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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.
    Omura Masujiro Birth House image
  • 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.
    Yamaguchi Xavier Memorial Church image
  • 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.
    Rurikoji Temple Museum image
  • 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.
    Yamaguchi Furusato Heritage Center image
  • 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."
    Kozan Cemetery (The modern burial site of the Mori family) image
  • Usa Hachimangu
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    Yamaguchi Hofu-shi Suzuya 840
    Usa Hachimangu image
  • Gochuan
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    Yamaguchi Yamaguchi-shi Ogorishimogo Yaashi
    "This is a reconstruction of the hermitage where Santoka Taneda, a wandering haiku poet, spent his time from 1932 to 1938 based on a plan drawn by Reireika Chikaki, who was a familiar visitor at the time. The name ""Gochuan"" was taken from words that appear in the Lotus Sutra. Along with the garden and a rest area with a buried earthen jar that makes sound when water drips into it, it is open to visitors free of charge in memory of Santoka. There are many sights to see, such as a monument with a poem written by Santoka's teacher Seisensui Ogiwara next to the building, an arbor, and a well used by Santoka."
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  • Yamaguchi Prefectural Government Museum
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    Yamaguchi Yamaguchi-shi Takimachi 1-1
    This museum was completed as a prefectural government office building in 1916. It displays documents about the Yamaguchi prefectural government. The main rooms are characterized by a bold adoption of Japanese and Oriental traditions and the latest European and American designs in detailed design, such as the ceiling center decorations, sculptures using curves and dimensions, and woodworking techniques around the doorway frame and ceiling. It is now open to the public as a prefectural government library along with the old prefectural assembly hall, and is also used for filming movies.
    Yamaguchi Prefectural Government Museum image
  • Main Gate of Former Yamaguchi-Han Office
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    Yamaguchi Yamaguchi-shi Takimachi 1-1
    This is the main gate of the Yamaguchi administration building, which was built when the clan office was moved from Hagi to Yamaguchi in 1864. A yakuimon (gate with gable roof constructed with two square or rectangular main posts and two square or circular secondary posts), about 6.8 meters high and 10 meters wide, stands in a part of the site of the present Yamaguchi Prefectural Office. It is surrounded by what were the latest Western-style castles from the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the moat that made up part of it still exists. Normally the side gate is open, but when the main gate is opened for historical events, it is possible to see the majestic figure of Mt. Konomine in front of the gate. In 1912, the new prefectural government building was completed and the main gate was built to the east, but it still serves as an entrance from the west.
    Main Gate of Former Yamaguchi-Han Office image
  • Unkokuan Ruins
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    Yamaguchi Yamaguchi-shi Tenge 1-12-10
    These are the ruins of the former residence of the medieval master painter Sesshu. It is said that he lived here at the invitation of the Ouchi clan when he visited around the age of 40. In 1467, Sesshu came to China on a Japanese mission ship, learned painting techniques of coloring and breaking ink (a traditional technique of Chinese painting), and returned to Japan. He is said to have remained in Yamaguchi until his death, working on his art and training his students. The building fell into disrepair after the Meiji period (1868-1912), but it was restored in 1884 using old wood from an old shrine. It is now registered as a city-designated historic site.
    Unkokuan Ruins image
  • Chuya Nakahara Poem Monument
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    Yamaguchi Yamaguchi-shi Yudaonsen 3-chome (Nishikigawa Dori) 2-chome (Takayama Park)
    "This monument is to Chuya Nakahara, a poet from Yamaguchi who ended his short life in a distant and foreign land. Along Nishikigawa-dori Street, which is lined with inns and hotels in Yuda, one of Chuya's representative works, ""Doyo (nursery song),"" one of his unpublished poems, is inscribed with letters copied from his own manuscript. This poem was written in 1933 and is famous for its inclusion in Japanese elementary school language textbooks. In the city, in addition to Nishikigawa-dori Street, there are poetry monuments in Inoue Park, Takada Park and Narutaki Chomonkyo Gorge."
    Chuya Nakahara Poem Monument image
  • Ima Hachimangu Shrine
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    Yamaguchi Yamaguchi-shi
    "This ancient shrine is located to the south of Noda Shrine. It was built in 1503 by Yoshioki Ouchi, the 30th head of the Ouchi clan. It is famous for its arrangement, which is unique to the Yamaguchi region, with a main worship hall at the towering gate. There are many ""kaerumata"" (sculptures that look like frog's legs) around it, indicating the process of transition from the flat design characteristic of the Muromachi period (1336-1573) to the thicker design of the next period. It is designated as an important cultural property of Japan along with the main hall, the two-storied gate and the hall of worship connected by a corridor."
    Ima Hachimangu Shrine image
  • Suo Kokuga Ato (Suo Domain Government Office Site)
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    Yamaguchi Hofu-shi Kokuga
    The Kokuga was the name of the government office where government officials called Kokushi would perform their duties starting in the late 7th century. While many provincial offices were relocated or reduced due to the change and decline of the Ritsuryo system after the Heian period the Suo office came under control of Todaiji Temple starting in the Kamakura period and survived until the early modern period. The Suo Kokuga was presumed to have been the central government building of the local region and governed the entire provincial region, the port in the Hamanomiya area, and as far west as the Ohi embankment. It was the first government provincial office site in the country to have been designated a National Historic Site. The presumed located of the government office is now maintained as a park.
    Suo Kokuga Ato (Suo Domain Government Office Site) image
  • Hofu Tenmangu Shrine Hoshoan Teahouse
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    Yamaguchi Hofu-shi Matsuzakicho 14-1
    Hoshoan (meaning a fragrant pine retreat) was built in 1991 on the grounds of a former monks' quarter. Sugiwara no Michizane (845-903) revived the practice of enjoying tea in the 9th century imperial court. (Tea at the time tasting more medicinal that what is currently enjoyed.) This tea house was built in honor of that tradition. The Hoshoan is actually a small traditional tea house located on the eastern side of the garden but sitting opposite the tea house is a large two-story building. Both buildings overlook a beautiful garden featuring a stream which is home to a number of carp. The admission fee to the tea house includes matcha green tea and seasonal traditional Japanese sweets. The proper method for enjoying your tea is to take the bowl with your right hand, place it on your right palm, and then to turn the bowl twice clockwise. In doing this you can avoid drinking the tea from the front of the bowl.
    Hofu Tenmangu Shrine Hoshoan Teahouse image
  • Yamaguchi Information Art Center
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    Yamaguchi Yamaguchi-shi Nakazonocho 7-7

    Located beside Chuo Koen (Central Park), this Center with a beautiful modern architecture is quite appealing. Arts exhibitions and projections of moves are taken place here. There is also a library...

  • Yamaguchi Prefectural Yamaguchi Museum
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    Yamaguchi Yamaguchi-shi Kasugacho 8-2

    「時間があったので立ち寄った」と言っては失礼になるかもしれませんが、充実した時間を過ごすことができました。

  • Takanejoseki
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Yamaguchishi Kamiunorei Hong Roh Peak summit

    登り口として、山口大神宮から登る道と木戸神社の方から登る道があるようだが、自分は木戸神社の前の道を車でそのまま上り、木戸公園の駐車場（川のいちばん上流のほう）に車を止めて、そこから歩いて登った。歩きで登ったが、小型車であれば登れそうな舗装道路がいちばん下の城郭（今は放送局の送信設備がある）まで続いていた。ただ、車で登ると対向車が来た時に離合ポイントが少なく、片側が急斜面の細いクネクネ道を長い距離バ...

  • Riyosokuji
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Yamaguchishi Suzenji 371

    山あいの田園風景広がる集落の中にある臨済宗のお寺。大きくはないが、もみじの木が多く、紅葉の時期は綺麗だろうと思った。本堂の両翼には大きな椿の古木もあった。保存協力金や参拝料をお納めする必要はなかった。ただ、決して観光地ではなく、三脚を使ったカメラ撮影禁止、飲食禁止、ペットを連れた散歩お断り等、いろいろ注意事項が書かれた看板があちこちに立てられていた。

  • Furukuma Shrine
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    Yamaguchi Yamaguchi-shi Furukuma 1-10-3

    神社に至る道は、広くはないが自動車等がよく通るので注意が必要だと思った。神社の建物はコンパクトだが、質実剛健ながら秘めた雅がある山口らしい建物だと思った。

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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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