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Yamaguchi travel guide

The 123 torii of Motonosumi Jinja, and Hofu Tenmangu. Pufferfish and natsumikan, Hagi ware, Akiyoshido, and Kintaikyo. Yamaguchi, set out category by category.

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    Sightseeing spots

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    Akiyoshidai

    The largest karst plateau in Japan. Limestone outcrops stand about like a flock of sheep.

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    Akiyoshido

    One of the largest limestone caves in Japan. The Golden Pillar rises deep inside.

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    Hagi Jokamachi

    The layout of the samurai quarter survives exactly as it was in the Edo period.

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    Shrines & temples

    Learn the history and culture, and prepare for your visit.

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    Motonosumi Jinja

    One hundred and twenty-three torii run about 100 metres out towards the sea. A comparatively new shrine, built after a white fox appeared in the dream of a local fisherman. The torii went on being dedicated over more than a decade. The same structure as the thousand torii at Fushimi Inari or the lanterns at Kasuga Taisha, still working in postwar Japan.

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    Hofu Tenmangu

    Held to be the earliest founded of the Tenmangu shrines to Sugawara no Michizane, and counted with Kitano and Dazaifu among the three great Tenjin shrines of Japan.

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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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    Specialties & souvenirs

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    Crafts & industry

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    Hagi Ware Museum

    The Hagi Ware Museum. It exhibits the history and tools of the production area.

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    Art & culture

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    Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art

    In the province where Sesshu spent his last years, and also built around Kazuki Yasuo's Siberian internment paintings.

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    Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media

    Keeps its own R&D team and commissions works from scratch - a venue that develops art rather than only showing it.

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    Xavier Memorial Church

    Where Francis Xavier was first given leave to preach in Japan, rebuilt by an Italian architect on a triangular plan.

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    100 Regional Revitalization Picks

    100 local highlights chosen by each prefecture. Find candidates in nature, food and experiences.

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    Shimonoseki City Shimonoseki Aquarium "Kaikyokan"

    The aquarium of Shimonoseki, with a display of pufferfish and a great tank recreating the currents of the Kanmon Strait.

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    Tsunoshima

    The island across the Tsunoshima bridge, with fishing, swimming and camping.

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    Ruriko-ji Five-Story Pagoda (Kozan Park)

    A national treasure raised in 1442 in memory of Yoshihiro Ouchi, one of Japan's three finest pagodas. Its cypress-bark roof has just been renewed for the first time in about 70 years.

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