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  2. Akita (dog breed) - Wikipedia

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    The Akita is a powerful, dominant, and loyal breed, commonly aloof with strangers, but affectionate and deeply loyal to its family. As a breed, Akitas are generally hardy. The two separate varieties of Akita are a pure Japanese strain, called Akita Inu or Akita-ken, and a larger mixed strain, commonly referred to as the "American Akita". [1]

  3. Akita (city) - Wikipedia

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    Akita belongs to a climatic transition zone humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) and is the most populous city having absolute northern extremity of this climate zone within Japan, bordering very closely with the humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa) zone, comparable to New York City, USA. Akita is characterized with cold, very snowy ...

  4. Akita Prefecture - Wikipedia

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    Akita Prefecture (秋田県, Akita-ken) [a̠kʲita̠] is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. [2] Its population is estimated 915,691 as of 1 August 2023 and its geographic area is 11,637 km 2 (4,493 sq mi ).

  5. 8 Authentic Japanese Dog Breeds and Their Fascinating ... - AOL

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    1. Akita. These powerful pups hold a special place in Japanese culture. Gifting new parents with an Akita figurine when a child is born is a popular way to wish the youngster happiness and long life.

  6. Hachikō - Wikipedia

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    Hachikō, a white Akita, was born on November 10, 1923, at a farm located in Ōdate, Akita Prefecture, Japan. In 1924, Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor in the agriculture department at the Tokyo Imperial University, took Hachikō as a pet and brought him to live in Shibuya, Tokyo. Ueno would commute daily to work, and Hachikō would leave the ...

  7. List of Cultural Properties of Japan – paintings (Akita)

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    Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art) three scrolls; Akita ranga [7] [8] 122.0 centimetres (4 ft 0 in) by 44.5 centimetres (1 ft 5.5 in) Taima Mandala, colour on silk 絹本著色当麻曼荼羅図

  8. Jizōden Site - Wikipedia

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    The Jizōden ruins (地蔵田遺跡, Jizōden iseki) is an archaeological site containing the ruins of a large-scale Yayoi period settlement located in the Goshono neighborhood of the city of Akita in the Tōhoku region of Japan. It also contains artifacts from the Jōmon period and the Japanese Paleolithic periods.

  9. Akita - Wikipedia

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    Akita Prefecture, region in northeastern Japan Akita (city), capital city of the prefecture; Akita Station, railway station in the city of Akita; Port of Akita, seaport on the Sea of Japan coast in the city of Akita; Akita Domain, also known as Kubota Domain, feudal domain in Edo period Japan; Akita, Kumamoto, former town in southwestern Japan