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We must prevent such a smile of children from dying out in Akita.

But the present Japanese Government is going to shut the future of children. This is a rough world we are living in.

5th Ya-tose Akita Festival in Akita

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Children showed a very good smile. Children of Akita are vigorous.

15th Ya-tose Akita Festival in Akita

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I got energy from their powerful performance.

15th Ya-tose Akita Festival in Akita

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This team ranked first by the popularity vote.

15th Ya-tose Akita Festival in Akita

Ya-tose

In this event, people wear original costumes and dance to various music in a street. It is dispatch for spirit from Akita.

15th Ya-tose Akita Festival in Akita

Potato plot

This is also the scenery of this season.

In Yurihonjo.

Flowers

When various flowers bloom in the garden, even a rainy day is happy.

In Herb World Akita in Yurihonjo.

Lavender

There is lavender as far as the eye could see.

In Herb World Akita in Yurihonjo.

Dedication

Children was performing traditional dancing at a festival held in this shrine once a year.

We call this festival 'Kotaki no Choukurairomai'. This festival is performed in order to dedicate dedicate a dance to the god of a shrine. This traditional performance has been handed down for roughly 1200 years.

At Kinpou-Jinja in Kotaki in Nikaho.

Rose

The roses are in full bloom in this garden.

In Science Park in Nikaho.

Mow the butterbur

The young women who wore traditional clothes with a butterbur pose for cameramen with smile. They are so cute.

This big butterbur is one of the special products of Akita.

In Niida Akita.

Azalea

This is a quiet park in which nobody is present. The azalea bloom was impressive.

Bokai-no-oka in Yurihonjo.

Hanadate

It's a place suitable for a summer recreation.

Hanadate ranch park in Yurihonjo.

Underground water

It's a season which feels like going to a waterside.

This is a cool and refreshing place in summer.

Mototaki-Fukuryusui in Nikaho.

Paddy field

This is a landscape of the heart of Akita.

In Nikaho.