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The standard call · Akita

The city sampler

Castle park, festival poles and the twin noodle-pot lunch. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~5h door to door6 stops4–6 hours ashore
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Photo: Wikimedia contributor / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
~5h
From the gangway and back
Best for
4–6 hours
Castle park, festival poles and the twin noodle-pot lunch
What it costs
shuttle/taxi ~¥1,500 pp into town; festival center ~¥310
Transport spend: shuttle/taxi ~¥1,500 pp into town; festival center ~¥310.
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
    Bus/taxi to central Akita (~20 min)
  2. +0:30
    Senshu Park — moats, lotus, the small keep

    The cherry tunnel in late April

    What you will see here →Full guide: Senshu Park →
  3. +1:45
    Kanto Festival Center — hoist the practice pole

    Respect earned in 30 seconds

    What you will see here →Full guide: Neburi Nagashi-kan →
    Photo: Rosino / CC BY-SA
  4. +2:45
    Lunch: kiritanpo hotpot or Sato Yosuke inaniwa

    Both within the center blocks

    What you will see here →
    Photo: pelican / CC BY-SA
  5. +4:00
    Akarenga red-brick bank + products plaza sweep

    Sake miniatures and magewappa

    What you will see here →Full guide: Senshu Park →
    Photo: sota / CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. +4:40
    Bus/taxi back to the port
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
Black wooden samurai residences in Kakunodate, Akita
Black wooden samurai residences in Kakunodate, AkitaPhoto: (Tea-making tea) 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Selion Tower
Selion TowerPhoto: 掬茶 / 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 Kakunodate return8 hours or more · ~7hLong calls — samurai manors under the cherries
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