検索ボックス

Other Historic Site/Building Spots in Hagi Area

Area

  • Monument of Hagi Castle Town
    rating-image
    4.0
    308 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Pref. Hagishi Gofukumachi 2
    "This is a monument standing in a corner of ""Edoya Yokocho Alley"" and ""Onarimichi"" in Hagi city, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Visitors can view the charming alleys, shops and samurai residences in the surrounding area which was where merchants and middle to lower class samurai warriors once lived. The area has also been selected as a nationally designated historical site. Rental cycles, are available and many tourists make use of them to explore the castle town."

    Pleasant street of vendors. You can buy the hagi yaki pottery that they are famous for here. Note: the feature is a notched bottom. People were friendly. They boxed and wrapped each box.

    Monument of Hagi Castle Town image
  • Birthplace of Takasugi Shinsaku
    rating-image
    3.5
    74 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Pref. Hagishi Minamifuruhagimachi 23
    Takasugi Shinsaku created the first auxiliary irregular militia in Japan known as Kiheitai which, with its novel idea and dynamism, led to the triumphant victory over the shogunate. The birthplace of Takasugi Shinsaku, the lucky mercenary of the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate, is located in Minamifuruhagi Town, Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Currently, the southern part of the former residence is open to the public. In addition to the well said to be used to give the newborn Shinsaku his first bath and a memorial stone with Shinsaku’s haiku engraved on it, there are a number of artifacts connected with Takasugi Shinsaku on display in the old house. * Because the house is privately owned only viewing from outside is permitted.

    萩の古い町並みの一番奥にあって、中央公園駐車場に車を止めてとほでやく５-１０分で行くことができます。屋敷の中には高杉晋作の銅像もあり古きをしのべます。

    Birthplace of Takasugi Shinsaku image
  • Birthplace of Kusaka Genzui
    rating-image
    3.5
    2 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Hagi-shi Hiyakomachi 537-2
    "This is the ruin of Kusaka Genzui's former residence. Genzui was a loyalist in the late Edo period and, along with Takasugi Shinsaku, called one of the ""Twin Jewels of Shokason-juku Academy."" This space is found in Hagi Castle town, near to Kankitsu Park and the former Tanaka Villa, and hosts a stele bearing a memorial poem. Kusaka Genzui was born in 1840, and was called by Yoshida Shoin, the master of Shokason-juku Academy, ""a young man bearing the greatest wisdom in Bocho [the region currently known as Yamaguchi]."" He committed suicide at the age of 25, earning him deeper fame for leading the domain theory to Sonno Joi (revere the emperor, expel the western barbarians) political philosophy. Hagi's Central Park, about a five-minute walk from the stele, also holds a gallant statue of the young Genzui."

    高杉晋作とともに“松下村塾の双璧”と称されていた幕末の志士・久坂玄瑞の旧宅跡。宿泊先「リゾートホテル美萩」のレンタサイクルを利用し10分ほどで到着しました。現在は、追悼の和歌が刻まれた「久坂玄瑞君追憶碑」など３つの石碑が建っているだけです。見逃してしまいそうな場所にありますので、事前に地図で確認しておいた方が良いと思います。萩市役所前発着の循環バスを利用する場合は、西回りの「晋作くん」に乗り「久坂...

    Birthplace of Kusaka Genzui image
  • Ebisugahana Shipyard
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Pref. Hagishi Tsubaki East 5159-14
    "This is an historic site in Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It is the site of the shipyard where the Choshu Domain built a Western-style sailing ship in towards the end of the Tokugawa period. It is a World Heritage site representing the ""Industrial Revolution of the Meiji Period of Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding, and the Coal Industry"". Visitors can enjoy the sea view from the stone breakwater wall."
    Ebisugahana Shipyard image
  • Issei Maebara Former Residence
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Pref. Hagishi Hijiwara 315-1
    The former home of Maebara Issei, a central figure of the 1878 Hagi Rebellion, can be found at this historic site in Sanyo-Onoda City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The building has been renovated twice but the old well and old persimmon trees remain, evoking an atmosphere of the past. The building is still privately owned so visitors can only view the exterior.
    Issei Maebara Former Residence image
  • Hagi Reverberatory Furnace
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Pref. Hagishi Tsubaki East 4897-7
    The Hagi Reverberatory Furnace was constructed in 1856, towards the end of the Edo period, with the aim of casting iron cannon to strengthen Japan’s maritime defenses. Today, only part of the chimney survives; it is around 10.5 meters in height. The Hagi Furnace is one of only three reverberatory furnaces that survive today in Japan; this is a very important monument that allows visitors to learn about the technology of the time.
    Hagi Reverberatory Furnace image
  • Noyama Prison Ruins & Iwakura Prison Ruins
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Hagi-shi
    These Municipal Historic Sites are about a 10-minute walk from Higashi-Hagi Station. In 1645, an incident occurred in which the upper-class retainer samurai Iwakura Magobe was drunk and broke into the residence of fellow retainer Noyama Rokuemon and killed his family. Iwakura was sentenced to decapitation, and both clans were broken up and their lands confiscated. The domain later used both houses as prisons, and since the primary guilt lay on Iwakura, the Noyama house was used as a prison for upper class samurai, while Iwakura's was a prison for commoners. Noyama Prison hosted many patriots imprisoned, such as Yoshida Shoin after his failed plot to stowaway to escape abroad, Takasugi Shinsaku, and Katori Motohiko. Iwakura Prison once held Kaneko Shigenosuke, a former attendant of Yoshida Shoin. These ruins offer a glimpse into the turmoil that swept the Hagi domain during the time of the Meiji Restoration.
    Noyama Prison Ruins & Iwakura Prison Ruins image
  • Kikugahama Dorui (Onago Daiba)
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Hagi-shi Imauonotanamachi
    This Municipal Historic Site includes about 50 meters of earthen defense work, standing three meters high and 12 meters wide. In 1863, the Sonno-Joi movement of reverence for the Emperor was spreading throughout the Choshu domain, and ships from Western countries were attacked by cannons from Shimonoseki as they passed through the Kanmon strait. The people of Hagi felt this meant there was need to defend the castle town on their own, and the rulers ordered earthwork defenses built along the Sea of Japan at Kikugahama beach. The young and old people left in the town went to work regardless of their status, wealth or age, and the particularly great efforts of the samurai wives and ladies-in-waiting in building the earthworks earned it the nickname Onago Daiba (Ladies' Fort).
    Kikugahama Dorui (Onago Daiba) image
  • Birthplace of Yamagata Arima
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Hagi-shi Kawashima 313-1
    This is the birthplace of Yamagata Aritomo, an important figure from Hagi in the Meiji Restoration and eventual prime minister of Japan. He was educated at the Shokasonjuku Academy under Yoshida Shoin, and later served an active role in the Choshu domain. After the restoration, he served a central role in the Meiji government as one of the Choro, elder statesmen from the Choshu domain, until his death in 1922. A three meter high monument stands on the bank of the Hashimoto river in the spot where he was born in 1838.
    Birthplace of Yamagata Arima image
  • Birthplace of Yoshida Shoin
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Hagi-shi Chinto 1433-1
    This is the birthplace of Yoshida Shoin, leader of the Shokason-juku Academy, which is famous for having produced many of the figures who would go on to shape the Meiji Restoration. The picturesque hill, called Dangoiwa (dumpling boulder), offers a view over all of Hagi city. None of the original buildings remain on the premises, but there are foundation stones indicating the layout of the mansion that was set up in Taisho period, offering a hint at the life Shoin led until he was around 19 years old. There are bronze statues of Yoshida Shoin and Kaneko Shigenosuke near the birthplace, and a stone monument by a Shokason-juku Academy student Yamagata Aritomo.
  • Umeyashichibekyutaku
    Travel / Tourism
    Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture Hamasaki
  • Kyufukuharakashoin
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Pref. Hagishi Horiuchi Hagi Castle Ruins finger month in the park
  • Kyufukuharaka Hagi Yashikimon
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Pref. Hagishi Horiuchi
  • Former Yamanaka Family's Residence
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Hagi-shi Hamasakimachi 209-1
  • Ogawakanagayamon
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Pref. Hagishi Hijiwara 298-1
  • Shinagawayajirokyutakuato
    Travel / Tourism
    Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture Funatsu
  • Tuboikyumigiemonkyutaku
    Travel / Tourism
    Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture Hiyako 160
  • Nagaigagakukyutakuato
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Pref. Hagishi Hijiwara
  • Muratakiyokazebettakuato
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Pref. Hagishi Hiyakomachi
  • Tanakagichitanjochi
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Pref. Hagishi Gofukumachi 1 (Kikuya alley)
Yamaguchi Hagi
Travel / Tourism History / Culture / Tour Other Historic Site/Building

Yamaguchi Areas

around-area-map

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.

Yamaguchi

    Yamaguchi Photo Album

    banner_photo

    Best of Yamaguchi

    Search by Region

    Browse Interests