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山口県 · Regional selections

Ichinomata Sakura Park

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

A pond deep in the hills at Toyota in Shimonoseki, where drowned trees rise from the water and are mirrored in it.

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Yuda Onsen Konkon Park

山口県山口・防府

A centre at Yuda Onsen, built around hot springs, health and nature.

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Suo-Oshima (Yashirojima)

山口県岩国・柳井・周南

The third-largest island in the Inland Sea. Many went from here to Hawaii under the emigration agreement from 1885, and the tie remains.

山口県 · Regional selections

功山寺

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

A Soto Zen temple founded in 1327. Its Chinese-style Buddha hall is a national treasure.

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Tokotoko Train

山口県岩国・柳井・周南

A small sightseeing train at Nishikicho in Iwakuni, running along the Usa River from Nishikicho Station to Souzukyo Onsen Station.

山口県 · Regional selections

Kasadojima

山口県岩国・柳井・周南

An island about 30 kilometres around off Kudamatsu, with strange rocks along an indented shore.

山口県 · Regional selections

Shunan Factory Night View

山口県岩国・柳井・周南

The night view of the Shunan industrial belt, countless lights across vast works along the Inland Sea.

山口県 · Regional selections

Oshima Kanko Kisen (Oshima Yuransen)

山口県萩・長門

A sightseeing boat around Omijima, seeing its strange rocks, arches and cliffs from the sea.

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Pear Picking in Chomonkyo

山口県山口・防府

A pear orchard at Ato in Yamaguchi City, with picking from late August to early September and a farm stand open until November.

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Hai! Karatto Yokocho

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

An amusement area at Arukapoto in Shimonoseki, with a large Ferris wheel over the strait.

山口県 · Regional selections

Kintaikyo Light-up

山口県岩国・柳井・周南

The Kintaikyo bridge lit for limited seasons, the colours changing with the season and the day.

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Afternoon Tea at the Former Mori Residence

山口県山口・防府

Tea and sweets served in the former Mori residence, completed in 1916, with the Inland Sea and the town from the upper floor.

山口県 · Regional selections

Senzaki Kitchen Roadside Station

山口県萩・長門

A roadside station at Senzaki in Nagato, dealing in Sea of Japan seafood and local ingredients.

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Mamiyajima (Angel Road)

山口県岩国・柳井・周南

An island off Suo-Oshima. For three hours either side of low tide a path of sand appears and you can walk across.

山口県 · Regional selections

Kawatana Onsen

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

A hot spring in Shimonoseki, said to have been found by a monk through the power of Yakushi Nyorai, with a legend of a blue dragon.

山口県 · Regional selections

Katazoegahama Seaside Park

山口県岩国・柳井・周南

A seaside park on Suo-Oshima, with a drive-in campsite beside a beach among Japan's hundred finest.

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Myojin-ike

山口県萩・長門

A saltwater pond in Hagi. Seawater enters and leaves through cracks in the rock with the tide, and sea fish live in it.

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Bishanohana

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

The westernmost cape on Honshu, in Shimonoseki, with the Sea of Japan unobstructed from the viewing ground.

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Kamom Wharf

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

A shopping complex on the Shimonoseki waterfront, with restaurants serving Kanmon seafood and a view over the strait.

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Kitaura Kaido Hohoku Roadside Station

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

A roadside station at Hohoku in Shimonoseki, looking down on Waku fishing port with the Tsunoshima bridge on the horizon.

山口県 · Regional selections

Shimonoseki Accommodation Campaign

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

A lodging discount scheme run by the city of Shimonoseki. It is a limited-period campaign, not a place.

山口県 · Regional selections

Iwakuni Castle Ropeway

山口県岩国・柳井・周南

A ropeway up to Iwakuni Castle, with recorded commentary on the way from the base station to the summit.

山口県 · Regional selections

Hana-no-Umi

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

A large horticultural farm in Sanyo-Onoda, among the biggest in western Japan: strawberries in spring, sunflowers in summer, cosmos in autumn.

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Apple Picking in Ato

山口県山口・防府

Apple orchards at Ato in Yamaguchi City, among the largest such districts in western Japan, with varieties changing from August to December.