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Akita Airport offers high-speed access to and from Akita Prefecture. With over a million passengers using the airport every year, it has become one of Tohoku's major airports connecting Akita with five large domestic cities. In 2000, night stay and seven regular flights to Tokyo a day have been realized. In addition, as the first international flight, Akita-Seoul airline is under preparation now to open in summer 2001. Akita's second airport, Odate-Noshiro Airport (Akita-kita Airport) opened in July 1998 and has become a major departure point from the region, with regular flights to Tokyo and Osaka. Akita's 'Komachi' Shinkansen (bullet train) connects Akita and Tokyo, with the fastest service taking only 3 hours and 49 minutes. There are 15 round trips per day, including one to Sendai. The number of passengers is steadily increasing and the travel times of the slower trains have been improved. The Nihonkai Engan Tohoku Expressway is currently under construction to connect Niigata, Yamagata, Akita and Aomori Prefectures along the Japan Sea. At the same time, Tohoku Chuo Expressway and other local roads are also being improved. In July 1999, long distance ferry service between Tomakomai, Akita, Niigata and Tsuruga has been launched. We are currently promoting various projects to make all of Akita more accessible to these rapid transportation facilities. We hope that it will be possible for people to get from anywhere in the prefecture to Tokyo within 200 minutes, and to anywhere in Japan within one day. |  |
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