Top 10 things to do in and attractions of Akita according to TripAdvisor

Akita is one of six main prefectures at the Sea of Japan coast in the northern Tohoku Region, northern Honshu Island of Japan. Prefectural capital is Akita City. Among Akita's main attractions are its natural beauty of mountains and the sea, hot springs and the town of Kakunodate, which preserves one of Japan's most interesting samurai districts, stories and words of mouth, historical sites, etc., all of those create the remarkable images of Akita.

Historically, Akita in this day and age was a part of the ancient Dewa Province and has been inhabited for thousands of years. The Jizōden ruins within the city limits are a major archaeological site with artifacts from the Japanese Paleolithic period (40,000 BCE to 14,000 BCE), through the Jomon  (14,000–300 BCE) and Yayoi periods (300 BC–300 AD). Under the Nara period, the Yamato court established Akita Castle in 733 AD to bring the local Emishi tribes under its control. The area was ruled by a succession of local samurai clans in the Sengoku period (1467 – 1603), before coming under the control of the Satake clan of Kubota Domain during the Edo period (1603–1868). Under the Tokugawa shogunate, a castle town developed around Kubota Castle…

Let’s see the main 10 attractive destinations of Akita that you would never want to miss when visiting this beautiful land: