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Kakunodate travel guides

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Kakunodate is the 'Little Kyoto of Tohoku' — Akita's preserved samurai district, where dark wooden mansions line streets canopied by weeping cherry trees each late April. The town is also home to kabazaiku, the local cherry-bark craft. These guides cover the samurai houses, blossom timing, and shinkansen access.