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Where to stay in Akita Prefecture
This guide covers 5 destinations in Akita Prefecture, a first-level administrative division of Japan, with 11 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Akita, Yokote and Daisen. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Akita Airport (AXT).
- Destinations in this guide
- 5
- Places to stay
- 11
- Main airport
- AXTAkita Airport
- Currency
- JPYyen
- Time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
Destinations
Destinations in Akita Prefecture
Every destination in this guide in Akita Prefecture, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
Where to stay
Places to stay in Akita Prefecture
1 place to stay in Akita Prefecture from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Where |
|---|---|
| Toyoko Inn Akita-eki Higashi-guchi hotel | Akita |
Where to stay
More hotels in Akita Prefecture
10 hotels in Akita Prefecture recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| ANA Crowne Plaza Akita | Akita | 1984 |
| Hotel Folkloro Kakunodate | Daisen | 1997 |
| Hotel Metropolitan Akita | Akita | 1986 |
| Akita Castle Hotel | Akita | |
| Daiwa Roynet Hotel Akita | Akita | |
| Hotel Plaza Annex Yokote | Yokote | |
| Hotel Route-Inn Grantia Akita Spa Resort | Akita | |
| Kakunodate Guesthouse Fuga | Daisen | |
| Ryumontei Chiba Ryokan | Ōdate | |
| Toyoko Inn Akita Station Higashi | Akita |
When to go
Best time to visit Akita Prefecture
From the climate of 5 destinations in Akita Prefecture with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 5 | 2 °C | 107 mm |
| February | 0 of 5 | 2 °C | 74 mm |
| March | 0 of 5 | 6 °C | 95 mm |
| April | 0 of 5 | 13 °C | 114 mm |
| May | 0 of 5 | 19 °C | 111 mm |
| June | 0 of 5 | 23 °C | 125 mm |
| July | 0 of 5 | 26 °C | 213 mm |
| August | 0 of 5 | 28 °C | 195 mm |
| September | 0 of 5 | 24 °C | 171 mm |
| October | 0 of 5 | 18 °C | 158 mm |
| November | 0 of 5 | 11 °C | 153 mm |
| December | 0 of 5 | 4 °C | 144 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Akita Prefecture
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Akita Prefecture name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
AXT · Akita Airport
ONJ · Odate Noshiro Airport
HNA · Iwate Hanamaki Airport
SYO · Shonai Airport
AOJ · Aomori Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Akita Prefecture, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Japan
Nearby
Regions near Akita Prefecture
Other regions of Japan with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.