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Ganryujima
An island 1.6 kilometres around in the Kanmon Strait, where Musashi Miyamoto fought Kojiro Sasaki. Its formal name is Funashima.
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Hinoyama Park
A hill above the Kanmon Strait, with a viewing deck and a campsite; the pulse gondola is under maintenance.
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Dan-no-Ura Kosenjo-ato (Mimosusogawa Park)
The site of the 1185 battle of Dannoura, at Hayatomo-no-Seto, the narrowest and fiercest part of the Kanmon Strait.
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Pear Picking in Toyota-cho
A pear orchard at Toyota in Shimonoseki, with picking from late August to late September.
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Mikawa Mu Valley Underground Kingdom
An adventure park in a former mine, its old tunnels made into a caving route, with gold panning too.
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Oshima Island
The signature scenic site of Kita-Nagato Kaigan Quasi-National Park, a run of strange rocks and sea arches called the Alps of the sea.
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Special Viewing of Rurikoji Temple Five-Story Pagoda
The national-treasure pagoda raised in 1442 in memory of Yoshihiro Ouchi. Only during the special viewing may you stand on its veranda.
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Susa Hornfels
A shore in Kita-Nagato Kaigan Quasi-National Park. About 15 million years ago magma entered sand and mud strata, and its heat made the banded rock.
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Akiyoshido Mikokai Area Cave-in
A caving trip into the closed sections of Akiyoshido, going by hand-held light where there is neither lighting nor footing.
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Kanmon Bridge
A 1,068-metre suspension bridge joining Honshu with Kyushu. When it opened in 1973 it was the longest in the East.
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Shuho Pear Farm Shop
A shop for the pears grown at the foot of Akiyoshidai, selling only fruit that meets the sugar standard.
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Ryugu-no-Shiobuki
A shore at Yuya in Nagato. Waves enter a hole below the cliff and the compressed seawater blows high into the air.
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Kiwa La Beach
A swimming beach at Higashikiwa in Ube, shallow and open through the summer.
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Jokamachi Chofu
The castle town at Chofu in Shimonoseki, with Furue-Shoji lane running between Edo-period earthen walls and stone.
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Akiyoshidai Safari Land
The only safari park in the Chugoku and Shikoku regions, driven through in your own car.
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SL Yamaguchi-go
A steam train between Shin-Yamaguchi and Tsuwano, running on dates set each year.
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Iwakuni Castle
A keep pulled down under the one-castle-per-province law and later rebuilt, looking down from the summit on the Kintaikyo bridge and the town.
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Shimonoseki Open-Top Bus: Tsunoshima and Kanmon Straits Routes
An open-top double-decker bus around Shimonoseki, on a route to Tsunoshima and one around the Kanmon Strait.
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Kaijo Yuhodo (Promenade)
A walkway laid along the shore south of Hanaguri beach on Kasado Island, Kudamatsu.
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Iwakuni Shirohebi Shrine
A shrine to the white snake that lives only in part of Iwakuni, a national natural monument.
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Fukutoku Inari Shrine
A shrine at Toyoura in Shimonoseki, old enough to appear in classical verse, with torii in a line toward the sea.
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Yanai White-Wall Townscape
A townscape in Yanai, Edo merchant houses along 200 metres of stone paving, with goldfish lanterns swaying at the eaves.
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Mori-shi Teien / Mori Museum
A garden and museum in Hofu, a national scenic site laid out with an artificial island and bridges.