The bright blue lake is the deepest in Japan and appears like a precious stone from Mother Nature
Relax in an idyllic onsen village, surrounded by a primeval Japanese beech forest
An art museum dedicated to the works of the Hirafukus, father-and-son painters who were born and raised in the district of Kakunodate
A museum relating Kakunodate’s traditional craft of kaba zaiku (bark craftsmanship) to future generations
If you’re going to Akita, by all means, visit the “Bukeyashiki” in Kakunodate, the Little Kyoto of the Tohoku region