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...
Culture Paper Balloon Festival in Senboku 2025 Malcome Larcens The Paper Balloon festival is a very colourful festival in the middle of the Akita winter
Activities The Giant Tug of War of Kariwano 2025 Malcome Larcens Each winter on February 10th the people of Kariwano district in Daisen City, Akita gather together for a giant tug of war tha...
Culture Namahage Sedo Festival 2025 Malcome Larcens The Namahage Festival is held each year on the second Friday, Saturday and Sunday of February, around the time of the old or ...
Culture Yuzawa Inukko Dog Festival 2025 Malcome Larcens The Inukko dog festival is held on the second weekend in February in Yuzawa City in Akita
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...
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...
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 Taihei River Sakura Festival 2025 Kim From around mid to late April in Akita City, the banks of the Taihei River come alive with the color of around 1000 cherry tr...
Culture Kakunodate Cherry Blossom Festival 2025 Bonson Lam The sakura or cherry blossom festival celebrates the arrival of spring and the cherry blossoms in the Samurai town of Kakunod...
