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  • Ryuzoji Temple
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    4.0
    18 Reviews
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Yamaguchishi Yoshiki 1750
    This temple on the side of Yamaguchi prefecture's Mt. Takiyama is dedicated to Amida Nyorai. The temple grounds hold a roughly 900-year-old giant gingko tree is a registered National Natural Monument. It also has Tsuzumino Falls and the apparent Sesshu-made spring pond promenade-style garden. It's known as the seventeenth temple on the Chugoku 33 Kannon pilgrimage, and is a common stop for pilgrims.

    Close to Rurikō-ji Temple but less touristy and looks old with a waterfall and rocks covered with moss.Absolutely worth a visit.

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  • Aspirante
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    3.5
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Houfushi Ebisumachi 1-1-28
    This is a local community center in Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It serves as a base for local cultural activities, and holds many art related events like art shows, concerts, and lectures. They also host music classes and seminars, doll-making workshops, observation outings, and other events.

    When you Go out JR station from the north exit, you can find it on your right hand side. It is a kind of community center. The monuments in front of the building are quite noticeable.

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  • Rurikoji Temple
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Yamaguchishi Kouzanchou 7-1
    This Soto Zen Buddhist temple was founded in 1471. It was reportedly built by Sue Hirofusa's wife to honor him after his passing. Originally called Anyoji Temple, the name later changed to Rurikoji Temple. It was relocated to its present spot in 1604 from Nihotakano in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The five-story pagoda on the precincts is considered to be the tenth oldest outdoor structure in Japan. There are also many historic spots from the time of the Meiji Restoration, like the tomb of Mori Takachika, the feudal lord during the period.
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  • Hofu Science Museum “Solar”
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    4.0
    9 Reviews
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    Yamaguchi Hofu-shi Kotobukicho 6-41
    This science hall in Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture stands out for its exhibits focusing on the sun. The first floor has a circular screen which shows films with special lighting and sound systems, and when the films aren't running it plays a real time video of the sun collected by the Solar 6 Connected Solar Telescopes. The second floor introduces the evolution of life and has regular science shows and other events.

    子供向けに科学に関する体験学習ができる常設展、個別のテーマについて特集する企画展、その他のイベントが行われていた。常設展は目新しいものはなく基本的なもので小学生向き、企画展は大人まで楽しめるものもあると思った。外にはパラボラ糸電話やロープウェー、簡単な遊具もあり、あっと言わせる斬新さはないが、企画展やイベントをうまく捉えればファミリーで来ても各世代でそれなりに楽しめそう。ドームは螺旋通路を登りなが...

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  • Yamaguchi Historical Museum
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    3.5
    8 Reviews
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Yamaguchishi Kasugachou 5-1
    This museum educates visitors on the history, culture and folklore of Yamaguchi City. It preserves and exhibits valuable materials and documents. Apart from the regular displays, it also runs special exhibits related to Yamaguchi. The museum has an Ancient Manuscript Library, and during summer vacation they hold lessons for children.

    山口駅から周辺を散策にて寄りました。 人は少なく、ゆっくりと観ることができました。「信仰でたどる江戸時代」と言う企画展が開催されていました。 関西方面へ旅行した道中記の内容が展示していて、有名な神社などを行き、近くで食事したなどが書いてあり、昔の旅行も今と変わらないと思いした○

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  • Roadside Station Aio
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    2 Reviews
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Yamaguchishi Aiohigashi 1520-4
    This Roadside Station is in Yamaguchi City offering Japanese tiger prawns caught freshly in Aio, a town facing the Seto Inland Sea, as well as fresh fish, vegetables and flowers. Visitors can enjoy the unique cuisine of Aio by trying a fried shrimp dish using two complete shrimps, or shrimp rice gruel at the restaurant area.

    旅の途中立ちよりました。 大型車は止められず普通車も10台分が限度です。 食事は焼き飯と書かれた海老チャーハンが安くて美味しい(o^-^o) 行かれる方食べて見てはo(^-^)o

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  • Roadside Station Ganjoju Onsen
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Yamaguchishi Atoutokusakami 2-95
    "This is a Roadside Station on National Route 9 in Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture that also includes a day use hot spring onsen. It is fully equipped with large public baths, outdoor baths, family baths, and foot baths. Visitors can taste the specialty ""SL Udon noodles"" at the restaurant. There is also a rest area, and the facility is used by many locals and tourists."
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  • Toyosaka Shrine
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    3.0
    6 Reviews
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    Yamaguchi Yamaguchi-shi Tenge 1-1-1
    This shrine stands next to Noda Shrine, which is known to have one of the best Noh theaters in Japan. It is dedicated to Motonari Mori, who elevated the Mori clan to one of the greatest feudal lords of western Japan during the Age of Warring States. When Motonari's grandson, Terumoto, moved his castle to Hagi after his forced relocation, the spirit of Motonari was enshrined in Kasuga Shrine. The shrine was moved to Yamaguchi in the Meiji period (1868-1912), and the shrine was built and relocated at its present location. The name Toyosaka was bestowed by the Imperial Court. In 1882, it became an Imperial Shrine of Special Status, enshrining those who had made special contributions to the nation.

    This shrine is dedicated to Mori Motonari, a famous Samurai chief. At the entrance, there is a dry moat, and the ambience is somewhat majestic. Noda shrine is just next to this shrine, but there are...

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  • Yamaguchi City Ogori Culture Museum
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    3.5
    5 Reviews
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    Yamaguchi Yamaguchi-shi Ogorishimogo 609-3
    This museum is located a ten-minute drive from the Ogori Interchange on the Chugoku Expressway. With a focus on materials related to Santoka Taneda, a wandering haiku poet with a deep connection to Ogori, it introduces the history of Ogori and the famous people and artists who were born there. It is a great place to learn about life and history in those days, with a restored area on the second floor based on an ordinary farmhouse in the late Edo period (1603-1868). It also has a rental gallery that can be used as a venue for special exhibitions and the presentation of artistic and cultural works by local residents.

    かなりニッチな世界を扱っており、幕末などの資料館だと思うと辛いかも。山口県で有名な俳人、画家を扱っています。

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  • Mitajiri Saltpan Memorial Industrial Park
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    4.5
    2 Reviews
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    Yamaguchi Hofu-shi Hamakata 381-3
    Hofu, located in central region of Yamaguchi prefecture, prospered for nearly 260 years from the mid-Edo period to the 1950s as Japan's top salt producing region. They've restored a traditional Irihama-style saltpan facility in one part of the site of the salt field and you can learn how salt is made. The towering chimneys still stand over the park letting you imagine the trials and tribulations of salt production. With at least one-week prior reservation you can also experience for yourself some of the processes of making Mitajiri salt using the traditional Irihama-style manufacturing methods.

    入場料はかかるが、展示室をみた後で、スタッフの人が屋外の塩田再現体験施設を逐一説明してくれた。時間は展示室を含め、1時間以上かかったが、塩田による製塩法、他の製塩法との違い、長州藩との関係等、とてもよく理解できた。本当は実際に体験できれば良いが、これだけでも十分だった。以前、広島の竹原の塩田の展示施設に寄ったことがあるが、写真と説明書きと当時の道具の展示だけで、よく分からなかった。再現施設を見なが...

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  • KDDI Parabola Pavilion
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    3.5
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Yamaguchishi Nihonakagou 123
    This tour facility is on the grounds of the KDDI Yamaguchi Satellite Communication Center, the largest satellite facility in Japan. In addition to displaying the Ariane Rocket, a satellite launch vehicle, it also offers education on various satellite communication related equipment like solar power generators, undersea cables, and more. You can also observe an array of massive parabola antennas from the observation platform.

    あまり興味がなく団体旅行の観光に入っていたので いったのですが、人工衛星のことなど普段きけないことが きけて勉強になりました。

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  • Foot Bath and Drinking Springs, in front of Yuda Hot Springs Tourist Information
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Yamaguchishi Yudaonsen 2-1-23
    "These are foot bath facilities in Yamaguchi City, and refers to six locations in the Yuda Hot Springs town center. The foot baths are at Inoue Park, in front of Yuda Onsen station, in front of the Tourist Information Center, within the community center, ""Sunfresh Yamaguchi"", and on Yunomachi Street"". All the baths are free of charge and are frequented by both hot spring guests and local residents."
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  • Koubou Alley
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Yamaguchishi Yudaonsen 2-2-13
    "At this sundry shop in Yamaguchi City visitors can find T - shirts designed on the legend of Yuda Hot Springs featuring a ""white fox"" as well as other original items such as stuffed toys and straps, etc. There is also a hands-on workshop where visitors can actually make their own Hagi-yaki pottery, a local craft."
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  • Suonokuni Ichinomiya Tamanooya Shrine
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Houfushi Osaki 1690
    This shrine in Hofu City received the deity divided from the Tamanooya Shrine in Osaka Prefecture, and it is the main shrine for the Tamanooya Shrines. The grounds of the temple are considered as the birthplace of Japanese black kashiwa chickens, which are designated as a natural monument. There are two enshrined deities: Tamanooya no Mikoto and another unknown, and Tama no Iwaya (grotto) is the grave of the god Tamanooya no Mikoto.
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  • Omura Masujiro Birth House
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Yamaguchishi Suzenji 5669
    This historical site is located about a three-minute walk from Yotsuji Station on the JR Sanyo main line. It is the site of the birthplace of Omura Masujiro, a doctor, Western scholar, and military strategist who served the Choshu Domain at the end of the Edo period (1603–1868), and is one of the instigators of the Meiji Restoration, and now there is monument of Omura there. The surrounding area is maintained as a park with carpark, and visitors are invited to explore.
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  • Yamaguchi Xavier Memorial Church
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Yamaguchishi Kameyamachou 4-1
    A Catholic church located in Yamaguchi City. The church was built in 1952 to commemorate 400 years since the missionary Francis Xavier came to Yamaguchi to proselytize. The original church building was destroyed in a fire; the current reconstruction was erected in 1998. The church's two steeples, more than 50 meters tall, are a Yamaguchi City landmark.
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  • Rurikoji Temple Museum
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Yamaguchishi Kouzanchou 7-1
    This museum, located in the precincts of Rurikoji Temple, Yamaguchi City, offers a display of artefacts and a model of the Rurikoji Temple Five-storied Pagoda. There is also a display of models and panel exhibitions regarding five-storied pagodas throughout the country. Many people walking in the nearby Kozan Park visit.
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  • Yamaguchi Furusato Heritage Center
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Yamaguchishi Shimotatekouji 12
    This exhibition facility was created to promote the traditions and development of the industries and culture of Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The center utilizes three structures. The Manabi Hall, utilizes a Meiji era sake brewery, the Miyabi Hall adapted the residence of the Mine Family, a wealthy farmer of the Meiji period, and the newly constructed Takumi Hall. The noble architecture of the historic structures themselves are worth the visit.
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  • Kozan Cemetery (The modern burial site of the Mori family)
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Yamaguchishi Kouzanchou In the park
    "Located a 20-minute drive from the Ogori Interchange on the Chugoku Expressway in Kayama Park, this is the cemetery for feudal lords of the Choshu domain. It was designated as a national historic site in 1981 along with the former Tenjuin Temple, Daishoin Temple and the Tokoji Temple Mouri family tomb in Hagi City. In addition to the 13th lord Takachika Mouri and his wife, seven tombs such as those for generations of the Mouri family, and a tomb of the mother of Hidenari Mouri, the first family head, still remain. The cobblestones in the foreground are called ""Nightingale Stone Paving "" due to the beautiful sounds made when you clap your hands on the stone pavement causing the reflecting sound on the stone steps."
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  • Funakata Farm
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Yamaguchishi Atoutokusashimo 11450-39
    This tourist farm is surrounded by nature and offers a view of Mt. Tokusagamine in Yamaguchi City. The grounds have a petting zoo with small animals like rabbits, facilities to try milking cows yourself. With reservations, you can also try making sausage, butter, and sherbet in the food making classroom. Every year they hold events like the Harappa Matsuri festival or Funakata Farm festival, and crowds of people come to join.
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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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