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One of Akita City’s tourist attractions is “Senshu Park”—a wonderful park remade from Kubota Castle of the Akita Satake Clan that locals still love today as a place to gather and relax. Here’s a look at its highlights.
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Want a leafy spring walk in Akita—does Senshu Park actually have enough to see?
It does. Photos of Kubota Castle ruins and May breezes show why locals treat it as their green living room.
Senshu Park, a Garden Weaving a Thousand Autumns
Senshu Park in Akita: Fresh Greenery and the May Breeze
One of Akita City’s tourist attractions is “Senshu Park”—a wonderful park remade from Kubota Castle of the Akita Satake Clan that locals still love today as a place to gather and relax. Strolling through it in fresh green May, feeling the refreshing breeze, makes for a delightful time in Akita.
From Senshu Park’s Many Stairs to the “Front Gate”
Senshu Park was originally a castle—Satake’s famous “Kubota Castle.” Castles naturally sit on “high ground,” and Senshu Park has plenty of “stairs” once you’re inside. The stairs from the park entrance to the “Front Gate” are wide, pleasant ones wrapped in green; there are many steps, but the slope is gentle, so climbing slowly while breathing the fresh green air feels comfortable.
Between you and me, two trees growing high into the sky side by side looked like a pair of legs to me. Beautiful legs, huh (lol). Climb the stairs, and the grand Front Gate comes into view.
And naturally, right in front of the “Front Gate” are…
Stairs.
Yawata Akita Shrine Inside Senshu Park
Pass through the Front Gate, and “Yawata Akita Shrine” stands right there.
The “Love Fortune” slip for romance is intriguing too.
Next door sits an “Inari Shrine” with a row of red torii gates; my love life—thinking of Akita beauties—is counting on divine help! Put in some effort there…
Bronze Statue of Lord Satake Yoshitaka in Senshu Park
The bronze statue of Akita Satake’s leader, “Lord Satake Yoshitaka,” stands here—it’s backlit, but cool, right?
“Kogetsu Pond” in Senshu Park—Pleasant, Moist Air
Senshu Park also has “Kogetsu Pond,” with a fountain.
This time, heading down the stairs to Kogetsu Pond, there’s a Koi-chaya (carp tea house)—not a koi-chaya (love tea house)—but it was closed, so…
I took a break at the vending machine beside it. Hydration matters.
“Kogetsu Pond,” with its fountain showering hydrogen ions, is beautiful too—hydration matters.
Senshu Park Highlight: Kubota Castle Osumiyagura via Narrow Stairs
Strolling through Senshu Park, you occasionally find narrow stairs. Climb these? Want to? End up climbing? But what’s waiting after the climb—nothing? Stairs on a small hill; even if you climb, maybe—just maybe—a dead… end?
What lay beyond the climb was more stairs! Stairs go on forever~♪
The stairs end soon enough! Walking the path to Kubota Castle Osumiyagura, wrapped in May’s refreshing green, what appears right in front of you is…
Kubota Castle Osumiyagura—reconstructed by Akita City, a building as beautiful as an Akita beauty.
A Refined Tea Room in Senshu Park
A sign ahead said “Tea Room,” so I looked “ahead”…
Where’s the tea room? After walking and walking—and walking some more—there it was.
The tea room entrance has a real wabi-sabi feel.
The side of the tea room has that wabi-sabi feel too (lol). Sending thoughts to this wonderful tea room, I daydream about a Satake clan tea party in the Edo period.
Location and Access for Senshu Park, a Garden Weaving a Thousand Autumns
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Bonus: Coffee at a Café After Strolling Senshu Park!
Though I daydreamed, you can’t drink tea in that tea room nowadays—so after strolling Senshu Park, it’s coffee at a wonderful Akita café overlooking the park. Hydration matters. Enjoy Senshu Park, Akita.
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“Kawabata” is the largest nightlife district in Akita City. While it is an atmosphere-filled nightlife area, first-time solo visitors often hesitate, wondering which place to enter. Since you are spending a night in Akita, you naturally want to relax and savor local sake and specialty dishes.
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