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The Kakunodate return, Akita

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The Kakunodate return

Arrivals by 08:00, or a 9:00–18:00 call (about 2 h 25 in town) — not 9:00–17:00. Timed from the gangway and back.

7 hr door to door6 stopsNeeds a 9-hour callNeeds the ship in by 08:00, or the ship in by 09:00 and a sailing at 18:00 or later
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Door to door
7 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 9-hour call or longer
Arrivals by 08:00, or a 9:00–18:00 call (about 2 h 25 in town) — not 9:00–17:00
Room to spare
None
Fits a 9-hour stop with nothing to add (off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard). A longer call gives you the extra time; on this one, do not add a stop.
What it costs
¥3,070 pp
Komachi ¥3,070 pp each way (reserved seat), plus taxi ~¥4,500 per car each way between the port and Akita Station.
Booking
Book ahead
At least one step needs booking before you sail: the steps below say which

Timed from the gangway with the port's official timetables · updated · Takumi Yamada

Numbers follow the route below. Pins are the places themselves; walking lines are not drawn because the best way between two stops can change with the tram, the tide or the weather.

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 (~30 min), Komachi to Kakunodate (about 40–50 min, ¥3,070 reserved)

    Komachi trains hourly — reserve seats

    What you will see hereFull guide: Kakunodate
  2. +1:40
    Samurai district: Aoyagi and Ishiguro manors

    Cellar museums and weeping cherries

    What you will see here
    Akita Museum of Art, Akita
    Photo: 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. +3:00
    Inaniwa udon lunch in the old town

    Or miso-tanpo grilled by the street

    What you will see here
    Inaniwa udon at Sato Yosuke, Akita
    Photo: pelican / CC BY-SA 2.0
  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

    Works on 7:00–8:00 arrivals; on a 9:00–18:00 call return on the 14:20 Komachi; on 9:00–17:00 calls you get only ~1.5 h in Kakunodate

    What you will see here
Would rather have it arranged?Half Day Kakunodate Tour of Crafts Culture and CuisineSame Kakunodate crafts and food with a guide; you still take the Komachi there and back. · from US$204 · 5.0★ — why we list it
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
Hinomaru Brewery, a sake brewery in Akita prefecture
Hinomaru Brewery, a sake brewery in Akita prefecturePhoto: 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 3.0
An Akita inu
An Akita inuPhoto: Biser Yanev / CC BY-SA 4.0
Neburi Nagashi-kan, Akita
Neburi Nagashi-kanPhoto: 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Senshu Park, Akita
Senshu ParkPhoto: 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Akita

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