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Akita

Akita is the capital of Akita Prefecture in northern Honshu, Japan, on the Sea of Japan coast. It grew around Kubota Castle, built by Satake Yoshinobu in 1604 as the seat of the Kubota domain, and took the name Akita after the abolition of the domains in 1871. It is a port and the commercial centre of a region known for rice, cedar timber and sake.

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Kubota Domain

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