Activities Senshu Park Sakura Festival 2025 Kim Each year during spring, Akita's Senshu Park is filled with color when over 700 cherry trees begin to bloom. The park was bui...
Activities Odate Shining Street 2024-2025 Lynda Hogan Odate Shining Street is an avenue of trees illuminated until early morning in Akita Prefecture. Some 82 trees over a 800 met...
Activities Hydrangea Viewing at Unshoji Temple Kim Unshoji Temple is located in Oga, Akita Prefecture, and has become famous for its spectacular display of hydrangeas during Ja...
Activities Odate Rose Festival Kim Rose fan? The annual Odate Rose Festival takes place at the Ishida Rose Garden in Akita, and the event showcases around 500 d...
Activities Mount Chokai Malcome Larcens In Edo period, it was said that getting to the top would provide you some special celestial protection. Climbing the North fa...
Activities Asamai Park Iris Festival Kim Each year from late June through to early July, Akita's Asamai Park is filled to the brim with the color of 600,000 irises in...
Activities Misato Town Lavender Festival Kim Each year in early summer, Misato Town in Akita Prefecture is home to a lavender festival that blankets the ground in purple....
Activities Six Days in Tohoku Ignatius Koh Not much is known about Tohoku to the average traveller; perhaps only the memory of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake that...
Activities Tazawako Ski Resort Malcome Larcens Looking for an awesome ski resort with plenty of powder away from the crowds and near some of the best hot springs in Japan. ...
Activities Kakunodate Fire and Snow Festival 2025 Justin Velgus The Kakunodate Fire and Snow Festival (火振りかまくら Hiburi Kamakura) takes place in Kakunodate, Akita Prefecture annually o...
