Important Cultural Property of Akita
秋 田 県 の 重 要 文 化 財Akita’s Important Cultural Properties — designated for their value to the nation’s cultural history.
Completed in 1912 in Akita City, this brick landmark pairs a Renaissance exterior by Yamaguchi Naoaki with a Baroque banking hall. Designated in 1994; 310 yen.
Built in 1882 for German engineers at the state-run Ani mine in Akita, this brick house with a wraparound veranda predates the Rokumeikan. Admission free.
A thatched L-shaped farmhouse in Mitane, Akita, built in the mid-1800s with segai bracketing reserved for high-ranking households. Viewing by advance booking.
The Satake Family Mausoleum at Tentokuji in Akita, built in 1672 for the Satake lords, has a doubled karahafu front, vermilion walls and rich carving inside and out.
Shinmeisha Kannon Hall in Katagami, Akita: a one-bay shingle-roofed hall of 1734 with a cusped-gable porch, designated with its cabinet and 2 ridge tags.
Tentokuji Temple in Akita City, the Satake lords' family temple, has four Important Cultural Property buildings, with a thatched 1687 Main Hall restored in 2024.
The kagura hall of Haushiwake Shrine in Yokote, Akita, a mid-Muromachi building of a mountain ascetic shrine, takes the rare double-nagare form in heavy timbers.
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