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| | My birthday gift 2 |
 | | I returned to the station for yet another ride on the beautiful Akita Shinkansen back to Morioka, where I would then ride the great Tohoku Shinkansen to its final stop in the north, Hachinohe. |
 | | The latter was what I rode through the few stations between Morioka and Hachinohe, and I thought, as much as the Tohoku Shinkansen was a fabulous construction, it was rather underused. |
 | | Tazawako, a beautiful lake, lies in Akita Prefecture, and is part of the great Towada-Hachimantai National Park in Tohoku, spanning Akita and Aomori prefectures. |
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