Things to Do

Akita's best sights sit close to the centre: castle-park walks, modern art, and the festival culture behind the city's famous lantern poles.

Guide

Things to Do

01

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Senshu Park covers the former grounds of Kubota Castle, with moats, reconstructed gates, seasonal flowers, and paths that make a good first walk in …

Sight
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Akita Museum of Art is a Tadao Ando building best known for its collection connected to Leonard Foujita. The building's clean concrete, water view, …

Museum
03

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Neburi Nagashi Kan, the Akita City Folklore and Performing Arts Center, explains the Kanto Festival when the real thing is not filling the streets. …

Museum
04

Our Lady of Akita Convent

Our Lady of Akita Convent is a Catholic pilgrimage site outside central Akita. It is associated with reported Marian apparitions and a statue that …
05

Akarenga-kan Museum

Akarenga-kan Museum occupies a red-brick former Akita Bank headquarters from 1912. The museum hosts exhibitions on art, crafts and local history, and its historic …

Museum
06

Koizumigata Park

Koizumigata Park is a quiet stop north of Akita with the Akita Prefectural Museum and a preserved 300-year-old farmhouse. It is most worthwhile for …

Museum
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Senshū Museum of Art

Senshū Museum of Art focuses on art connected with Akita and also hosts changing exhibitions. It is a compact museum rather than a blockbuster …

Museum
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Ōmoriyama Zoo

Ōmoriyama Zoo is Akita's local zoo, with giraffes, elephants, monkeys, red pandas, camels, and other animals. It is mainly a family stop rather than …