{"id":5315,"date":"2019-10-08T10:41:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T10:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wonderful-japan.com\/en\/?p=5315"},"modified":"2019-11-26T21:58:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T21:58:21","slug":"akita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderful-japan.com\/en\/akita\/","title":{"rendered":"Akita : The city of Western Tohoku"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"full_slider_1\" class=\"avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap fullsize\"><div class=\"avia-slideshow av-be2emn-f9949f7e24cd274fb784a5ea4047c397 avia-slideshow-no scaling av_slideshow_full avia-fade-slider av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-autoplay av-loop-endless av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied   avia-slideshow-1\" 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.av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:30px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-9cb9a804665116b50fc05be968cb6122 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:20px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-9cb9a804665116b50fc05be968cb6122 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-9cb9a804665116b50fc05be968cb6122 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"av-special-heading av-av_heading-9cb9a804665116b50fc05be968cb6122 av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  av-inherit-size\"><h1 class=\"av-special-heading-tag \" itemprop=\"headline\">Akita<\/h1><div class=\"av-subheading av-subheading_below\"><p>The city of Western Tohoku<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"hr av-k0fc52yl-1eefbf90f35cabe6f7a2931afa83c825 hr-short  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_three_fifth  hr-center\"><span class=\"hr-inner \"><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k0fc6x5o-29a0584c06d92b54f2b4f4f2c24bf350\">\n.flex_column.av-k0fc6x5o-29a0584c06d92b54f2b4f4f2c24bf350{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"flex_column av-k0fc6x5o-29a0584c06d92b54f2b4f4f2c24bf350 av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_two_fifth  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  \"><section class=\"av_textblock_section av-k0fc7acf-9cd611ae878ac9dd8c2f8ad621157124 \" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"><div class=\"avia_textblock\" itemprop=\"text\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Akita<\/strong> is the capital of the prefecture of the same name, on the island of Honshu. It has a very rich history, first as one of the major cities of the Tohoku region since medieval times, organized around Kubota Castle; then today as an industrial (oil, chemistry, wood, etc.) and academic city, with Akita University.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Akita is very well served from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wonderful-japan.com\/en\/tokyo\/\">Tokyo<\/a>, either by air with ANA and JAL (1 hour flight) or by train via Shinkansen (a little over 4 hours drive).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first tourist site of the city is of course its castle, the castle of Kubota. The historic home of the Satake clan, it is now on the Japanese Castle Foundation&#8217;s list of one hundred outstanding Japanese castles. There is the Satake Historical Museum, which traces the history of the Satake clan, as well as an old samurai house, the Kurosawa house, classified as a national cultural property and installed since 1988 in the castle park, Senshu Park. This one is a small wonder, especially during the flowering of cherry trees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also worth visiting in Akita: the samurai Aoyagi&#8217;s house-museum, one of the best preserved in Japan, where you can discover an impressive collection of objects from this samurai dynasty. Museum lovers will not miss the Akita Museum of Fine Arts, where you can find the gigantic canvas &#8220;Events in Akita&#8221; by the painter Foujita (20.5 m long x 3.65 m wide). Then comes the glass tower of the port, which can be seen from afar with its modern architecture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In terms of friendliness, Kawabata Avenue is the most lively district in the city and has a large number of restaurants. Namely that the specific noodle dish of the region is the Inaniwa udon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around Akita, there are many things to do. A detour to the Oga Peninsula is not to be missed, including the Godzilla Rock, a rock of volcanic origin, or to the Mount Kanpu Observatory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The region is also known as the cradle of the Akita Inu dog breed, the breed from which the famous dog Hachiko, with its moving history, was born and which inspired the American film &#8220;Hachi&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k0fc9voo-ecbbe4b8ca313f249c35862256c4a590\">\n.flex_column.av-k0fc9voo-ecbbe4b8ca313f249c35862256c4a590{\nborder-width:2px;\nborder-color:#ddccb3;\nborder-style:solid;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:5px 5px 20px 5px;\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\nbackground:linear-gradient( to bottom, #ffffff, #eadecc );\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"flex_column av-k0fc9voo-ecbbe4b8ca313f249c35862256c4a590 av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_hr  flex_column_div  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https:\/\/www.wonderful-japan.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/akita_japan_map-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/www.wonderful-japan.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/akita_japan_map-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/www.wonderful-japan.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/akita_japan_map-450x450.png 450w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wonderful-japan.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/akita_japan_map.png\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k3gehjop-0cffce4e76702558f51b9eed50289cd6\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-k3gehjop-0cffce4e76702558f51b9eed50289cd6{\npadding-bottom:10px;\nfont-size:22px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-k3gehjop-0cffce4e76702558f51b9eed50289cd6 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-k3gehjop-0cffce4e76702558f51b9eed50289cd6 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av-k0fcatgo-36968ff59556d18bb7b52367070bb96b \" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"><div class=\"avia_textblock\" itemprop=\"text\"><p><span style=\"padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\"><strong>In japanese : <\/strong>\u79cb\u7530<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\"><strong>Region :<\/strong> Tohoku<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\"><strong>Prefecture :<\/strong> Akita<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\"><strong>Population :<\/strong> 308,500 inhabitants<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\"><strong>Density :<\/strong> 340 inhab\/km\u00b2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\"><strong>Link :<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akita-yulala.jp\/en\/\">Official website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" 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