Culture 7 Winter Events in Akita Mandy Bartok Akita Prefecture offers visitors a host of festivals to liven up the cold winter months.
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 Akita's Miyoshi Shrine Victoria Kamila The Miyoshi Shrine is a shinto shrine built in 673 AD that sees over 800,000 visitors a year. In mid January each year the Mi...
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...
16 Culture Photographic Views of Akita City Dale A. Brown Find the natural and historical beauty of Akita City.
Culture Our Lady of Akita Catholic Church Bonson Lam Seitai Hoshikai in Japanese means the Institute of the Handmaids of the Holy Eucharist. It is a community of nuns living a li...
18 Culture JR Resort Shirakami Justin Velgus The Resort Shirakami is a luxury train line running from Akita to Aomori. The most scenic part of the travel is viewing the S...
8 Culture Keijo Park Odate Jeremy Yap Lush greenery and age old trees scattered around Keijo Park. Provides a good respite to rest, relax, have a picnic and enjoy
11 Culture Zero Odate Art Unit Jeremy Yap Zero Odate Art Project is based in Odate City and it hopes to promote Odate to Japan and the world
Culture The Kourakukan Justin Velgus The Kourakukan is Japan's oldest traditional operating kabuki theater, located in Kosaka in Akita Prefecture. The building is...
