NEWS

• 2023-02-14
• 2023-02-14

Akita Dog Crisis Needs Hachiko’s Help!　A Donation Website Launched for Protection Activities

“Akita Inu Tourism,” a Destination Management/Marketing Organization (DMO) formed by four municipalities including Odate City, Akita Prefecture, and One for Akita, a general incorporated association involved in Akita dog protection activities, have launched a website to collect donations for the protection of Akita dogs. https://donation.visitakita.com/ Akita Inu Tourism was established […]

• 2023-02-07
• 2023-02-07

“Chiikawa” Transforms into an Akita Dog! – Akita Prefecture Limited Edition Goods Are the Talk of the Town!

A stuffed toy keychain limited to Akita Prefecture featuring “Chiikawa,” a popular manga and anime character dressed as an Akita dog, has been attracting attention. Chiikawa is the main character of the manga “Chiikawa: Something Small and Cute,” which has been serialized on Twitter by the illustrator Ms. Nagano since […]

• 2023-01-31
• 2023-01-31

Yumi, the Signature Dog of Kobayashi Sake Shop

Yutaka Kobayashi runs the Kobayashi Sake Shop in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture. He has an Akita dog named Yumi (two-year-old female), who became popular after a video of her pushing a cart was posted to social media. Mr. Kobayashi said, “I never intended to make Yumi my signature dog, but […]

• 2023-01-17
• 2023-01-17

An Akita Dog Appears on the Front Cover of Shiba Dog-Majority Magazine for the First Time

The winter issue of Shi-Ba, a Japanese Dog magazine published by Tatsumi Shuppan (Tokyo) in November last year, featured Akita dogs, including ones from Akita Prefecture, with over 34 pages. According to the magazine’s representative, this is the first-time other dogs except Shiba dogs have been on the cover page […]

• 2022-12-06
• 2022-12-06

Struggling to Become a Signature Dog!　Maru at a Children’s Cafeteria in Odate City

Maru (one-year-old female), a brindle Akita dog, lives at the kodomo shokudo (children’s cafeteria) “Maru-chan” in Odate City, Akita Prefecture. She is now struggling to become a signature dog to entertain visitors to the cafeteria. The children’s cafeteria is opened about twice a month by a citizens’ group called “Volunteer […]

• 2022-11-26

Full of Adorable Expressions – Calendar of Yoko Sakamaki’s Akita Dogs

Seibundo Shinkosha (Tokyo) has released next year’s calendar full of fluffy and adorable Akita dogs. The photographs featured in the calendar are of the dogs of writer and photographer Yoko Sakamaki, who lives in the Normandy region of France. She captured the innocent expressions of puppies and adult dogs relaxing […]

• 2022-11-23
• 2022-11-23

Attractive Long – Haired Akita Dogs in One Place: Wasao Grand Prize Osaka

The Osaka competition for the Wasao Grand Prize, in which long-haired Akita dogs gather to compete for attractiveness, was held in Izumiotsu City, Osaka Prefecture, on March 13. Mosuke (one-year-old male) Akita dog owned by Miiki Kamimori, and his wife, Miaki, both from Sakai City, won the grand prize. Twenty-five […]

• 2022-11-09
• 2022-11-09

Stuffed Doll of Hachiko That Makes Realistic Noises: 100th Anniversary Commemoration Model

When you pet the doll, it makes the realistic noises of an Akita dog. Trend Master (Kawasaki City, President Atsushi Nakata), which manufactures and sells toys and other products, will release a Hachiko model of its stuffed toy “Nade Nade Wan-chan” to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the loyal dog […]

• 2022-10-31
• 2022-10-31

First Exhibition of Akita Dog Preservation Society Club in France

The French Club of the Akita Dog Preservation Society held its first “Club Exhibition,” a contest for the appearance of Akita dogs, in France this month. Writer and photographer Yoko Sakamaki, who herself raises Akita dogs in the Normandy region of France, reports on the event. On October 9, a […]

• 2022-10-09
• 2022-10-09

Three Dogs of Three Different Colors: The Adorable Family Members

Mrs. Todo Kaoru, of Izumi, Akita City, lives with her three Akita dogs. Each dog has a different coat color, red, white, or brindle. She said, “I have welcomed them into my family through various connections, and it just so happened that all three colors came together.” The living room […]