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Semboku City
Akita Prefecture · City
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Semboku City is in eastern Akita Prefecture and has Lake Tazawa, the deepest lake in Japan. The samurai residence street of Kakunodate is a Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings and a famous cherry blossom spot called "the little Kyoto of Michinoku (northern Japan)." The city has many well-known hot springs, such as the Nyuto Onsen area and Tamagawa Onsen, and the tradition of kabazaiku (cherry bark craft) is also handed down.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Places to visit
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Mountains in this city
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
National parks in this city
Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Akita Prefecture
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