Odate Noshiro

Japan

The port of Noshiro serves the cities of Noshiro and Odate in Akita Prefecture, on the northwest coast of Honshu, Japan. A timber port since feudal times, it sits at the edge of Japan's great cedar forests. Visitors can see the famous Akita sugi cedar heritage, the world's largest wooden globe at the Noshiro Energy Park, the nearby Shirakami-Sanchi beech forest — a UNESCO World Heritage Site — the Odate region's Akita dog heritage, and the mountains of northern Tōhoku.