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Akita City
Akita Prefecture · City
- Core city
- Prefectural capital
Official websiteAkita Prefecture page
Akita City is the prefectural capital of Akita Prefecture, on the central coast at the mouth of the Omono River. It prospered as the castle town of the Kubota Domain; Senshu Park has the ruins of Kubota Castle, and a garden of a Satake family villa remains. Tsuchizaki Port was a port of call for the kitamaebune (merchant ships of the Sea of Japan). The ruins of ancient Akita Castle and the summer Kanto Festival are also well known.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
Live information
Current weather (observed)
Places to visit
CastleAkita CastleJapanese ancient castle in Akita city, Akita prefecture
CastleKubota CastleJapanese castle in Akita city, Akita prefecture
ShopAkita Rolling Stock Center
ViewpointAkita Port Towertower building in Akita, Akita prefecture, Japan
Shopping centerÆON MALL Akitashopping mall in Akita
MuseumAkita Museum of Artart museum in Akita, Akita, Japan
Shinto shrineKoshio ShrineShinto shrine in Akita Prefecture, Japan
CastleMinato CastleCastle in Akita, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Akita-koroadside station in Akita, Akita prefecture, Japan
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
Mountains in this city
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Akita Prefecture
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