basement, Atorion, 2-3-8 Nagadori, Akita 7-2-1 Nakadori, Akita 49 Yamagomori, Yuwatsubakigawa, Akita which are raised under strict inside. It’s a hearty chewiness and an elegant rice around cedar skewers and Tel: 018-836-7830 Tel: 018-834-1911 Tel: 018-886-3367 standards has an exquisite sherman’s style of cooking avor. They can be enjoyed then toasting it. Kiritampo Open: 9:30-18:30 Open: 9:30-18:30 Open: 7:00-20:30 taste. to enjoy fresh seafood. hot or cold. nabe is the prime Iburi http://www.a-bussan.jp https://www.caoca.net https://www.omiyageakita.com representative of Akita’s gakko regional dishes. 07 08 To Owani and 102 To Fukaura Akita Ikarigaseki IC Ikarigaseki Station 454 Shin--Hokuto 103 Getting to Akita Prefecture Akita dog 282 Shin-Aomori Akitashirakami JR Ou Line JR Line (Bullet train) By Air

JR Gono Line JR Gono Map Station Kosaka- Kosaka Junction 7 104 D-1 Kita IC Odate-Kita IC C-6 (Haneda) ⇒ Akita ANA/JAL About 1hr 5mins 101 Kosaka IC To Akita Shinkansen Noshiro Tanabata Festival Odate Station 103 Hachinohe ⇒ Akita Station About 3hrs 37mins (Itami) ⇒ Akita ANA/JAL About 1hr 20mins Akita Tenku no Fuyajo 7 Odate-Minami IC Towada IC Towada Minami Station Station ⇒ Akita Station About 2hrs Sapporo (Shin-Chitose) ⇒ Akita ANA/JAL About 55mins Omagari Gono Line Takanosu Station Niida-Manaka IC B-4 JR Ou Line Odate-Noshiro (Chubu International) ⇒ Akita ANA About 1hr 20mins Noshiro Station Airport IC Takanosu IC To Otaki- Station Time taken from Akita Station to the closest Shinjo Higashi Noshiro Station Futatsui-Shirakami IC 285 Shin-Aomori Tokyo (Haneda) ⇒ Odate-Noshiro ANA About 1hr 10mins Odate-Noshiro Kazuno Hanawa Station stations of major sightseeing spots Sendai Noshiro-Minami IC Noshiro-Higashi IC Kazuno- Airport Station (ANA) Tel: 0570-029-222 (JAL) Tel: 0570-025-071 Yamagata 105 Hachimantai IC Hachimantai Station Odate Station 1hr 25mins Hachiryu IC 282 Yuze-Onsen Station Kazuno Hanawa Station 2hrs 17mins Joetsu To Appi Shinkansen 7 Kiritampo Junsai C-7 Higashi Noshiro Station 1hr 20mins Echigo- Tohoku A-4 C-8 Akita Shirakami Station 1hr 48mins Yuzawa Shinkansen Namahage 101 Kotooka-Moritake IC JR Ou Line JR Ou 285 A-5 Omagari Station 30mins Hachimantai Omiya Aspite Line Kakunodate Station 45mins C-1 Tokyo A-7 Tazawako Station 57mins B-7 Ishiyaki Hot Stone Cooking Shin- Gojome-Hachirogata IC Mt. Moriyoshi Gondola C-9 Nagoya Hadachi Station Oga Station 1hr Tokaido Shinkansen D-3 341 Ugo Honjo Station 40mins Oga Station Osaka Kisakata Station 1hr 4mins Showa-Oga Peninsula IC A-1 47mins 7 Paper Ballon Festival Akita Nairiku Jukan Railway 1hr 6mins Akita-Kita IC A-6 Unsho-ji Temple B-6 (JR East Japan Enquiries Center) C-2 A-9 Tel: 050-2016-1600 Akita Station Akita-Chuo IC A-2 *Time required may be changed Drive from Akita Airport! B-1 Morioka IC 105 Tazawako 46 Morioka 13 Akita-Minami IC Station Station Kakunodate Bukeyashiki *It is necessary to conrm service days by individual port. Time taken Houses To Morioka Ferry

JR Uetsu Line Akita Airport IC Kawabe Junction to main tourist areas 46 (North bound) A-3 About 2hrs by car Akita Airport Kyowa IC Kanto Festival Kakunodate Lake Tazawa Tsuruga ⇒ Niigata (about 12hrs) ⇒ Akita (about 6hrs 40mins) ⇒ Tomakomai-Higashi (about 12hrs) Station Akita Shinkansen Tohoku Shinkansen (South bound) About 1hrs by car Iwaki IC 341 Nyuto Hot Spring Village JR Tomakomai-Higashi ⇒ Akita (about 12hrs) ⇒ Niigata (about 8hrs) ⇒ Tsuruga (about 14hrs) Oga Hot Spring Village JR Tazawako Station Matsugasaki-Kameda IC ●It’s about 30mins by car from Akita Port to Akita city center. (You can also catch an Akita Chuo Kotsu Bus) Omagari Station (Akita Ferry Termina) Tel: 018-880-2600 Be sure to enquire about the operating schedule of the ferry routes. 105 B-3 Akita Airport Kakunodate 7 Ouchi Junction 13 Omagari IC Omagari Fireworks JR Omagari Station Ugo Honjo Station (Reservation necessary) JR Ugo Honjo Station Honjo IC Airport Liner Yokote Kitakami- A shared taxi that connects Akita Airport to areas across Akita Prefecture without Higashi Naruse Yuda IC Ezuriko IC Ugo Yuri Kogen Railway B-5 D-2 107 Yokote Station Kitakami the need for bus or train transfers. Convenient and cheap. Can be used by one 107 To To Yuda Nikaho IC Yokote IC person or more. Further information here! http://akita.airportliner.net/en/ JR Kitakami Junction Konoura IC Yashima Station Jumonji IC 7 108 Tohoku Expressway A-8 342 This app is useful for trips around Akita Prefecture! Kisakata Chokai Blue Line 398 If you’re visiting Akita for the rst time and are worried about Station Chokai Highlands Nishimonai Bon Odori Dance Yuzawa IC Tourist Information being understood, please visit the tourist information centers Kisakata IC Kamakura Festival throughout Akita Prefecture! B-2 397 i *All the information centers below are free to use App for tourist and transport information for Akita Prefecture Mitsuseki IC Yuzawa Station To Mizusawa 342 Shishigahana Wetlands Tourist Information Oces Akita’s NAVI Mt. Chokai 398 Sukawa IC You can search for the Event information You can search for ▶Akita Tourist Information O ce Further details here! and the route to tourist attraction Ogachikomachi IC route to where you Tel: 018-832-7941 Available language: English Route want to go, the time Event where the event will Tourist facilities information by Inaniwa Udon Noodles https://www.akitafan.com/en/rst it will take and how be held is provided. area, category or C-3 search much it will cost. information information key word. To Sakata C-10 To Sendai ▶Oga Tourist Information O ce C-5 342 To Ichinoseki Tel: 0185-24-4700 Available language: English Phone support when you need help! JR Ou Line On App Store or Google Play 108 ▶Akita Tourism Support Center ▶Semboku Tourist Information Center (Kakunodate Ekimaegura) How to download Akita’s NAVI Search C-4 398 Available language: English 13 Tel: 0187-54-2700 Available language: English E-mail: [email protected] For iPhone For Android To Shinjo ▶Semboku Tazawa Tourist Information Center Folake Address: 3-1-1 Sanno, Akita Tel: 018-838-0225 To Tsukidate Tel: 0187-43-2111 Available languages: English and Korean Open: 9:00-17:00 (Closed Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays and New Year Holidays) To Naruko

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