Akita Redux

I made my second visit to Akita city for the JALT Pan SIG Teaching Conference, inside Akita station. It's about four hours away by shinkansen.

Near the Omono river at night.

Beer Flight, the craft beer destination in Akita.

Our favorite Okinawa themed bar in Akita.

I stayed at the APA Senshukoen Hotel, forgetting that the owner wrote a revisionist history of Japan in which the Japanese didn't commit atrocities in China-it even has an English translation. If I had remembered I wouldn't have given them my money, but now I have a new souvenir.

Senshukoen.

Akita is famous for their "bijin" (beautiful women), the sign is an advertisement suggesting this. However, I think most of them live elsewhere these days.

Namahage.

Garrett and Chris, my partners in crime.

Back at my favorite Okinawa-themed restaurant in Akita.