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IIRC the full Aomori-Akita run on the Resort Shirakami takes about 5 hours, and the Akita Nairiku full run takes about 3. On my trip, I had stayed at Odate during the Nebuta festival and then took the Resort Shirakami from Aomori to Noshiro, and stayed at Noshiro for 2 nights. I originally planned to do 3 nights, to give 1 day for seeing Juniko and 1 day for hiking Shirakami-dake, but cut it to one because I didn't think I'd manage the Shirakami-dake hike and I'd need to rent a car to do it. After leaving Noshiro, I took a train to Takanosu and rode the Akita Nairiku line all the way to Kakunodate, where I transferred to the Akita shinkansen to go back to Sendai.

If you can only do one, the Resort Shirakami is the more comfortable and more easily accessible ride, with the Tohoku Shinkansen getting you to one end and the Akita Shinkansen getting you to the other. The Akita Nairiku line is a bit out of the way, but is still accessible by the Akita Shinkansen at one end and a limited express service at the other. Both were beautiful during the summer, and I think they'd be even better in the winter. I do have a lot of love for the Akita Nairiku line though, I really like Japan's small private rail lines and the Akita Nairiku is a really nice one.