Sightseeing Spot Spots in Mine City (Akiyoshidai) / Ube City Area

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Mine City (Akiyoshidai) / Ube City

Category

Travel / Tourism

Sightseeing Spot

Beppu Benten Pond

Travel / Tourism

Yamaguchi Pref. Mineshi Shuhouchoubeppu Water

A fresh spring pond located on the grounds of Beppu Itsukushima-jinja Shrine in Mine City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. This mystical pond sparkles cobalt blue in the sunlight, and it is one of the top sightseeing destinations in the Akiyoshi-dai Plateau area. The waters of the pond, welling up from the limestone of the karst plateau, are rich in calcium, and are a cold 14°C. Selected as one of Japan’s 100 most famous waters, locals also use its waters for cooking, washing vegetables, and other daily lives. There is a water station near the pond for people to draw fresh spring water. Legend has it that the spring burst forth after the elder of a town facing a water shortage prayed here to the goddess Benzaiten as instructed in a dream, and each year on the first Sunday in September, a Benten Festival is held and a dance called the Beppu Nenbutsu Odori is offered to the goddess.
Itone no Matsubara

Travel / Tourism

Yamaguchi Sanyoonoda-shi
Tokiwa Park

Travel / Tourism

Yamaguchi Ube-shi Okiube
Yakeno Kaigan

Travel / Tourism

Yamaguchi Sanyoonoda-shi Onoda
Magura no Oiwa Go

Travel / Tourism

Yamaguchi Mine-shi Isacho Okumagura

Yamaguchi Mine City (Akiyoshidai) / Ube City

Travel / Tourism Sightseeing Spot

Place famous for cherry blossoms Place famous for plum blossoms Other places famous for flowers Place famous for fall foliage or new greenery Remarkable Water Precious Wood Other Sightseeing Spot

Yamaguchi Areas

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.