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  • Motonosumi Inari Shrine
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Nagatoshi Yuyatsuou 498
    A Shinto shrine located in Nagato City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Although there are many “Inari” shrines in the country, Motonosumi Inari Shrine uses characters which differ from those normally used to write “Inari” and is one of only two shrines in the country to use these specific characters for “Inari.” After a white fox appeared besides the pillow of the head of a local fisherman’s union and made a pronouncement, this shrine was established here as a branch shrine of the Taikodani Inari-jinja Shrine in Shimane Prefecture in 1955. The shrine is said to provide worshipers with a variety of boons, including prosperous business, maritime safety, luck in love and marriage, luck in having children, improved fortunes, and protection from evil and misfortune. The shrine’s biggest highlight is the 123 red torii gates which form a tunnel along a path leading from the sea to the shrine at the top of a hill. In the background, blue ocean stretches to the horizon and the area’s famed “Ryugu no Shiofuki” (“The Dragon Spout”) occasionally bursts into the air in a shower of mist, and this site was even elected by the CNN television network in the US as one of the 31 most beautiful spots in Japan. The giant torii gate at the end of the trail has an offertory box on top famous for being the most difficult to place a coin into in Japan.
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  • Iiyama Hachimangu Shrine
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    Yamaguchi Nagato-shi
  • Izumotaisha Shrine Otsu Church
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    Yamaguchi Nagato-shi Hekikami Furuichi 6010-1
  • Kibune Shrine
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    Yamaguchi Nagato-shi Hekikami Horita 5560
  • Sumiyoshi Shrine
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    Yamaguchi Nagato-shi Kayoi 370
  • Daijingu Shrine
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    Yamaguchi Nagato-shi Nishi Fukawa Kamikawa Nishi 2607
  • NagatotoyokawaInari
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    Yamaguchi Nagato-shi
  • Yasaka Shrine
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    Yamaguchi Nagato-shi Senzaki Gioncho 1342
Yamaguchi Nagato
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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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