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Location:Gashomen 15, Hirasawa, Nikaho City, Akita 018-0402 (within the TDK Hirasawa Plant)
Tel:0184-35-6580 fax:0184-35-6853
About 10 minutes on foot from JR Nikaho Station (About 3 minutes by taxi)


		Directions

By train (from the Tokyo area)
At JR Akita Station, transfer from the Akita Shinkansen to the Uetsu Honsen Line and get off at JR Nikaho Station.
or
At JR Niigata Station, transfer from the Joetsu Shinkansen to the Uetsu Honsen Line and get off at the Nikaho Station.

By air
About 1 hour 10 minutes from Akita Airport by car
About 1 hour 15 minutes from Shonai Airport by car
By car (from Tokyo or Sendai)

Tohoku Expressway Kitakami JCT --> Akita Expressway --> Yokote IC --> National Route 107 --> National Route 7

Murata JCT --> Yamagata Expressway (partially) --> Sakata IC --> National Route 7

Koriyama JCT --> Banetsu Expressway --> Niigata Airport IC --> National Route 7


		Related Facilities

The Children's Ferrite and Science Museum

	This museum, where both children and adults can have fun, was inspired by the enthusiasm and love of challenge that Kenzo Saito-who is called the father of ferrite commercialization-had for science. It aims at nurturing science skills through hands-on experience. The Children's Ferrite and Science Museum

The Shirase Antarctic Expedition Memorial Museum

	Nobu Shirase led Japan's first Antarctic expedition group. He was born in Konoura-cho, Akita. The museum shows the achievements of the expedition group through exhibitions of the equipment used and explanations on auroras.

Saito Family Memorial Museum

	The museum, located within the Nikaho Working Youth Center, displays the achievements of Uichiro Saito, the father of Kenzo Saito, TDK's founder. Uichiro Saito contributed to the modernization of agriculture in Akita from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century.

Nikaho Heights

	Nikaho Heights is located to the east of Mt. Chokai at an elevation of about 500 meters. The Nikaho Kogen Wind Power Farm has 15 windmills that stand 90 meters tall and have one of the largest output capacity in Japan. Electric Power Development Co., Ltd:

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