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��Location of Akita Prefecture

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It is located in the northwest part of the northern Japan (Tohoku region)Its west side faces to the Sea of Japan.
Ogatamura is situated at latitude 40 N and longitude 140 E.Akita city is right up north and 450 kilometers from the capital city of Tokyo.It is almost on the same latitude as Beijing(China), Ankara(Turkey),Madrid (Spain)and New York (U.S.A.).