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Our guide
Akita Castle, sometimes called Fort Akita, is the site of a fortified settlement of the Nara period in what is now the city of Akita. The name is sometimes wrongly used for Kubota Castle, the Edo-period castle of the Satake clan, daimyō of the Kubota Domain; this page is about the much older fort.
Koshiō Shrine is about 600 m away and Minato Castle about 2 km. We have not checked what can be seen on the site today or a public-transport route.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- East gate of Akita Castle 20220409 — 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Toilet Ruins of Akita Castle2 — 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Toilet Ruins of Akita Castle1 — 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Takashimizu Park — 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Corridor of Akita Castle — 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Akita City History Museum of Akita Fort Ruins — 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Akita Castle (秋田城, Akita-jō) refers to the ruins of a Nara period fortified settlement located in what is now the city Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. It is also sometimes referred to as “Fort Akita”. The name is sometimes used wrongly for Kubota Castle, an Edo period Japanese castle which served as the headquarters or the Satake, daimyō of Kubota Domain that was a domain in the northern part of Dewa Province created by the Tokugawa shogunate.
Visitor information checked: 2026-10-07 · Official visitor information
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What to expect at this type of place: Castle
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