Kisakata
象潟
A former lagoon where sixty islands now sit in rice fields, famously visited by the poet Matsuo Basho.
What it is
- A national natural monument and scenic spot located in Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture.
- A former shallow lagoon created by the collapse of Chokai Mountain around 466 BC.
- The northernmost point of the journey described in Matsuo Basho's Oku no Hosomichi.
- A site where an 1804 earthquake raised the land and permanently dried the lagoon.
What to see
- Approximately sixty islands remaining scattered across the local rice fields.
- Historical artifacts and local exhibits at the Kisakata Kyodo Shiryokan museum.
- The preserved islands saved from agricultural development by the priest Kakurin.
When to go
- Springtime when seawater-filled rice fields recreate the appearance of the original lagoon.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
Kisakata Open in Google Maps
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