Kawamoto-mutsumimachi
in Akita Shi of Akita, Japan

How to get there and get around
Noteable things around
Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
39.709 and 140.104 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 39° 42' 32" and E 140° 6' 15"
Currency and Currency Code:
Yen - JPY
Spoken languages:
Japanese
Local electricity:
230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
Local Time: 08:55 AM (Saturday)
Timezone: Asia/Tokyo
UTC/GMT offset: 9 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
6:25 am and 4:23 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-31.107 and -50.921 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Mostardas
References
This place on Geonames.org
Current travel safety evaluation for Japan in Eastern Asia

Safety Score: 2,8 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Japan.

Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Japan. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03

Delve into Kawamoto-mutsumimachi

Kawamoto-mutsumimachi in Akita Shi (Akita) is located in Japan about 279 mi (or 448 km) north of Tokyo, the country's capital town.

Current time in Kawamoto-mutsumimachi is now 08:55 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Asia / Tokyo with an UTC offset of 9 hours. We know of 8 airports close to Kawamoto-mutsumimachi. The closest airport in Japan is Akita Airport in a distance of 9 mi (or 14 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).

There are two Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Japan is Shirakami-Sanchi in a distance of 53 mi (or 85 km), North. We encountered 1 points of interest near this location. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.

While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Akita, Katagami, Oga, Yurihonjo and Nikaho. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 16°C / 61 °F

Morning Temperature 11°C / 51 °F
Evening Temperature 14°C / 58 °F
Night Temperature 12°C / 54 °F
Chance of rainfall 0%
Air Humidity 53%
Air Pressure 1021 hPa
Wind Speed Fresh Breeze with 17 km/h (11 mph) from North-West
Cloud Conditions Clear sky, covering 0% of sky
General Conditions Sky is clear

Sunday, 17th of November 2024

15°C (59 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.

Monday, 18th of November 2024

6°C (42 °F)
4°C (40 °F)
Rain and snow, strong breeze, broken clouds.

Tuesday, 19th of November 2024

6°C (43 °F)
5°C (41 °F)
Rain and snow, strong breeze, overcast clouds.

Hotels and Places to Stay

Dormy Inn Akita

Address
1,2 mi
2-3-1,Nakadoori
010-0001 Akita-Shi
Japan

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Comfort Hotel Akita

Address
1,3 mi
3-23 Senshukubota-machi
010-0874 Akita-shi
Japan

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


(RYOKAN) Akita Onsen Satomi

Address
3,2 mi
142 1,SOEGAWA KEIDAIKAWARA, AKITA SHI, AKITA, 010 0822,JAPAN.
100822 Akita Shi
Japan

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 7:00 - 23:00
Weekend: closed


Route Inn Grantia Akita Spa Resort

Address
0,8 mi
5 2 1, NAKADORI, AKITA SHI, AKITA 010 0001, JAPAN.
100001 Akita-Shi
Japan

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 7:00 - 0:00
Weekend: closed


Toyoko Inn Akita-eki Higashi-guchi

Address
1,5 mi
4-1, Naka-machi Higashi-dori
010-1632 Akita-shi
Japan

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 16:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Daiwa Roynet Hotel Akita

Address
0,9 mi
2-2-41, Omachi
010-0921 Akita
Japan

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


APA Hotel Akita Senshukoen

Address
1,1 mi
1-1, Senshuyadomemachi,
010-0877 Akita Shi
Japan

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Metropolitan Akita

Address
1,4 mi
7-2-1 Nakadori Akita
010-8530 Akita
Japan

Time Information

Checkout: - Checkin:
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Akita View Hotel

Address
1,3 mi
2 6 1, Nakadori, Akita city, Akita 010 0001, Japan.
100001 Akita-Shi
Japan

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


(RYOKAN) Business Fujiwa Ryokan

Address
3,3 mi
2 3 50, TSUCHIZAKIMINATO CHUO, AKITA SHI, AKITA, 011 0946, JAPAN.
110946 Akita Shi
Japan

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 12:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Videos from this area

These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.

Akita City Folklore & Performing Art Center | 秋田市竿燈際

Published: November 04, 2012
Length: 32:09 min
Rating: 3 of 5
Author: JapanFilms

The Akita City Folklore & Performing Art Center is dedicated to the Kanto Matsuri held annually in early August. Celebrating Tanabata, the festival features participants from children up to...


秋田竿燈まつり 2014 Akita Kanto Festival 01

Published: August 05, 2014
Length: 05:12 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: 4gynoid

2014.08.04 "Akita Kanto Festival" or "Akita Kantou matsuri" in Akita-shi. important intangible cultural property. 2014年8月4日に行われた「秋田竿燈まつり」の様子です。...


秋田竿灯祭 2007 - Akita Kanto Festival 国重要無形民俗文化財

Published: July 25, 2008
Length: 49:39 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: keisukenjapon

The lanterns made from ears of rice twinkle in Akita city. And 2.2milion 50kg bamboo-pole lanterns seems like the "Milky Way" moving in the summer's night sky. 稲穂を表現している竿灯...


秋田竿燈まつり Akita Kanto Festival 2011 (Shot on RED ONE)

Published: August 23, 2011
Length: 34:32 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: AQUA Geo Graphic

秋田県 秋田市 で開催される「竿燈燈まつり」は東北三大まつりの一つで、250年以上の歴史をもつ国重要無形民俗文化財です。 The Akita Kanto Festival...


Japanese Festival Akita Kanto Festival 2013 秋田竿燈まつり 平成25年

Published: August 06, 2013
Length: 26:15 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: 4gynoid

2013 "Akita Kanto Festival" or "Akita Kantou matsuri" in Akita-shi. important intangible cultural property. Official Website : http://www.kantou.gr.jp/ 2013年(平成25年) 秋田竿灯まつ...


Kanto Festival

Published: August 12, 2009
Length: 49:51 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: owencunn

The Kanto Festival (竿燈まつり) in Akita City, Japan. This was the final night of the festival, so the guys were not shy about adding more poles to lift the lanterns higher that they...


Akita Kantō Matsuri 2009

Published: August 21, 2009
Length: 48:25 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Xerius76

The start of the evening events on the third night of Akita's nationally famous Kantō Festival - one of the Tōhoku region's "Big Three" festivals (along with Sendai's Tanabata and Aomori's...


Akita Kantō Festival

Published: August 14, 2012
Length: 09:01 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: とうほく復興カレンダー

Skilled performers balance kantō: 12-meter high, 50kg bamboo poles decked out with dozens of lanterns resembling ears of rice. The brilliant festival is a call for a good harvest in this far...


秋田にある風力発電 男鹿半島を背景に - Wind Power in Akita

Published: July 19, 2008
Length: 09:26 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: keisukenjapon

I came to this place when I want to become one. 一人になりたい時に、自転車を飛ばして来ていました。独り占めには贅沢な景色です。


竿燈前にまつり会場を清掃、東北電力

Published: July 24, 2013
Length: 02:49 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: akitasakigake

東北電力秋田支店と秋田営業所、秋田技術センターは24日、竿燈大通りやその周辺で竿燈まつり(8月3~6日)に向けた清掃活動と電気設備...


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Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

Akita Prefecture

Akita Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region of northern Honshu, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Akita.

Located at 39.7186, 140.102 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Akita Prefecture, Tohoku region, Prefectures of Japan

Ugo-Ushijima Station

Ugo-Ushijima Station is a JR East railway station located in Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan.

Located at 39.6962, 140.116 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Railway stations in Akita Prefecture, Uetsu Main Line

Akita Municipal Junior College of Arts and Crafts

The Akita Municipal Junior College of Arts and Crafts (秋田公立美術工芸短期大学, Akita kōritsu bijutsu kōgei tanki daigaku) is a municipal junior college in Akita City, Japan, established in 1995.

Located at 39.6865, 140.091 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Educational institutions established in 1995, Japanese public universities, Universities and colleges in Akita Prefecture, Japanese junior colleges

Misono Gakuen Junior College

Misono Gakuen Junior College is a private junior college in the city of Akita in Akita Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 1966.

Located at 39.7233, 140.114 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Japanese junior colleges, Educational institutions established in 1966, Private universities and colleges in Japan, Universities and colleges in Akita Prefecture

Akita Kantō

The Akita Kantō is a Japanese festival celebrated from 3-6 August in Akita City, Akita Prefecture in hope for a good harvest. Around two hundred bamboo poles five to twelve metres long, bearing twenty-four or forty-six lanterns, topped with gohei, and weighing up to fifty kilograms, are carried through the streets by night on the palms, foreheads, shoulders, or lower backs of the celebrants. The festival is first referred to in a travel diary of 1789 The Road Where the Snow Falls .

Located at 39.7185, 140.113 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Festivals in Japan, Festivals in Akita Prefecture, Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties

Belle Demeure Landmark AKITA

The Belle Demeure Landmark AKITA (ベルドゥムール ランドマーク秋田, Beru Dumāru Randomāku Akita) is a skyscraper located in Akita City, Akita, Japan. Construction of the 95-metre, 30-storey skyscraper was finished in 2007.

Located at 39.7179, 140.119 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Buildings and structures completed in 2007, Akita City, Skyscrapers in Japan, Buildings and structures in Akita Prefecture, Skyscrapers between 50 and 99 meters

Akita Yabase Stadium

Akita Yabase Stadium is an athletic stadium in Akita, Akita, Japan.

Located at 39.7208, 140.096 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Football venues in Japan, Sports venues in Akita Prefecture

Akita Prefectural Gymnasium

Akita Prefectural Gymnasium is a stadium in Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. The stadium was built in 1968. Yoshio Kobayashi and Masatoshi Soh were the architects. Masao Sitoh and Arata Ono were the structural engineers. It is 3 kilometres west of the Akita Station.

Located at 39.7194, 140.094 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Gymnasiums, Sports venues completed in 1968, Sports venues in Japan, Akita City

Popular in vicinity

These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Kawamoto-mutsumimachi.

capture of the webcam あきた: Route 46 − Kyowa

あきた: Route 46 − Kyowa, あきた (source)

capture of the webcam あきた: Route 46 − Shimoinnai

あきた: Route 46 − Shimoinnai, あきた (source)

capture of the webcam あきた: Route 46 − Kitakizawa

あきた: Route 46 − Kitakizawa, あきた (source)

capture of the webcam あきた: Route 46 − Sashimaki

あきた: Route 46 − Sashimaki, あきた (source)

capture of the webcam あきた: Route 46 − Sengan Tunnel

あきた: Route 46 − Sengan Tunnel, あきた (source)

capture of the webcam あきた: Route 7 − Jimba

あきた: Route 7 − Jimba, あきた (source)

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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Kawamoto-mutsumimachi, 川元むつみ町, かわもとむつみまち, カワモトムツミマチ