Culture Tentoku-ji Victoria Kamila The main hall at Tentoku-ji is only open one day of the year. At 300 years old, this temple is filled to the brim with histor...
Culture Animate Anime in Akita Bonson Lam Animate is an Aladdin’s cave of treasures, a complete one stop shop for anime, comics and games. Founded in 1983 in Ikebukuro...
Culture 7 Winter Events in Akita Mandy Bartok Akita Prefecture offers visitors a host of festivals to liven up the cold winter months.
Culture Yokote Kamakura Festival 2025 Japan Travel Every February, Akita's Yokote transforms into a fairytale landscape dotted with igloo-like structures in a festival dating b...
Culture Tamagawa Onsen Manuel VUILLERME The idea of an onsen treatment is to warm the body and breathe in until you feel your temperature rise. While the process of ...
Culture Kakunodate Cherry Blossom Festival Bonson Lam The Kakunodate Cherry Blossom Festival is a celebration of nature's resilience in the little Kyoto of Northern Japan. Each Ap...
Culture Masakichi Hirano Collection Exhibition 2021 Kim A special event taking place at the Akita Museum of Art looks at works from the collection of Masakichi Hirano, an Akita-born...
Culture Osamu Watanabe Art Candy Kingdom Exhibition 2021 Kim A special event taking place at the Akita Museum of Art looks at the works of Osamu Watanabe, a contemporary artist who is fa...
Culture Yasumasa Toshima Exhibition 2020-2021 Kim Yasumasa Toshima was a Western-style painter whose ancestors were from Akita Prefecture. A special event will display over 20...
Culture Arts and Routes 2020-2021 Kim A special exhibition taking place at the Akita Museum of Modern Art is titled "Arts and Routes", and it will focus on the the...
