Everything for your trip to Akita in one place: model itineraries, anime pilgrimage, events & festivals, attractions, cherry blossoms, autumn leaves. Open any page for access, highlights and typical dates.
🗺 5 days, 4 nightsSummerTohoku ・ 15 stops ・ August
A route that visits Tohoku's summer festivals, held one after another in August, covering one city a day from Morioka to Sendai. For five days, you repeat the same rhythm: see the city's sights by day and the festival by night.
🎬 1 placeTohoku ・ Masuda, Yokote, Akita
A fishing manga and anime by Takao Yaguchi about Sanpei, a boy who aims to become a master angler. Yokote in Akita, the hometown of the original creator, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
Tohoku ・ Yokote, Akita
Japan's first full-scale art museum dedicated to original manga artwork. It collects and exhibits original drawings by leading Japanese manga artists, including those connected to Akita Prefecture, and works to preserve and pass them on. It is selected as a facility in the 88 Anime Spots.
FebruaryTohoku ・ Kakunodate, Lake Tazawa & Nyuto Onsen
From 2026, held every year on the second Friday and Saturday of February (the Friday and Saturday just before the Bonden events; changed to the second Friday and Saturday on a trial basis through 2029)
2027: Feb 12 (Fri) & Feb 13 (Sat)
AugustTohoku ・ Kakunodate, Lake Tazawa & Nyuto Onsen
Every year August 3–6 (night kanto on all 4 days; daytime kanto = Myogi Taikai skills competition on the 4th–6th)
ZooTohoku ・ Akita City, Akita
A zoo in Omoriyama Park run by Akita City. As of August 2026, it keeps 524 animals of 88 species. Admission is free for high school students and younger, and with the Anipa amusement park and large play equipment on site, families can spend a whole day here.
AquariumTohoku ・ Oga, Akita
An aquarium on the Sea of Japan coast of the Oga Peninsula. It has a large tank recreating the Oga sea, exhibits of polar bears, seals, penguins, and more, and a museum devoted to hatahata (sandfish), an Akita specialty. From Akita Station, take the JR Oga Line to Oga Station (about 1 hour), then a bus or shared taxi.
Avenue & old townTohoku ・ Kakunodate, Lake Tazawa & Nyuto Onsen
🌸 Typical peak: Mid Apr – Late Apr
Mountain & highland
Gorge🍁 Typical peak
Old townTohoku ・ Kakunodate, Lake Tazawa & Nyuto Onsen
❄ Best season: Late Jan – Late Feb
♨ OnsenTohoku ・ Semboku, Akita
♨ Day use Adults ¥700, children ¥300 (as of October 2026)
🎆 AugustTohoku ・ Daisen, Akita
🎆 Every year on the last Saturday of August
🚄 JRMonthly temperatures, rain and what to wear are in our weather guide.
Itineraries, intercity routes and travel passes that cover several prefectures are listed under each of them.
