Various events are carried out according to the season.
You can take a bath with a fruit floating on the 26th of every month as a bath day. Heat retaining, moisturizing, beauty, are nice effects for women's customers, so hope you like it as much as we like.

If you want to buy special products of Akita it is the best shop in Japan!
It is a 5-minute walk from the west exit of JR Akita Station and boasts a selection of approximately 4000 items. Please come, see, and touch the special products of Akita.

Lake Tazawa is known as the deepest lake in Japan, Persian blue surface, and folk story of the beautiful woman “Tatsuko”. Tazawako Rest House is located at the lakeside. You can enjoy the view of the lake while having meal in the restaurant and shopping of local specialty. In addition, courtyard has great view spot of Lake Tazawa. Specious beautiful lawn is good for relaxing.

We sell honey not only domestic products but also ones from all over the world. In the same location, there are sweet shop using honey for products and pizzeria. You can enjoy Neapolitan Pizza baked in stone oven using wood.

Odate Tourist Information Center in the Akita-inu-no-sato (Facilities name) provides tourist information of Odate City and brochures of cities, towns, villages around Odate. In the products corner established together with the center, we offer a plenty of local souvenirs and products of “Akita Dog” which is popular recently.

In summer there are fireworks and "Tenku no Fuyajo" that a few large lanterns boasting the best heights in Japan and walking in the town, and "Onagori Festival" where some Tohoku region festivals come together.
Also, it is a beautiful place surrounded by river, sea, mountain. We are looking forward to meeting you in Noshiro.
Please drop by to the Noshiro Tourist Information Office during sightseeing.

Business hours: 9 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Closed: Year-end and New Year Holidays

Ando family has lived in Kakunodate as a landowner since Kyoho era. We began to produce Miso (soybean paste) and Shoyu (soy sauce) using rice which was paid as a rent by tenant farmer. The wooden signboard “Hitachiden Kishoyu” hung out storefront still retains vestige from those days. In present, we devote ourselves to produce Miso, Soy sauce, and pickles. We have continued to protect our traditional taste handed down from generation to generation. In addition, brickwork warehouse used for guest room built during middle of the Meiji era is open to the public for free. Please come and visit us.

It is located in Nikaho City Tourism Center "Nikahotto" and it is open from 9 am to 9 pm. We provide sightseeing information throughout Akita Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture Shonai area.
For example, we introduce information such as 'Geopark' centered on Mount Chokai, other sightseeing spots featuring Nikaho's rich nature and history.

Yokote City Fureai Center “Kamakura-kan” is a complex facility of tourism and culture. It has concert hall, meeting room, and a gallery which displays Kamakura (snow hat) made of real snow all year round. There is also a gift shop selling specialties of Yokote. Staffs of Yokote Tourist Association reside in. We are looking forward to seeing you.