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Akita

1 quiet, car-free day trip in Akita — no rental car needed.

The Manza stone circle at Oyu, rings of small standing stones spread across a broad lawn. — © kiwa dokokano / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0

Standing stones of the Nonakado circle at the Oyu Stone Circles in Akita, set in mown grass under a wide northern sky. — © kiwa dokokano / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0

Oyu Onsen and the Oyu Stone Circles: Springs and Standing Stones in Northern Akita

In the far north-east of Akita prefecture, where the Oyu river winds out of the hills of Kazuno, an old hot-spring village and a far older ring of stones sit…

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