Akita

[ May 2019 ] When we were walking in Kakunodate in Akita prefecture, Japan, in the evening, a poster caught my eyes. It says “Miraculous Piano” in big letters and there was a calendar for…

[ Apr.2019 ] On the second night of our family holiday in Akita prefecture, Japan, we stayed in Kakunodate, where there is an old townscape left as it once was. According to the guide map…

[ Apr.2019 ] On the second day at the lakeside of Lake Tazawa in Akita prefecture, Japan, we headed for a museum called Memory of Kata Branch School, which used to be a very small…

[ Sept.2018 ] In Akita city in Japan, we went to Senshu Park next. This park was built on the site of the Kubota Castle where the Satake family lived, and Satake Yoshinobu was the…

[ Sept.2018 ] The next day, after staying in a Ryokan in the Oga Hot-Spring resort in the Akita prefecture in Japan, we went to Oga station by ‘Namahage Shuttle’, the shared taxi. The taxi stand…

[ Sept.2018 ] The strong typhoon passed during the night and the next morning in Sakata in the Yamagata prefecture in Japan was fine. We got up early and took the 7:55am train to Akita. This…