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Iwakuni / Yanai / Suooshima

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Kikko Park

4.0

183 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamaguchi Pref. Iwakunishi Yokoyama

Kikko Park is a multi-function park on what was formerly the site of the residence of the Kikkawa family who were the rulers of the Iwakuni Domain, and also the site of the former Yamaguchi Prefectural Iwakuni Upper Secondary School; it has been selected for inclusion in a list of the “Top 100 Most Historic Parks in Japan.” Several buildings of historical importance are located in or near the Park, including the Kikko Shrine, the Ema-do hall “Kin-un-kaku” (a shrine building where votive pictures are hung), and the Mekata Family residence (an Edo period samurai family home), which has been designated as a National Important Cultural Property. The Park is a wonderful place to view seasonal flowers and tree foliage. Kikko Park is around 20 minutes by bus from Iwakuni Station on the JR Sanyo Main Line.

This is a beautiful park, garden, shrine and koi pond at the base of mountain below the Iwakuni Castle. It is free and serene.
Mikawa MU VALLEY

4.0

34 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamaguchi Iwakuni-shi Mikawamachi Nekasa 1564-1

"This theme park in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture is on the site of a mine. The motif of the park is based on the legend of the lost continent of Mu, and the park is divided into 15 zones including temples and a mysterious lake. The ""underground hall"" created in the below ground space is used as a concert hall, and the building in the center ""Yama Hotaru"" is used as guide for general information, restaurants and shops, experience studios, and a large public bath."

I came here with a few friends and we had a great time! I would say that the way it is set up is a bit confusing, but in the end everyone is a winner! It was fun to explore the cave and use your head...
Yokoyama White Snake Viewing Facility

3.5

40 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamaguchi Pref. Iwakunishi Yokoyama 2-6-52 (in YoshiKaoru park)

Located next to Kikko Park in the Yokoyama district of Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, the Yokoyama White Snake Viewing Facility is a place where visitors can see the famous “Iwakuni White Snakes,” which have been designated as a National Natural Monument. The facility has recently been renovated and renamed as the Iwakuni White Snake Museum. Inside the facility there are displays on the biology of the White Snakes, along with models, showings of video footage, displays about the legends associated with the White Snakes, etc. A real effort has been made to ensure that visitors can enjoy learning about the Iwakuni White Snakes.

岩国城ロープウェイ乗り場の前にある施設です。岩国名物のシロヘビを展示しています。こじんまりとした施設ですが、解説は多く、意外と見応えはあります。入場料も安いのでとりあえず入ってみるといいと思います。
Nagisa Aquarium

4.0

30 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamaguchi Pref. Oshimagunsuouoshimachou Ihota 2211 - 3 Nagisa park

An aquarium in Suo-Oshima Town, Oshima County, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Located in Nagisa Park the aquarium shows fish that were acquired by the caretakers or caught in nearby waters by local fisherman. Adults and children visiting the aquarium can try feeling living sea creatures in the Petting Corner and Touching Pool.

2歳未満の子供を連れて家族で行きました。陸奥記念館と同じ敷地にある、この水族館は、とても海洋生物との距離を近く感じました。中でも心惹かれたのが「ニホンアワサンゴ」で、表示に「世界初！！ニホンアワサンゴの人工繁殖に成功！！」と書かれていました。見た目も魅力的で、手塚治虫の世界を思わせるような風貌でした。また、行ってみたいです。 I went in families with a...
Yamaguchi Flower Land

4.0

15 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamaguchi Pref. Yanaishi Shinjou 500-1

At this botanical garden where flowers and trees are planted in a way that the terrain of Historical Town Yanai is leveraged, you can enjoy seasonally blooming flowers all year-round. Inside the park you’ll also find the Flower Market, where you can buy decorative indoor plants and flowers to liven up your indoor spaces. And it’s not just viewing the flowers, there’s also a greenhouse where you can pick your favorite flowers and plant them in a pot of your choosing.

Well worth 5 bucks for a great stroll, fun playground and beautiful flowers. My 4 year old and baby really enjoyed the open space to explore. The Ferris wheel is sadly just a display piece for their...
Iwakuni Antiquities Museum

3.5

24 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamaguchi Iwakuni-shi Yokoyama 2-7-19

A museum located in 2 Chome, Yokoyama, Iwakuni City. It houses valuable historical materials and artwork donated by the Yoshikawa family, the former Iwakuni feudal lords. In addition to a permanent exhibit showcasing the history of Iwakuni, it also holds special exhibits and history lectures. Constructed in 1945, the building is registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property.

戦時中の1945年に完成した石造り風の歴史的建築物です。館内には、吉川家ゆかりの歴史資料、美術品や工芸品などが展示されています。入館は無料なので気軽に見学できます。
Muroya-no-sono Merchant House Museum

4.5

14 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamaguchi Yanai-shi Yanaitsu Kanaya 439

A musueum located within the Shirakabe Townscape, a Nation's Preservation District for Groups of Historic Buildings. The museum occupies the former mansion of the Oda family, one of the leading oil merchants in west Japan. The house features Irimoya (hip-and-gable) roof with an entrance on gable side and white plaster walls. With a length of nearly 120-meters and covering an area of 800-tsubo (nearly 2650 square meters) this mansion is one of the largest classic townhouses remaining within the country. Within the mansion are a number of classic living implements and documents showing off the lifestyle of a prosperous Yanai merchant.

Great experience and highly recommended. I went on a quiet late afternoon and was met by the lady running the museum and the son who is a long descendant of the owner of the building. They were both...
Ra Kan Kogen Auto Camping Ground

5.0

4 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamaguchi Iwakuni-shi Nishikimachi Obara Rakan 699-5

高原のキャンプ場で9月の4連休中でも夜間は肌寒さを感じるぐらいに涼しく、ある程度の防寒は必要だと思います。道中の道は山口側からも広島側からも狭いです。皆さん譲り合いの精神で、先んじて予測しつつ、すこしでも広いところで譲り合いましょう少しも嫌な気分になる事なく親切なスタッフの方々でした。ありがとうございます。私のような素人にとっては、本当に最適なキャンプ場でした。炊事場、トイレ、売店...
Yahata Lifelong Learning Village

4.5

2 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamaguchi Oshima-gun Suooshima Cho Kuka 1102-1

"""Machishu culture"" is the culture of the common people built up in the Kuka area, which was a part of the industrial structure from the middle ages to early modern period. The Yahata Lifelong Learning Village is a learning facility with a library, pottery museum and early Showa period farmhouse as a base for handing down the culture of the town. Visitors can learn about unique urban planning and culture through the exhibition of tools and daily necessities used by soy sauce brewers, ship builders, blacksmiths and others. In addition to regular pottery classes, the museum also offers one-day pottery workshops such as forming pottery by hand instead of using a potter's wheel, slab building, and making a pottery lathe."

This museum has a very nice collection. It is worth seeing, but unfortunately, the descriptions is only written in japanese so you might want to ask your friends for translation.
Katazoe gahama Beach

5.0

1 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamaguchi Prefecture Oshima-gun Suaku Oshima cho

"The beach in Oshima County’s Katazoegahama Beach Park in Yamaguchi Prefecture. It is also known as ""Banana Beach"" due to the shape of its sandy beach. This beach has been chosen as one of the Top 100 Comfortable Beaches of Japan and Japan’s top 88 beaches, which attracts a lot of tourists during the swimming season. The park also has a camping ground and exercise facilities."

素晴らしい透明度を誇るビーチです。ホテルに滞在して、ゆったりビーチで寛ぐ。まさに「瀬戸内のハワイ」ですね。ちょうど水上バイクの大会が行われており、夏の終わりを締めくくるイベントの感じでにぎわっていました。
Iwakuni Art Museum Kashiwara Collection

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamaguchi Pref. Iwakunishi Yokoyama 2-10-27

"Located an eight-minute drive from the Iwakuni Interchange on the Sanyo Expressway, this is one of the few art museums in Japan for old armor, and is in front of Iwakuni Castle Ropeway Mountain Foot Station. Storing approximately 6,000 pieces of armor such as suit armor and swords from the Nara period (710-794) to the Edo period (1603-1868), old documents, writings and old mirrors, it exhibits about 200 pieces including the famous Kawanakajima Kassenzu, a folding screen with eight panels painted the battle of Kawanakajima. In addition to the ""Life and Death Culture"" exhibition, which introduces armor with the lives of samurai, and ""Cultures of Life"" exhibition, which introduces the traditional culture that colored the lives of samurai, various special exhibitions and exhibitions are also held."
Katazoegahama Seaside Park Auto Camping Ground

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamaguchi Oshima-gun Suooshima Cho Katazoegahama
Hachigamine Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamaguchi Pref. Kugagunwakichou Seta Azaya work 260-1

"There is a variety of play equipment in this large comprehensive park surrounded by nature in Kuga County, Yamaguchi Prefecture, such as a 255-meter long large roller slide, a mini steam locomotive with a 743-meter long track, as well as a Ferris wheel. It is also home to the largest ""Rose Garden"" in the prefecture and places to play for free. Many families visit during weekends and holidays."
Green Oasis

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamaguchi Iwakuni-shi Kugamachi 4410-2

A heated pool where you can swim all year round located about five minutes by car from Kuga Interchange on the Sanyo Expressway. The facility with its eye-catching chalk exterior has a high ceiling and a glass wall that offers an open, summertime feel. The pool is warmed by residual heat from a trash incinerator. With swimming lanes, a kids' pool, and a water slide, it's a super fun venue for children and grown-ups alike. After swimming in the pool, many visitors relax at the granite bath with its abundance of negative ions.
Suooshima Town Mikan and Grape Farm

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamaguchi Oshima-gun Suooshima Cho Kuka
Seto Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamaguchi Oshima-gun Suooshima Cho Nishimigama

This park is built on the grounds of Otamane Shrine, known for the legend of Princess Hannya. You can see the Seto Inland Sea and the Oshima Ohashi Bridge from the observatory at the foot of Mt. Iino. This is a place of relaxation for local residents, where they can get a close look at the Obatake Seto, which creates magnificent whirlpool tides, and the ships that come and go in it. The cherry blossoms in the spring, cool evenings and rock fishing in the summer are popular, drawing crowds throughout the year. In the park, there are bronze statues of predecessors who contributed to the construction of Oshima Ohashi Bridge.
Sazan-Seto Marine Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamaguchi Yanai-shi Ihonosho Kuroshima

A Mediterranean-style beachfront park located about a 15-minute drive from Yanai Station. Previously known as Kuroshima Beach the Sazan-Seto Ihonosho Marine Park was built in 1993. The white sand beach stretches across some 330-meters along the eastern side of the Murotsu Peninsula and from the beach you can look out at the Obatakeseto Strait, the Oshima-Ohashi Bridge, and Mt. Kotoishiyama. The park is lined with palm trees and features a gazebo, clock tower, observation deck, and open lawn area and is popular with locals and tourists not just during beach season but year-round.
ANN Strawberry Farm

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamaguchi Yanai-shi Yota 3260-1

A strawberry field located a 10-minute drive from Yanai Station. They've been carefully growing strawberries for over 30 years here in Yota which is blessed with conditions perfect for growing strawberries including daily hours of sunlight, temperature, and soil quality. Strawberry picking is available from December to early May (reservation required) allowing you to enjoy fresh picked strawberries. And as the strawberries are primarily grown in raised beds you can enjoy picking strawberries without needing to bend over.
Sabichikyoyaeijo

4.5

6 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamaguchi Pref. Iwakunishi Nishikimachiusa 1388

昔ながらの雰囲気を楽しめるキャンプ場です。下見に行きましたが、一部のサイトをのぞいて車での荷物の搬入が難しいサイトがあり今時のキャンプ場と比べると使い勝手に劣ります。施設自体はしっかりと管理されていていいのですが、基本設計自体が古いです。その点を了承していて使うならばいいキャンプ場です。ロケーションも場所の雰囲気も良いです。
Iwakuni City Micro Biological Museum

4.0

5 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamaguchi Iwakuni-shi Yumachi 8500-6

無料の展示ですが、ずらりと並んだ顕微鏡を実際に覗いて実物を観察出来ます。解説や見易い映像も充実しており、小さなお子様には是非おすすめです。

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Yamaguchi Areas

Heading west along Japan’s largest island, Honshu, the very last prefecture you’ll reach is Yamaguchi, separated from Kyushu by a small strip of water known as the Kanmon Straits, which the far-reaching harbor city Shimonoseki looks over. With water at every turn, the seafood of Yamaguchi is an indisputable highlight, and we’re not talking just the usual fish dishes - the notorious fugu, or puffer fish, is a Japanese delicacy that was discovered in Yamaguchi prefecture, making it the best place to try it out.