He ʻīlio like ʻo Akita Inu i hānai ʻia ma ka ʻākau o Iapana (Akita prefecture). He kino kino ko lākou a he lauoho pōkole mānoanoa. ʻO ke ʻano he mana, kūʻokoʻa, koi i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa hoʻomau a me kahi ʻano mahalo. He kūpono kēia ʻano no nā mea hānai ʻīlio ʻike, mālie, hilinaʻi iā lākou iho. ʻElua laina, i kekahi manawa i helu ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻano ʻokoʻa: ʻo ka Akita Inu ("ʻoiaʻiʻo" subspecies) a me ka Akita ʻAmelika.
ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Akita Inu i nā ʻīlio ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku hoʻi i kāna kāne ponoʻī.
ʻO ka hānai kūpono, ka launa pū ʻana i ka wā lōʻihi, ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa mākaukau he mea nui loa, inā ʻaʻole, hiki i ka holoholona ke ulu ikaika.
He hanohano a kāohi ʻia lākou, akā ke ʻike wale lākou i ka mea nona ke alakaʻi ʻole.