After spending the morning in Kakunodate, I took the Shinkansen train to Akita, where I’d wanted to stay but there was no available accommodation. Most of my time in Akita was in Sensui Park. At one point when I was crossing a road in the park, a car came out of nowhere towards me. When … Continue reading / view photos Akita
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Kakunodate — samurai town
Kakunodate is one of the smallest towns I’ve visited in Japan. The tourist heart of the town was a short walk from my guesthouse. Kakunodate is most well-known for its samurai houses. Some of them went on to be owned by (wealthy) families and are now wholly or partly (in the case of the family … Continue reading / view photos Kakunodate — samurai town
Joyful trains
I love the fact that Japan has a special category of trains called joyful trains. I took the Resort Shirakami train from Aomori to Akita, which I’d reserved in Sapporo. I was lucky to get a seat since there are only about 130 places. It’s one of the few trains for which you must reserve … Continue reading / view photos Joyful trains