Lake Tazawa / Kakunodate / Omagari

Top Things to do

• Nyuto Onsenkyo Taenoyu

  4.5

  237 Reviews

  Akita Pref. Sembokushi Tazawakobonai Komagatake 2-1

  This onsen hotel in Semboku City, Akita Prefecture allows day trips, and is popular with female visitors for its meticulous service and modern atmosphere. One can enjoy “gold” and “silver” source water in seven different baths. It is famous for an open air mixed bathing area where one can look out over the Sendachi River, offering the true charm of a secluded hot spring. Women can wear towels in the mixed bathing area. With the accommodation plan, guests can try the local kiritanpo (mashed rice pressed on a skewer and toasted) cuisine too.

• Statue of Tatsuko

  3.5

  121 Reviews

  Akita Pref. Sembokushi Nishikichousaimyouji Katajiri

  This statue is on the west bank of Lake Tazawa, in Aza-Katajiri Nishiki-cho Saimyoji, Semboku City. It's based on the Lake Tazawa legend of Princess Tatsuko, a young girl who prayed for eternal youth and beauty, and whose wish was granted when she drank the waters of a magical forest spring and was turned to a dragon, the guardian spirit of the lake.

• Rest Village Nyuto Onsenkyo

  4.0

  122 Reviews

  Akita Pref. Sembokushi Tazawakobonai Komagatake 2-1

  Rest Village Nyuto Onsenkyo offers a taste of Akita home style cooking in the midst of a wide beech forest. It offers a wide variety of activities to try while enjoying the changing beauty of the seasons. Come experience truly memorable nature with one of the many memorable activities, including Akita Komagatake nature observation climbing in Akita Komagatake mountains, star and moon watching with astronomical telescopes, making a flower vase from Akita cedar or other wood as well as beech forest walking, and more. They also have hot spring baths with two different water types.

• Ando Miso Soy Sauce Brewery

  4.5

  59 Reviews

  Akita Pref. Sembokushi Kakunodatemachishimoshinmachi 27

  The former miso and soy sauce brewery was founded in 1853. The brick storehouse, built in the middle of the Meiji period, gives an atmosphere of long ago. You can enter the building and view the fusuma (sliding doors), hand-painted by Nishimiya Reiwa, free of charge. In the black plastered warehouse once used for storage, you can taste miso soup and pickles. You should definitely try the additive-free, naturally produced goods.

• Kakunodate Kabazaiku Denshokan

  4.0

  62 Reviews

  Akita Pref. Sembokushi Kakunodatemachiomotemachishimochou 10-1

  This is a tourist facility in Semboku City, Akita Prefecture, established to promote the traditional Kakunodate craft of “Kabazaiku” (cherry bark art) which began as the craftwork of lower-grade samurai. Kabazaiku is characterized by the brilliant, deep coloring it gets from the bark of the mountain cherry tree, and is often used for making tea utensils and accessories. Inside the building Kabazaiku, handicraft, cultural and historical materials are on display, and the Kabazaiku creation demonstration corner is particularly popular. The building itself, made in the old Kakunodate architectural style, is a sight to see.

• Akita Tazawako Snow Resort

  4.0

  51 Reviews

  Akita Senboku-shi Tazawako Obonai Shimotakano 73-2

• Roadside Station Kyowa

  3.5

  37 Reviews

  Akita Pref. Daisenshi Kyouwarakawa Nitta Table 15-2

  This roadside station is along National Route 46. The direct sales center offers farm products brought fresh every morning. The Iseki Togei no Sato offers pottery classes. And since this is the only rest station on National Route 46, it is popular with long-distance drivers and has a large parking area.

• Lake Tazawa

  Senboku City Akita Prefecture Tazawako

  With a maximum depth of 423.4 meters, Lake Tazawa is Japan’s deepest lake. The beautiful, sparkling indigo blue waters have been named one of Japan’s 100 Best sights. This area is home to the legend of Princess Tatsuko, and there is a gold statue of her by Yasutake Funakoshi on the shore.

• Ukiki-jinja Shrine

  3.5

  36 Reviews

  Akita Pref. Sembokushi Nishikichousaimyouji Katajiri

  15 minutes by car from Yatsu Station. A bare wood shrine with a modern feel located on the shore of Lake Tazawa in Saimyoji, Nishiki Town. The shrine’s proper name is the Kansagu. The shrine was named with Kansagu by Masudo Soshu, a retainer of Akita Domain, in 1769. Because of this fact, Lake Tazawa has come to be called Lake Kansa, as well as Lake Sako. The driftwood enshrined in the shrine resulted in its common nickname of Ukiki-jinja Shrine— “Driftwood Shrine.” The shrine building sticks out over Lake Tazawa, and nearby stands a figure of the legendary Tatsuko. The shrine is believed to provide luck with finding love and marriage and is visited by many women.