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The rainy-day Akita

Wet weather — the city half, done indoors. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~4h door to door5 stopsA wet day ashore
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Photo: Rosino / CC BY-SA
Door to door
~4h
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Wet weather — the city half, done indoors
What it costs
~¥1,200 pp
Transport spend: ~¥1,200 pp. Museums ~¥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
    Taxi or bus into the city

    ~25 minutes from Tsuchizaki

  2. +0:30
    Neburi Nagashi-kan — the Kanto poles indoors

    Demonstrations are scheduled; check the times first

    What you will see here →Full guide: Neburi Nagashi-kan →
  3. +1:30
    Akarenga-kan red-brick museum

    A 1912 bank, and the Katsuhira woodblock prints inside

    Full guide: Senshu Park →
    Photo: Wikimedia contributor / CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. +2:30
    Kiritanpo nabe for lunch

    Rice on cedar skewers, simmered in hinai-jidori broth

    What you will see here →
    Photo: pelican / CC BY-SA
  5. +3:30
    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

Tower & port town2–3 hours · ~2.5hEverything within sight of the berthThe city sampler4–6 hours · ~5hCastle park, festival poles and the twin noodle-pot lunchThe Kakunodate return8 hours or more · ~7hLong calls — samurai manors under the cherries
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