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   Kubota Castle

   Kubota Castle (久保田城, Kubota-jō) is a Japanese castle in Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Edo period, Kubota Castle was home to the Satake clan, daimyō of Kubota Domain, rulers of northern Dewa Province.

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   Akita Castle

   Akita Castle (秋田城, Akita-jō) refers to the ruins of a Nara period fortified settlement located in what is now the city Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. It is also sometimes referred to as “Fort Akita”.

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   Akita Museum of Art

   Akita Museum of Art (秋田県立美術館 平野政吉コレクション, Akita Kenritsu Bijutsukan Hirano Masakichi Collection) is an art museum in the city of Akita. The original Akita Prefectural Museum of Art was opened on May 5, 1967.

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   Akita Port Tower

   The Akita City Port Tower Selion (秋田市ポートタワーセリオン, Akitashi Pōto Tawā Serion) is one of the landmarks in the city of Akita, Japan. The sightseeing tower with 6,272 tempered glasses was completed in 1994.

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   Minato Castle

   Minato Castle (湊城, Minato-jō) was a Japanese castle in what is now Tsuchizaki Minato, Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan.

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   Akita Prefectural Museum

   Akita Prefectural Museum (秋田県立博物館, Akita Kenritsu Hakubutsukan) is a prefectural museum in the city of Akita, Japan.

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   Koshiō Shrine

   Koshiō Shrine (古四王神社, Koshiō jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the kami of Ōhiko no mikoto (大彦命) and Takemikazuchi no mikoto (武甕槌命).

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   Akita City Ōmoriyama Zoo

   The Akita Omoriyama Zoo (秋田市大森山動物園, Akitashi Omoriyama dōbutsuen), also known as “Milve”, is a municipal zoo opened in July 1967 in the city of Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan.

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   Satake Historical Museum

   Satake Historical Museum (秋田市立佐竹史料館, Akita Shiritsu Satake Shiryōkan) opened in Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan in 1990.

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    Akita Prefectural Central Park

    Akita Prefectural Central Park is a group of sports facilities in Yuwa, Akita, Akita, Japan.

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   Akita Senshū Museum of Art

   Akita Senshū Museum of Art (秋田市立千秋美術館, Akita Shiritsu Senshū Bijutsukan) opened in Akita, Japan in 1989.

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   Joshitei

   The Joshitei (如斯亭), also known as the Former Akita Domain Satake Clan Villa Gardens (旧秋田藩主佐竹氏別邸, kyū-Akita-han-shu Satake-shi bettei teien) is a Japanese landscape garden and nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty…

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