Akita (city)

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Akita (秋田市, Akita-shi) is a Japanese city in Akita Prefecture on the island of Honshu.[1] It is the capital city of the prefecture.

History[change | change source]

Akita has been one of the most important cities in the Tōhoku region since ancient times.

The Akita clan (Ando clan) held this part of northern Japan (Mutsu Province) in the 15-16th centuries.[2]

The Satake clan built Kubota Castle in 1604.[3]

The modern city of Akita was established on April 1, 1889.[4]

Geography[change | change source]

Akita is the largest city on the western coast of the Tōhoku region.[5]

Neighboring cities[change | change source]

Education[change | change source]

Local foods and products[change | change source]

  • Kiritampo – baked rice
  • Sasamaki – rice wrapped in bamboo grass
  • Iwagaki – a kind of oyster
  • Iburi-gakko – a kind of pickle

Sister / friendship cities[change | change source]

International sister / friendship cities[change | change source]

Sister cities in Japan[change | change source]

Famous people[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). [1] Japan Encyclopedia, p. 20.
  2. Papinot, Edmund. (2003). Nobiliare du Japon – Ashina, pp. 7; Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon. (in French/German).
  3. Elsey, Teresa. (2004). Let's Go Japan, p. 312; Appert, Georges. (1888). Ancien Japon. p. 77.
  4. Akita City, "History" Archived 2018-05-24 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-9-30.
  5. Elsey, at p. 310.

Other websites[change | change source]

Media related to Akita, Akita at Wikimedia Commons