Culture & History

The lights of the “kanto” lanterns filling the night sky, are prayers for a good harvest. It is a major summer festival in the Tohoku region.

If you’re going to Akita, by all means, visit the “Bukeyashiki” in Kakunodate, the Little Kyoto of the Tohoku region

A folklore museum that recreates the ancient legend of the “Namahage”, told in the Oga district

A museum relating Kakunodate’s traditional craft of kaba zaiku (bark craftsmanship) to future generations

An art museum dedicated to the works of the Hirafukus, father-and-son painters who were born and raised in the district of Kakunodate