Culture Osamu Watanabe Art Candy Kingdom Exhibition 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 Masakichi Hirano Collection Exhibition Kim A special event taking place at the Akita Museum of Art looks at works from the collection of Masakichi Hirano, an Akita-born...
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...
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 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 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 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 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 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 Kakunodate Sakura Festival Bonson Lam The sakura or cherry blossom festival celebrates the arrival of spring and the cherry blossoms in the Samurai town of Kakunod...
