Akita Castle
秋田城
Akita Fort Ruins museum displays artifacts from a 700s-900s exchange center, with reconstructed walls and AR app.
What it is
- Akita City History Museum of Akita Fort Ruins.
- Exhibits artifacts from Akita Fort.
- Fort was a center of exchange from 700s to mid-900s.
What to see
- Wooden tablets with official records.
- Ink-inscribed ceramics and record-keeping implements.
- Weapons and armor.
- Reconstructed earthen walls outside the museum.
- AR app on tablets shows how the site looked.
In detail
The Akita City History Museum of Akita Fort Ruins exhibits artifacts uncovered at the site of Akita Fort. The fort was a center of both regional and international exchange from the 700s to the mid-900s.
Some of the objects on display include wooden tablets inscribed with official records, ink-inscribed ceramics, and implements used by record keepers, as well as weapons and armor. A portion of the fort’s earthen walls have been reconstructed outside the museum. Tablets equipped with an AR app that shows how the entire site may have looked in the past can be borrowed free of charge at the reception desk.
Akita Fort fell into disuse around the mid-900s and its history and location were eventually forgotten. Renewed interest in the ancient fort began in the early 1800s, but the first large-scale excavations started in 1959. The area is still an active archaeological site, and each dig is sure to reveal new insights into life at Akita Fort.
Text: 観光庁 地域観光資源の多言語解説文データベース. Reproduced unchanged. The notes above were written from that text by Japan Gems.
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