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   Kubota Castle

   The Satake clan's seat through the Edo period, and unusual for a castle of its rank in having neither stone walls nor a keep — the domain built in earth and timber throughout. The corner turret was rebuilt in 1989 and the grounds are the city's cherry park.

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   Akita Castle

   The remains of a fortified settlement built in the Nara period on the site of the present city of Akita. It is sometimes confused with Kubota Castle, the Edo-period seat of the Satake family.

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   Akita Museum of Art

   A Tadao Ando building of 2013, built around one painting: Fujita Tsuguharu's Events in Akita, twenty metres long and three and a half high, painted in fifteen days in 1937. A triangular pool on the terrace reflects Senshu Park across the road.

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   Akita Port Tower

   An observation tower at Tsuchizaki in the city of Akita, completed in 1994 and clad in 6,272 panes of toughened glass.

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   Minato Castle

   A castle that stood at Tsuchizaki-minato in the city of Akita. It was the seat of the Andō family, who governed the northern part of Dewa province throughout the Muromachi period.

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   Akita Prefectural Museum

   The prefectural museum in the city of Akita. It opened in May 1975 and was renewed in April 2004, covering the history and folklore of Akita prefecture through archaeology, crafts, and biological and geological material.

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   Koshiō Shrine

   A Shinto shrine in the city of Akita in Akita prefecture, enshrining Ōhiko no Mikoto and Takemikazuchi no Mikoto, with its annual festival held on 8 May.

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   Akita City Ōmoriyama Zoo

   The municipal zoo of the city of Akita, opened in July 1967. It holds 114 species on fifteen hectares and goes by the nickname Milve.

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   Satake Historical Museum

   A museum opened in 1990 on the site of Kubota Castle in Senshū Park in the city of Akita. It holds material relating to the Satake family, who ruled the Akita domain.

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    Akita Prefectural Central Park

    A prefectural sports park at Yuwa opened in 1983, with a stadium, gymnasium and athletics track spread over open ground near the airport. It carried several events of the 2001 World Games.

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   Akita Senshū Museum of Art

   An art museum opened in the city of Akita in 1989, housed in the Atorion building. It took over from the Akita City Art Museum, which had opened in 1958.

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   Joshitei

   A Japanese garden in the city of Akita. It was the villa garden of the Satake family, lords of the Akita domain, and is designated a national place of scenic beauty.

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