Akita (Oga Peninsula) - Day 13

     
Stayed    
Ate Lunch  
  Dinner  
Travel Flying  
  Train  
  Walking  

today we visited a few places on the nearby Oga Peninsula. First was an 11km road with cherry trees and rape flowers near Ogata. It was stunning. Then we drove to the Namahage Museum and saw a demonstration and toured the museum. Namahage are scary mountain spirits that visit homes on New Year’s Eve and threaten to kidnap children who haven’t been good and keep the farmers working hard. It was funny and scary. Then we visited the excellent Oga Aquarium. It was super impressive. On the way back to Akita, we stopped at the Akita City Port Tower Selion, a 100 m tower with impressive views, even on a rainy day. For dinner, we had some problems. We walked and got turned away or found 5 closed places before going to another fancy local chicken place. It was great.