Port Tower Selion, Akita

Name: Port Tower Selion
Address: Akita, Japan
Telephone: +81 18-857-3381

#1 among attractions in Akita

Tower, Modernist architecture

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Facts and practical information

The Akita City Port Tower Selion is one of the landmarks in the city of Akita, Japan. The sightseeing tower with 6,272 tempered glasses was completed in 1994. It is located in the Tsuchizaki District, Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. The steel tower is the tallest structure in the 3 northern Tohoku prefectures with its observation deck at 100 metres and its spire at 143.6 metres. The viewing platform provides a 360-degree panorama of the city and the mountains of Oga Peninsula, Taiheizan, and Mt. Chokai are visible. Cable Networks Akita received the TV-U Yamagata broadcast from Takadateyama, Tsuruoka at this landmark in the past. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 39°45'10"N, 140°3'41"E

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+81 18-857-3381

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Day trips

Port Tower Selion – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Satake Historical Museum, Kubota Castle, Akita Castle, Akita City Culture Hall.

4.1 miSE
Museum
Satake Historical Museum, Akita
104 min walk • Satake Historical Museum opened in Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan in 1990. Located in the grounds of Kubota Castle in Senshū Park, the collection relates to the Satake clan, daimyō of the Akita Domain.
3.8 miSE
Museum, Forts and castles
Kubota Castle, Akita
99 min walk • Kubota Castle is a Japanese castle in the city Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Edo period, Kubota Castle was home to the Satake clan, daimyō of Kubota Domain, rulers of northern Dewa Province.
1.4 miSE
Forts and castles
Akita Castle, Akita
35 min walk • Akita Castle refers to the ruins of a Nara period fortified settlement located in what is now the city Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. It is also sometimes referred to as “Fort Akita”.
3.1 miSE
Concert hall
Akita City Culture Hall, Akita
79 min walk • The Akita City Culture Hall is a multi-purpose public cultural facility in Akita, Japan. It hosted the 2001 World Games for powerlifting and bodybuilding. The main concert hall has a seating capacity of 1,188. Notable past performers include Helloween.
3.8 miE
Park
Joshitei, Akita
98 min walk • The Joshitei, also known as the Former Akita Domain Satake Clan Villa Gardens is a Japanese landscape garden and nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty in the city of Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan.
2.9 miSE
Library
Akita Prefectural Library, Akita
75 min walk • Akita Prefectural Library opened in Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan in 1899, and it is the one of the oldest libraries in the country. The facilities reopened in a new building in 1993. The collection numbers some 805,000 items in 2012.
4 miSE
Concerts and shows, Concert hall
Akita Prefectural Hall, Akita
101 min walk • The Akita Prefectural Hall was a multi-purpose public cultural facility in Akita, Japan, which operated from 30 April 1961 to 31 May 2018. The main concert hall had a seating capacity of 1,839. Notable past performers include Rainbow.
4 miSE
Museum, Art museum
Akita Museum of Art, Akita
104 min walk • Akita Museum of Art is an art museum in the city of Akita. The original Akita Prefectural Museum of Art was opened on May 5, 1967. The new museum was opened on September 28, 2013. The main exhibit is a collection of works by Tsuguharu Foujita from the collection of the Masakichi Hirano Art Foundation.
2.1 miS
Sport, Sport venue
Akita Prefectural General Pool, Akita
53 min walk • Akita Prefectural General Pool is a swimming venue in Akita, Akita, Japan. An Olympic competitor, Hiroko Nagasaki is the honorary director. It hosted the 2001 World Games, and it is the largest swimming pool in the prefecture.
2 miSE
Sport, Sport venue
Akita Prefectural Budokan, Akita
50 min walk • Akita Prefectural Budokan, is an indoor arena located in Araya, Akita, Akita, Japan.
3 miSE
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Akigin Stadium, Akita
76 min walk • Akigin Stadium for their sponsor the Akita Bank, is a football stadium in Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. The stadium has a capacity of 4,992 and has been the home ground of J3 League club Blaublitz Akita since 2013.

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How to get to Port Tower Selion by public transport?

The nearest stations to Port Tower Selion:

Train

秋田港 (5 min walk)
Tsuchizaki (20 min walk)