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Tower & port town

Everything within sight of the berth. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~2.5h door to door4 stops2–3 hours ashore
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Photo: 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
~2.5h
From the gangway and back
Best for
2–3 hours
Everything within sight of the berth
What it costs
¥0 — Selion and the port town are at the berth
Transport spend: ¥0 — Selion and the port town are at the berth.
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
    Selion Tower — 100m of free views at the port

    Sea one way, snow mountains the other

    What you will see here →
  2. +0:45
    Walk into Tsuchizaki port town

    The old shipping quarter and its shrine

  3. +1:30
    Tsuchizaki Minato Historical Museum (float on show)

    July’s festival, preserved year-round

    What you will see here →
    Photo: Rosino / CC BY-SA
  4. +2:15
    Walk back to the berth
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
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 indoorsThe 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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