Akita 3 spots

Akita is rice, snow, and the home of the Akita dog. Its namahage ogres call at houses on New Year's Eve, and a museum on the Oga peninsula shows the masks year-round.

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Akita Furusato Mura
Theme park & craft village
A theme park of about 47 acres, from craft workshops to a planetarium.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · Changing table · checked Aug ’26
Namahage Museum
Folk culture museum
A stone museum holding more than 150 Namahage masks actually used in Oga's villages.
Stroller OK · Family restroom · checked Aug ’26
Yokote Masuda Manga Museum
Manga art museum
Japan's first museum devoted to original manga artwork, with about 490,000 sheets.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · Changing table · checked Aug ’26

Nearby prefectures:Aomori Iwate Miyagi Yamagata Fukushima

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