Nagato
Kazuki Yasuo Museum
A painter who rendered his Siberian captivity as 57 canvases in black and ochre alone, shown in his home village.
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Hagi
Samurai Houses of Hagi
Senior retainers' houses, where the height of the gate and wall states the family's rank.
Hagi
Climbing Kilns of Hagi
Chambered kilns stepped up the hillside; the slope and the number of chambers decide how the ware comes out.
YamaguchiMuseumsSuō-Ōshima
Suo Oshima and Tsuneichi Miyamoto
Home of the folklorist who walked all Japan; his hundred thousand photographs record a way of life now gone.
YamaguchiArt & CraftsYamaguchi
Ouchi Dolls
A married pair in Ouchi lacquer, their faces barely drawn - the form and the vermilion do the work.
YamaguchiContemporary ArtIwakuni
White Snakes of Iwakuni
A population of white rat snakes bred here; the animal itself is both a natural monument and an object of worship.
YamaguchiArchitectureHofu
Mori Family Garden
A Taisho garden for a former daimyo house, its stones and water placed for the view from the reception rooms.
YamaguchiArchitectureShimonoseki
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.
YamaguchiArt & CraftsHagi
The Seven Changes of Hagi
Tea seeps into the crazing and the colour keeps changing - the maker does not decide when the bowl is finished.
YamaguchiContemporary ArtHagi
Citrus and Earthen Walls of Hagi
Citrus planted to give jobless samurai a livelihood now defines how the whole town looks.
YamaguchiArchitectureUbe
Coal Industry of Ube
An undersea coalfield that became a chemical industry; its plant structures now line the inland sea.
Hikari
Suo Monkey Theatre
A performing tradition that died out entirely and was reconstructed in the 1970s, costumes and all.
YamaguchiContemporary ArtNagato
Omijima Coast
Basalt cut by wind and wave into arches and stacks, most of it visible only from a boat.
YamaguchiArt & CraftsHagi
Korean Potters of Hagi
The families of the abducted Korean potters still run kilns here - a transfer of technique preserved as lineage.
YamaguchiArchitectureShimonoseki
Kanmon Strait Crossings
One strait crossed four ways - bridge, rail, road and a pedestrian tunnel walked beneath the seabed.
Hagi
Townhouse Reuse in Hagi
Empty townhouses turned into inns and studios - an ongoing test of how to preserve by using.
Hofu
Medieval Sculpture of Suo
Ouchi patronage left many medieval images here, showing how the capital's style shifted in provincial hands.
TokushimaArt & CraftsTokushima
The Tokushima Modern Art Museum
Collecting on three axes - the human figure, this province, and the present - centred on how the body was depicted in the 20th century.
Tokushima
Awa Indigo
Indigo leaves composted into sukumo; only a handful of makers remain, and most Japanese indigo dyeing still depends on them.
TokushimaMuseumsAizumi
Ai no Yakata Indigo Museum
In an indigo merchant's mansion, with the fermenting beds and the whole composting process shown at full size.
Tokushima
Awa Shijira Cloth
Woven at uneven tension and then shrunk, so the surface puckers and touches the skin less - a cloth for heat.
TokushimaMuseumsTokushima
Awa Odori Kaikan
On a dance four centuries old, where each troupe's matched coats and hats work as its emblem.
TokushimaMuseumsTokushima
Tokushima Castle Museum
A Momoyama garden built from the province's blue-green schist, composed from the colour and shape of the stone alone.
TokushimaArt & CraftsTokushima
Awa Puppet Theatre
Indigo wealth planted puppet theatre in the villages; dozens of their open-air stages still survive and still perform.