CLICK FOR INTERACTIVE MAPbebejepang Says: Mt. Kampu, a height of 355m above sea level is gentle mountain with which all mountains are covered in the lawn. Kampuzan Rotating Observation Deck Fee:...
Hotel Foresta Chokai: mountain/skiing resort
lowailing138 Says: email: foresta@chokai.ne.jp on chokai-san
Lunch and onsen dipping at Tsurunoyu Onsen Ryokan
lowailing138 Says: April 2007Tsurunoyu Onsen Hot SpringI have the experience of lunching at the old Inn. Food was served around the sunken hearth, with the cooking pot hanging...
bebejepang Says: Namahage, played by young men in domenic masks and traditional straw garments, make the rounds of houses in their village. They burst into these houses...
bebejepang Says: Oga-hanto Peninsula, in the western part of Akita, just out into the Sea of Japan in the shape of an ax. Oga Quasi-national Park boasts spectacular coastal...
bebejepang Says: I charter a taxi for 1 day from Akita city to the sightseeing places in Oga Peninsula. It costs 20000 yen.
bebejepang Says: Not so big aquarium with white bear as a star here. Unfortunately, she was sleeping when I came.I come here by taxi. So I cannot tell about the direction....
lowailing138 Says: Use of sauna room, onsen pools include : "water fall "- water pressure hitting on your shoulders helps to relieve muscular pains, pool with reclining seats with...
Portable Shrine under the water fall
lowailing138 Says: In Happo Town, on the 1st August.Young town people wearing white costumes, carrying a portable shrine over their shoulders, and parade through the Hachimori...
lowailing138 Says: From the end of July, to the mid-August.Thousands of sunflowers bloom spectacularly in the four hectare wide field, next to the roadside station of Nishime,...
lowailing138 Says: In the month 20th AugustAt Ugo town, town folks praying for good harvest and prosperity for the village, and protection from harmful insects.At the riverside,...
lowailing138 Says: This all communities gathering, occurs during the last Saturday of the month of July, at the community Baseball ground. Local participation of school children...
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The family that I stay in Akita City, from left Takashi, Myself, Satoko, standing at the back Miyuki and husband Youshu. This is temple house. It is a huge place.
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