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Akama Jingu
It enshrines Emperor Antoku, who drowned at Dannoura. Known for its red and white Suitenmon gate, which recalls the palace of the dragon king.
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Sumiyoshi Jinja
Its main hall is a National Treasure. With Osaka and Hakata it is counted among the three great Sumiyoshi shrines. Its kukensha nagare-zukuri form is unusual.
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Kameyama Hachimangu
It looks down on the Kanmon Strait. A monument here records the origin of eating pufferfish.
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Iminomiya Jinja
Said to be the site of the temporary palace of Emperor Chuai. Its Suhoutei festival is called one of the strangest in Japan.
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Kakuonji, Chofu
The funerary temple of the Mori, lords of the Chofu domain. Remains of a copper coin foundry were excavated here.
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Tsunoshima Bridge
One thousand seven hundred and eighty metres across an emerald sea. Made famous by television advertisements.
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Karato Market
Shimonoseki's fish market, combining wholesale and retail. At weekends sushi stalls line the hall.
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Shimonoseki Fugu
Here fugu is called fuku. Ito Hirobumi is said to have lifted the ban on eating it.
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Shimonoseki City Art Museum
In the birthplace of Kano Hogai, who pushed Nihonga into the modern era; the museum traces how he got there.
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Chofu District
The castle town of a Mori branch house, its lanes walled in tile-laced earth between temples and samurai houses.
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Modern Buildings of Shimonoseki
A port facing the continent, keeping a British consulate and a trading company's block with a Japanese garden on its roof.
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Kanmon Strait Crossings
One strait crossed four ways - bridge, rail, road and a pedestrian tunnel walked beneath the seabed.