Kakunodate 角館 Photo Gallery by Matthew Haswell at pbase.com

Kakunodate 角館

A small city known for its well-preserved samurai houses and abundant cherry blossoms, Kakunodate is often called Tōhoku's "Little Kyoto". Formerly a castle town in the early Edo period, it was incorporated into the city of Semboku in 2005, but remains a notable stop on the Akita Shinkansen (bullet train line).

Exterior detail of the Akita Shinkansen	Tōkyō-bound Akita Shinkansen pulls in	Arrival at Kakunodate Station	Sakura Matsuri decorations on the main street
Old rickshaw in a restaurant foyer	Tourists peeking inside a buke-yashiki courtyard	Newly green trees along a historic street	Private home in an old samurai quarter
Decorative lantern outside a restaurant	Traditionally-styled souvenir shops in the center	Main stretch through the Uchimachi District	Peeking over the outer fence
Historic inaniwa-udon shop	Rickshaw driver and clients in the district	View down the waterway	Elderly tourists shopping
Kiritampo-nabe souvenir packs	Sakura udon (cherry blossom-colored noodles)	Lunch set of inaniwa-udon	Partially-modernized old house in Uchimachi
Hinōkinai river bank	Cherry blossom tunnel along the river	No dog poop along the tunnel, please	Buke-yashiki gate, Uchimachi
Entrance to Odano-ke Samurai Residence	Raised path between Odano-ke and Kawarada-ke	Kawarada-ke Samurai Residence	Waterway in front of Kawarada-ke
Visiting tourists strolling through the quarter	Roof detail on the Iwahashi-ke residence	Old well on the Iwahashi-ke grounds	Iwahashi-ke exterior
Iwahashi-ke residence from outside	Kiritampo and dango yatai	Local volunteer tourist assistants	Tour group entering the Aoyagi-ke residence
Kura (storehouse) on the Aoyagi-ke grounds	Buke-yashiki gate corner	Garden within a lesser residence	View down the road to the kura
Ishiguro-ke facade	Rickshaw out front of Ishiguro-ke	North end of the Uchimachi Samurai District	Shrine on the side of Mt. Furoshiro
Memorial marking the former site of the castle	View over Kakunodate's rural outskirts	Decrepit old tree atop Furoshiro-yama	Looking down on the winding Hinōkinai-gawa
Matsumoto-ke Samurai Residence	Heading to Kakunodate Station in early evening	Morokoshi - a sweet made from rice and adzuki	Interior of the Akita Shinkansen

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