Spots in Iwakuni / Yanai / Suooshima Area

  • Suooshima Town Mikan and Grape Farm
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Yamaguchi Oshima-gun Suooshima Cho Kuka
  • Tachibana Wind Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Yamaguchi Oshima-gun Suooshima Cho Nishiagenosho 3927-14
    This sports facility with wind as its theme has attached accommodation facilities to the paraglider and hang glider landing base facing Agenosho Bay. It has a beginners' slope where they can practice safely with peace of mind. There is also an arena gymnasium and athletic field on-site, and you can enjoy playing soccer, volleyball, softball and other sports. Because it has a cafeteria and training rooms, it can also be used as a camping facility for all kinds of club activities.
  • 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.
  • Restaurant Green Garden
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    4.0
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamaguchi Oshima-gun
    "This restaurant is located inside ""Green Stay Nagaura,"" an accommodation facility based on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, the sister island of Suo Oshima. It has a wide variety of menu items, such as Japanese and Western food and local dishes, as well as Hawaiian dishes including loco moco and fried poke bowls. The ""mikan orange small nabe hot pot set meal"" comes with fresh sashimi and a mikan nabe hot pot, a Suo Oshima specialty. Inside the restaurant that has a tropical resort feel, there are private Japanese-style rooms. In addition, it can be relaxed while feeling the wind of ""the Hawaii of the Seto Inland Sea"" on the outdoor barbecue deck."

    レストランからハワイのように見える景色もよくロコモコと季節限定御膳を頂きました。ボリュームもしっかりあり、刺身も新鮮で美味しかったです。

  • Restaurant Banana Beach
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    3.5
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamaguchi Oshima-gun Suooshimacho Hirano 1347-1 Hotel&Resort Sunshine Sazanseto 1F
    "This seafood restaurant is located inside the seaside resort hotel Sunshine Sazanseto. You can enjoy fresh seafood dishes from the Seto Inland Sea to your heart's content. The dishes that the chief chef wholeheartedly wields his skills to make are the gems unique to Oshima Island blessed with an abundance of seafood. Their ""largehead hairtail kagami-mori,"" a specialty dish that looks as if a large chrysanthemum flower is in full bloom, can be enjoyed with the deliciousness of sashimi and salt-grilled fish. Mikan-nabe, a local nabe hot pot, is the standard way to finish off a meal of mikan zosui (rice porridge) with a fluffy meringue. It can be used not only by staying guests but also just for meals."

    サンシャインサザンセトのホテルのレストラン。 白を基調とした店内で清潔感があり、ビーチ側の窓は大きく設けられ、陽射しが差し込み気持ちいい。 お値段はホテル料金。 特にメニューもたくさん用意されているわけでもなく、特に美味しいとも言えず…

  • Green Stay Nagaura Shioburo Hoyokan
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Yamaguchi Oshima-gun Suooshima Cho Mukuno 1144-1
    "This recreational facility is attached to the accommodation sports facility ""Green Stay Nagaura."" Including a traditional ""tide bath"" that is slightly salty, there are three bathtubs and sauna facilities. For the ""tide bath,"" sea water is drawn up and boiled, and it was for a bath therapy that used to be called ""shiotoji."" Because sea water is effective against nerve pain and other ailments, it has been believed that the body is purified by the water. The hot water that makes use of the high buoyancy of the seawater is highly regarded since you can experience floating and being shaken by the waves and its gentle touch. You can also enjoy a beautiful view of the Seto Inland Sea from the large windows."
  • 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.
  • Oshokujidokoro Tanaka
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamaguchi Yanai-shi Chuo 2-3-21
    A restaurant right in the center of Yanai. They offer a rich menu replete with both Japanese and Western cuisine. Their popular Hannya Gozen Meal is an example of local cuisine mixing Yanai's specialty Seto shellfish with fresh local vegetables, all mixed with rice and seasoned with soy sauce. It comes as a set with grated Japanese yam served over soba noodles. Also well known is their Shirakabe Seafood Ricebowl which pairs a sashimi rice bowl topped with loads of fresh seafood caught in nearby Yanai Sea and a Ushio-jiru soup with sea bream head. The restaurant can adapt to which scenario you require from delivered boxed lunches and catering to any sort of banquet or party.

    お盆の時期でほかの店がお休みの中、営業してました。 町の昔からあるような、食事処といった感じの食堂でした。

  • Doppo Kunikida's Former Residence
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Yanai-shi Himeda 11-5
    This mansion is where Meiji author Kunikida Doppo spent several years in his youth. He lived here from 1892 to 1894 during his impressionable 20s period. Inside the residence you'll find a bust of the author along with various items that belonged to Doppo including a Chinese lute and a diary in his own handwriting, which can be viewed only from outside.. He wrote many works centered around the theme of Yanai including 'Shonen no Hiai (Young Man's Grief)' and 'Kikyorai (Returning Home)'. It's said that the short story 'Shonen no Hiai' is based on the period that Doppo resided here.
  • Shoko-an Temple / Willow Tree and Well
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Yanai-shi Yanai 3058-1
    The willow tree (yanagi) and well (Ido) that form the basis for the name of the Yanai region. Legend states that some 1400 years ago Princess Hannya was summoned by Emperor Yomei but as she was travelling to the capital disaster struck. She made her way to this well and askedsome water from a villager. The villager gave her pure water from the well and by drinking it she was able to escape death. In thanks she left a willow branch by the well and overnight it sprung up into a great willow tree. Because of this the area would come to be called Yagii and this name would be changed to Yanai during the Edo period. The present willow is the fifth generation of that tree. Another legend states that if you drink from the well you'll become beautiful.
  • Sagawa Shoyuten
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    5.0
    3 Reviews
    Shopping
    Yamaguchi Yanai-shi Yanai 3708-1
    This soy sauce brewery first opened in 1830. They continue to carefully make their Sai-Shikomi (refermented) soy sauce using the same traditional techniques. Their Kanro Soy Sauce, a well-known product of Yanai, draws its name from when it was served to Lord Yoshikawa, lord of what was then the Iwakuni Domain, and the full-bodied flavor and fragrance caused him to cheer 'Kanro! (Nectar)' without thinking. It's made by adding more malted rice to already completed soy sauce and allowing it to ferment again making it take twice the materials and time as regular soy sauce. Their Kanro soy sauce is made in a vast cedar tub using the subterranean waters of the Kotoishi mountain range and is normally served alongside sashimi and nigiri-sushi.

    伝統ある白壁の町並みにある甘露醤油の醤油蔵元です。店の奥には醤油樽を見ることが出来ます。醤油の匂いがとても素敵でした。勿論販売もしていますよ。

  • Kobo Chaya (workshop and cafe) BASARA GAMA
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamaguchi Yanai-shi Yanai 5275
    A Japanese and Western confectioner with attached pottery workshop. Enjoy their traditional Yanai dishes and original desserts within the classic building that reminds you of a bygone era. Their specialty Cha-Gayu is a traditional Yanai dish made by cooking rice in roasted green tea. Their popular Cha-Gayu Set meal pairs the simple flavor of Cha-Gayu with simmered and pickled side dishes as well as a dessert and its gentle flavor is the perfect way to sooth your tired mind and body.
  • 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.
  • Iwakuni
    Transportation
    Yamaguchi Pref
  • Shirayama Hime-jinja Shrine (Hakusan Shrine)
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    4.0
    18 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Iwakuni-shi Yokoyama 2

    岩国藩主吉川家歴代の神霊を祀る神社で、国の重要文化財に指定されている。お濠を渡った長い参道の突き当りにあり、ぶらぶら散歩するのにいい。

  • Midori no Sato
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    4.0
    13 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Iwakuni-shi Iwakuni 1-chome 4-10

    岩国のレンコンが撮れる場所を見に行きました。南岩国駅の方です。9月にはほぼ見渡す限り、田んぼが一面レンコンの緑の大きな葉で埋められていました。

  • Sanzokuirorioimatu
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    4.5
    12 Reviews
    Transportation
    Yamaguchi Pref. Iwakunishi Shutoumachinishinagano Narukawa 2354-1

    他県や、他国からのお客様が来た時にここに連れてくることをおすすめします。山の中にあり、建物も古風で面白いです。 エビスビールを注文した時に、ラッキーエビスが出たらサービスをしてもらえるそうです。 前ケネディ在日米国大使もここに来たそうです。

  • Shiio Hachimangu Shrine Hongu
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    3.5
    14 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Iwakuni-shi Iwakuni 4-1-8

    山口県岩国市の高台にある神社。椎尾八幡宮は「しいのおはちまんぐう」と読みます。 少し境内に向う道が分かり辛かったですが、錦帯橋の手前の大明小路沿いから狭い路地に入り、いきなり凄い急な中道が目の前に立ちはだかります。 軽自動車のレンタカーを借りていたのでパワーが心配でしたが、何とか登りきり、坂の上に神社がありホッとしました。 岩国藩主吉川広正により建立されたとされ、なかなか立派な社殿でした。祭神は...

  • Ryogo Ji
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    3.5
    13 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Iwakuni-shi Yokoyama 1-chome 10-27

    吉川家墓所のすぐ近くにあるお寺。入口の山門脇には不動明王の石像もあり、なかなか風情がある。本堂の前には白砂を敷き詰めた石庭もある。拝観料は取られないので、立ち入って拝見させていただいた。

  • Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Iwakuni Air Base
    Life / Living / Hospital
    Yamaguchi Iwakuni-shi Misumimachi 2-chome Kanyuchi

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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.

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