Nikaho Area

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Kujūkushima Islands
In the Kisakata area of Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture, there is a unique landscape of rice fields d...

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Misaki Coast
About 3,000 years ago, andesite lava flowed westward from a crater on Mt. Chokai, reaching the sea b...

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Innai Oil Field Site
Innai Oil Field was once one of the largest oil-producing fields in Japan. An oil mining company beg...

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Nikaho Plateau
Located at an elevation of about 500 m, this plateau was created by land that accumulated from a deb...

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Kamigō Warming Canals
These canals were designed by the residents of the Kamigō area to warm the cold water from Mt. Choka...

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Yuri Coast Seawall
These stone walls are estimated to have been built in the 18th century (Edo period). Their purpose w...

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Karato-ishi Rock
Karato-ishi rock was part of the sector collapse of Mt. Chokai approximately 2500 years ago, when a ...

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Fukuden Spring
Fukuden Spring flows from beneath a 50-m-tall cliff. This cliff was formed by lava that flowed from ...

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Takamori Overlook
This view point is located about 230 m above sea level on Akita Prefectural Route 32, which runs fro...

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Nikaho City Tourism Center “Nikahotto”
This facility contains a variety of shops with delicious products from Nikaho City, and even feature...

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Nikaho City Kisakata Local Museum
A museum where you can learn about how Kisakata and the Kujūkushima Islands formed, as well as the l...

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Naso-no-shirataki Waterfall and Kinpō Shrine
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Naso Canyon
Naso Canyon lies north of Mt. Chokai's 6th Station, with a depth ranging 300–500 m and a width rangi...

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Tōshi Wetland
Tōshi Wetland is located in the Tōshi area of Nikaho City. There are many small hills scattered arou...

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Kisakata Debris Avalanche Sediments and Buried Trees
Approximately 2,500 years ago, a sector collapse occurred on Mt. Chokai, causing a debris avalanche ...

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Mototaki Springs (Waterfall)
About a 750 m walk through the woods from the parking lot will bring you to a waterfall called Motot...

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Shishigahana Wetland, Nakajimadai
Nakajimadai is a forest where giant Japanese beech (Fagus crenata) and mizunara oak (Quercus crispul...

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