Akita
Akita Prefecture is in the northeastern Tohoku region of the main Japanese island Honshu. Akita is the original home of the Akita dog, the famously loyal dog of Hachiko fame.
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Yurihonjo
Yurihonjo is a city in southern Akita prefecture. It was formed in 2005 by the merger of many towns: Chokai, Higashi Yuri, Nishime, Iwaki, Honjo, Yashima, and Yuri.Akita
Akita is the capital of Akita prefecture in the northern Tohoku region of Japan's Honshu island.Yuzawa
Yuzawa is a city at the southeastern corner of Akita Prefecture, along the border with Yamagata and Miyagi.Destinations
Semboku
Semboku is a city in Akita prefecture. The areas of Kakunodate and Nyuto Onsen are destinations in their own rights and are covered in separate articles.Nyuto Onsen
Nyuto Onsen is one of the popular hot spring resorts in Tohoku, situated in the deep mountain area of Tazawa Kogen plateau, Semboku, Akita.Kakunodate
Kakunodate is a town in Semboku, Akita. Known as Samurai town and "The Little Kyoto of Tohoku".Oga
Oga is a city in western Akita prefecture. The city is actually a large peninsula -- the Oga Peninsula.Yokote
Yokote is a city in Akita prefecture. To the south, Yuzawa and Ugo are a short drive.Akita
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Other Names for Akita
- Achinese: Prefektur Akita
- Arabic: أكيتا
- Bulgarian: Акита
- Catalan: Prefectura dAkita
- Central Khmer: ខេត្តអាគីតា
- Central Kurdish: ئاکیتا
- Chinese: 秋田县
- Czech: Prefektura Akita
- English: Akita Prefecture
- Esperanto: Gubernio Akita
- Estonian: Akita prefektuur
- Finnish: Akitan prefektuuri
- French: Akita
- French: Préfecture dAkita
- Galician: Prefectura de Akita
- Gan Chinese: 秋田县
- German: Akita
- German: Präfektur Akita
- Hakka Chinese: Akita-yen
- Hebrew: אקיטה
- Hindi: अकिता प्रीफ़ेक्चर
- Hungarian: Akita prefektúra
- Iloko: Prepektura ti Akita
- Indonesian: Prefektur Akita
- Irish: Maoracht Akita
- Italian: Prefettura di Akita
- Japanese: あきた
- Japanese: あきたけん
- Japanese: アキタ
- Japanese: アキタケン
- Japanese: 秋田
- Japanese: 秋田県
- Javanese: Préfèktur Akita
- Korean: 아키타 현
- Latvian: Akitas prefektūra
- Lithuanian: Akitos prefektūra
- Macedonian: Акита
- Malay (macrolanguage): Wilayah Akita
- Marathi: अकिता
- Min Dong Chinese: Akita-gâing
- Min Nan Chinese: Akita-koān
- Mongolian: Акита
- Northern Sami: Akita prefektuvra
- Novial: Akita Prefekture
- Pampanga: Prepektura ning Akita
- Persian: استان آکیتا
- Portuguese: Akita
- Romanian: Prefectura Akita
- Russian: Акита
- Scots: Akita Prefectur
- Serbian: Префектура Акита
- Serbo-Croatian: Prefektura Akita
- Spanish: Prefectura de Akita
- Sundanese: Préféktur Akita
- Swahili (macrolanguage): Mkoa wa Akita
- Swedish: Akita prefektur
- Tagalog: Prepektura ng Akita
- Tajik: Префектураи Акита
- Thai: จังหวัดอะกิตะ
- Uighur: ئاكىتا ناھىيىسى
- Ukrainian: Префектура Акіта
- Urdu: اکیتا پریفیکچر
- Western Panjabi: ضلع اکیٹا
- Wu Chinese: 秋田县
- Yue Chinese: 秋田縣
- Akita-ken
- Akita Ken
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