About Kakunodate

Kakunodate
In the Warring States Period, Mr. Tozawa's headquarters.
1602 (Keiichi 7 years) after the battle of Sekigahara Mr. Totsawa, who had been ruling until then,
Mr. Satake was transferred to Hitachi Taga-gun (now Hitachi city, Ibaraki prefecture), and Mr. Satake was transferred from Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, where he was ruling, entered Akita and became the lord of Kubota.
Kakunodate, 1603 (Keicho 8) the next year, Natori won the name of Yoshinobu Satake 's younger brother and entered the Kakunodate as a deposit (aszukari).Mr. Mr. 's control continued for three generations, but Mr. Mr. 蘆 was severed by the death of the name Chizugumaru in 1653 (adaptation 2 years).Instead, in 1656 (2nd year of the second year), Mr. Satake's branch of Satake Kita, who is a branch of Mr. Satake, entered the Kakunodate, and continued eleven generations until Meiji era.

From the time of Edo
A town on the north side of the town "Buke Yashiki dori" (Uchi machi)
The south side of the town was a town of merchants (Soto machi).
Looking at the map of the Kakunodate, the samurai lived in the town name (Ding)
The town name of the merchant used the letter of (town).
The area of ​​the hotel might have been a place of exchange where people living in Kakunodate and travelers had gone and gone.
Space where the appearance of that time revives,
"New Machiya Yokocho" is a place for new interaction where local people and travelers interact.

Kanaya 20 (1643), Satake Yoshiaki is born as the eldest son of next-generation Satake Kitaya.
Yoshinobu 4th year (1664), granddaughter and Yoshiaki of Kyoto's Minister Shojo Sanjyou got married.
My mother who thought of the princess made 3 daughter cherry seedlings of Kyoto together with a wedding tool so that she would not miss her daughter.Yoshiaki who took the thought, added this cherry blossoms and shared it with the rest of the family and planted them in the mansion.Of the 400 remaining fern trees still remaining, 162 are designated as national natural treasures,
It is very valuable and romantic story that it is still possible to see cherry blossoms over 300 years ago.

In the Akita- Kakunodate you can enjoy the four seasons of village where nature interwoven.
Here is the original landscape of Japan that feels nostalgic somewhere.


- spring - - early summer - - summer - - autumn - - winter -

There are lots of charm of Akita not yet known.

Lake Tazawa / Kakunodate Tourism Association has released a digital guide map that is convenient for sightseeing.
By simply scanning the QR code on your smartphone or tablet, you can see your current location, a guideline for walking, sightseeing and shop information with one hand on your mobile phone.Please use it as an item for walking around Kakunodate

Around Kakunodate,
Dakigaeri Gorge,Lake Tazawa,Omagari fireworks,Yokote Kamakura...　Etc., etc
There are many tourist attractions throughout the year.