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19/05/2025

Held over two days in early August, the Noshiro Tanabata Festival in Akita Prefecture serves as a colorful celebration of Japanese folklore and tradition. The event includes a variety of impressive lantern floats parading around the Noshiro City Hall area, including one of Japan’s tallest lantern floats – it towers at an incredible 24.1 meters in height.

12/11/2024

Experience how food and nature is celebrated in Akita folklore.

06/06/2024

During festival time, the whole village would participate in a tug of war. Back then, it used to take days to get to Tokyo, not that the villagers went there. In fact, some villagers spent their whole lives here, never knowing what it was like to be in the capital. Instead, they carved toys out of wood, collected baby bees for tempura or stir fry, and made their own kind of very thick soba, now famous around Japan as Itsukidani soba.

Why is this sake named after the Cicada? Maybe my mother in law has a clue, having collected Cicadas and butterflies in her youth in this mountain village, filled with the joy of nature.

04/06/2024

Nestled in the Northernmost Prefecture of Japan’s mainland sits Hachinohe, a city along the Pacific Coast. Every year during the Summer, the city comes alive with one of the biggest festivals in the region.

The Sansha Taisai festival takes place every year, and is considered one of the main festivals of the city, taking place at the end of July into early August, usually lasting for 3 to 4 days. The celebration has been recognised by UNESCO for its intangible cultural heritage.

23/03/2024

Hachiko's story is known around the world and it speaks volumes about a dog's loyalty to its owner. The story goes that Hachiko, whose lineage came from the Akita Prefecture, would go back and forth to Shibuya every day to wait for his owner to return from work

Learn about the Akita dog with photos, information and exhibits. The Museum was built to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Akita Dog Preservation Society.

11/03/2024

On this 13th anniversary, we remember those that have gone before us, and how we have changed as a result.

2018 marked the 7th anniversary of the tsunami. In Japan, there is an age old festival called Shichi-go-san, which is a rite of passage for children, marking their third, fifth and seventh years on this earth.

04/03/2024

Follow the fish to Toyama.

Buri Kaido is a route that once connected Toyama, Hida, Takayama, and present day Matsumoto for the purpose of transporting buri, or yellowtail. While Buri Kaido is no longer in operation, its phantom route inspired us to explore these four cities more deeply.

18/02/2024

Sendai, the gateway to Akita and the rest of Tohoku

Sendai is a vibrant city located on the Pacific coast of Honshu, the largest of Japan's four major islands. It can be reached within 1 hour and 40 minutes by taking the Tohoku Shinkansen from Tokyo. Serving as the capital of Miyagi prefecture and pulsating heart of Japan’s northern Tohoku Re...

31/01/2024

Each February 14th the samurai district of heats up--and no, it isn't because of 's Day. The Fire and Snow Festival light up the town in bonfires and, more spectacularly, participants swinging fireballs over their heads.

The Kakunodate Fire and Snow Festival (火振りかまくら Hiburi Kamakura) takes place in Kakunodate, Akita Prefecture annually on February 13 and 14. Onlookers can also participate without reservations and free of charge.

30/01/2024

Julia’s Cross celebrates the life of Julia Ota, who after being exiled to the island for her faith, had a positive impact on Kozushima’s people through her charitable acts. The lookout point itself affords views of Kozushima Village, Kozushima Port, and Maehama Beach nestled in the island’s mountainous landscape. At night, the area is also a popular stargazing spot.

Kozushima is a roughly 18.5 km2 island situated 180 km south of central Tokyo. The island is renowned for its pristine beaches, crystal blue waters, and rocky coastlines.

17/01/2024

You might think Chicken Teriyaki is one of the most popular dishes in Japanese cuisine. However, most Japanese would rather dine out on Teriyaki fish than chicken. If this is the case, then how do Japanese people like their chicken?

Find out what true Akita chicken cuisine is like at Hinaiya

10/01/2024

A thousand people in a mixed gender hot spring? What were they thinking?

For over three hundred years the Sukayu Onsen in the Hakkoda mountains has been an ideal place to relax. Also called the 1000 person hot spring, it is mixed gender.