Akita is located in upper Honshū, and is facing the Sea of Japan. It is a well known prefecture for its famous Kantō festival (the lanterns on poles) , the Omagari Fireworks, Namahage Festival (chasing out demons from homes) , and the Yokote Kamakura Festivals (building igloos!) and around 80 other festivals offered around the year. Because it is in the countryside, Akita is also famous for its sake brewing and rice.
Akita is famous for its beautiful women, as we know at Ursinus! Akita bijin (秋田[Akita]美人[beautiful people]), are renown for their white skin, rounded faces and high voices. I am not kidding about this- I have a good friend who told me about how beautiful Akita women are supposed to be, and although I did not believe him at first, I do now.
Mizenko Sensei! Did you know that Ono no Komachi is said to have been born in Akita prefecture?
Akita was originally home to the Ezo tribes of Japan, but they were defeated in 658 and then started the settlement of Akita city and eventually the prefecture. Although the name was changed from Akita under the Tokugawa Shogunate's rule, it reverted back to its original name after the rule ended.
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