Historic Sites, Places of Scenic Beauty, and Natural Monuments of Akita

The summit of Akita-Komagatake, an active volcano in Akita, was designated a Natural Monument in 1926 for its alpine flora, including komakusa on volcanic gravel.

Four Jomon stone circles sit side by side on a river terrace in Akita, a grouping unique in Japan. The 4,000-year-old Isedotai Site is a World Heritage component.

In Yokote, Akita, the Ōtoriiyama Site is the eleventh-century hilltop stronghold of the Kiyohara clan, with double earthen ramparts, dry moats and rare earthenware.

Ichinomegata, a freshwater maar lake on Akita's Oga Peninsula, formed when magma met groundwater in a violent blast. Its andesite holds rare mantle rock.

Hillocks among rice fields in Nikaho, Akita, once islands in a lagoon admired by Basho, raised by an 1804 earthquake; a Natural Monument since 1934.