秋田県 · Tohoku Region

Akita Hidden Gems

Rice country and cedar forests on the Sea of Japan, known for sake, hot springs buried in snow, and folk traditions kept alive in small towns.

2 spots

Climate & Best Season

Very heavy winter snow and grey Sea-of-Japan skies; short, warm summers. February for snow festivals, August for Kanto Matsuri.

Kosaka was, at the start of the twentieth century, the largest producer of silver in Japan and later of copper, and in 1…

Korakukan was built in 1910 as a welfare facility for the Kosaka mine, which was then one of the richest in Japan, and i…