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Akita Prefecture Summary (986 words)
	Akita Prefecture is situated in the northern region of Japan's island of Honshu.
	Akita is bordered by the Sea of Japan and by Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, and Yamagata Prefectures.
	Located in the north of Honshu Island, Akita Prefecture faces the Sea of Japan in the west and is bordered by Aomori in the north, Iwate in the east, Miyagi in the south east, and Yamagata in the south.

Akita Prefecture at AllExperts (708 words)
	The famous Heian period waka poet, Ono no Komachi, is said to have been born here (but the true location of her birth is uncertain).
	Akita Prefecture is rectangular in shape, roughly 181 km from north to south and 111 km from west to east.
	The Ou Mountains mark the eastern border of the prefecture, and the higher Dewa Mountains run parallel through the center of the prefecture.

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