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The long call · Akita

The Kakunodate return

Long calls — samurai manors under the cherries. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~7h door to door6 stops8 hours or more ashore
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Photo: (Tea-making tea) 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
~7h
From the gangway and back
Best for
8 hours or more
Long calls — samurai manors under the cherries
What it costs
tour territory — the Kakunodate drive is the product
Transport spend: tour territory — the Kakunodate drive is the product.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    Taxi to Akita Station, Shinkansen to Kakunodate (~45 min)

    Komachi trains hourly — reserve seats

    What you will see here →Full guide: Kakunodate →
  2. +1:15
    Samurai district: Aoyagi and Ishiguro manors

    Cellar museums and weeping cherries

    What you will see here →
  3. +3:00
    Inaniwa udon lunch in the old town

    Or miso-tanpo grilled by the street

    What you will see here →
    Photo: pelican / CC BY-SA
  4. +4:00
    Craft shops: cherry-bark tea caddies

    Kabazaiku — the town’s own craft

  5. +4:45
    Shinkansen back to Akita

    The reserved return seat is your all-aboard insurance

  6. +6:00
    Taxi to the port

    ~60 min margin on a 9h call

The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
What the day looks like

Akita, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

A Namahage figure of the Oga Peninsula, Akita
A Namahage figure of the Oga Peninsula, AkitaPhoto: 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Lantern poles raised at the Kanto Festival in Akita
Lantern poles raised at the Kanto Festival in AkitaPhoto: 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0
A sake brewery building in Akita
A sake brewery building in AkitaPhoto: 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0
An Akita inu
An Akita inuPhoto: Biser Yanev / CC BY-SA 4.0
Neburi Nagashi-kan
Neburi Nagashi-kanPhoto: Rosino / CC BY-SA
Senshu Park
Senshu ParkPhoto: Wikimedia contributor / CC BY-SA 4.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Akita

The rainy-day AkitaA wet day · ~4hWet weather — the city half, done indoorsTower & port town2–3 hours · ~2.5hEverything within sight of the berthThe city sampler4–6 hours · ~5hCastle park, festival poles and the twin noodle-pot lunch
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