Akarenga-kan Museum

Northern Honshū (Tōhoku)


Once the opulent headquarters of Akita Bank, this brick structure built in 1912 is now a local history museum. On the top floor you'll find beautiful woodblock prints of traditional Akita life by self-taught artist Katsuhira Tokushi.


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