Activities Taihei River Sakura Festival 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...
Activities Senshu Park Sakura Festival 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 Mato Park Sakura Festival Kim From around mid to late April each year, Akita's Mato Park is home to an incredible 2000 cherry trees in bloom - it's no surp...
Culture Akita Kanto Festival Jessica Lin The Kanto Matsuri is also known as the pole lantern festival. It is a Tanabata related celebration in Akita City held annuall...
Activities Omagari Hanabi Kim Described by Lonely Planet as "Japan's Olympics of fireworks," the Omagari Hanabi event in Akita has over 100 years of histor...
Activities Odate Shining Street 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 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 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 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 Malcome Larcens The Inukko dog festival is held on the second weekend in February in Yuzawa City in Akita
