Sightseeing Spot Spots in Yokote / Yuzawa / Kurikoma Area
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Akita
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- Akinomiya Onsenkyo (Hot Springs Village) Autumn Colors
- Travel / Tourism
- Akita Yuzawa-shi Akinomiya
- The changing autumn colors of Akinomiya Hot Spring Village which starts in late September and regularly runs until mid-October or early November. The surrounding area including Oyasukyo Gorge, Sanzugawa Valley, and Soyakyo Gorge and famous for their autumn colors. Oyasukyo Gorge is highly popular because of Oyasukyo Onsen Hot Spring where you can enjoy a soak in the bath while looking out at the gorge and the scenery.
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- Kawarage Jigoku
- Travel / Tourism
- Akita Pref. Yuzawashi Takamatsu
- This is a roughly 800 meter high sacred land in Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture. It's famous as one of Japan's 3 top sacred lands, along with Mt. Osore and Mt. Tateyama. It's marked by the steam billowing out of the exposed gray bedrock. The area draws lots of climbers, with the Kawarage Oyutaki falls and Doroyu Onsen.
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- Rokugo Yusui-gun (Spring waters of Rokugo)
- Travel / Tourism
- Akita Senboku-gun Misato Cho Rokugo
- An area with many springs located in Misato Town, Senboku County, Akita Prefecture. Since ancient times, the area of the former town of Rokugo has been known for its abundant flow of clear spring water and has even been selected for inclusion in the Ministry of the Environment's Top 100 Famous Water list. Many springs still dot the area today and visitors can enjoy strolling from pond to pond.
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- Chikara-mizu
- Travel / Tourism
- Akita Yuzawa-shi Furudate Yama
- "This spring was selected for inclusion in the Ministry of the Environment's Top 100 Famous Water list in 1985 as well as the Ministry of Construction's list of the country's top 30 handmade local attractions in 1990. The waters of the spring were famously used to make the meals of the wealthy Satakeminami merchant family from 1620 to 1892. Drinking the waters is said to give one strength, and so a stone monument was erected at the spring with characters meaning ""Power Water."""
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- Asamai Park
- Travel / Tourism
- Akita Yokote Hirakamachi Asamai
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- Ikada no Osugi
- Travel / Tourism
- Akita Yokote Sannai Ikada Ueta Omote
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- Omori Resort Mura
- Travel / Tourism
- Akita Yokote Omorimachi Takakuchishitamitotsutsumi
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- National Important Cultural Property Suzuki Family's Residence
- Travel / Tourism
- Akita Ogachi-gun Ugomachi
Akita Areas
Famed for its sake and samurai, Akita prefecture offers quintessential Japanese culture in a non-touristy setting. Alongside the celebrated rice paddies and historical sites of the region lies dramatic natural scenery in the form of the rugged coastline of the Oga Peninsula and the Dakigaeri Gorge, best visited in autumn, when the leaves begin to change color.
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