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山口県 · Regional selections

Ryufukuji Temple

山口県山口・防府

A temple in Yamaguchi City, where in autumn the maples on both sides of the approach turn it into a crimson tunnel.

山口県 · Regional selections

Kintaikyo Bridge Guided Tour with a Bridge Keeper

山口県岩国・柳井・周南

Walk the Kintaikyo bridge with the craftsmen who maintain it — five wooden arches rebuilt again and again for over 350 years.

山口県 · Regional selections

Ovision Kaikyo Yume Tower

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

A 153-metre tower in Shimonoseki, its observation room at 143 metres glazed all round.

山口県 · Regional selections

Unrinji Temple (Neko-dera)

山口県萩・長門

A temple in Hagi, known for its thousand Jizo figures and called the cat temple for the many cat carvings in its grounds.

山口県 · Regional selections

Tonomachi-dori and Honmachi-dori

山口県山口・防府

Streets that keep the feel of the Edo period. They lie in Tsuwano, Shimane, though listed under Yamaguchi in the source.

山口県 · Regional selections

San-in Line Sightseeing Train Marumaru-no-Hanashi

山口県

A sightseeing train linking Hagi, Nagato and Shimonoseki, running along the Sea of Japan coast.

山口県 · Regional selections

Otsushima

山口県岩国・柳井・周南

An island off Shunan, partly within Setonaikai National Park, where a training base for manned torpedoes stood late in the war.

山口県 · Regional selections

Fugu Capsule Toys and Vending Machines

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

A vending machine for pufferfish set up in Shimonoseki, selling processed goods on the spot.

山口県 · Regional selections

Nagato Province Ichinomiya Sumiyoshi Shrine

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

The first shrine of Nagato province, counted with the Sumiyoshi shrines of Osaka and Hakata among Japan's three great Sumiyoshi.

山口県 · Regional selections

Ojo Onsen Shiosai-no-Yu

山口県岩国・柳井・周南

A hot spring on Kasadoshima in Kudamatsu, with Kasado Bay from the indoor and open-air baths.

山口県 · Regional selections

Tsunoshima Ohama Campground

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

A campsite at Tsunoshima Ohama beach, with bungalows and tent pitches.

山口県 · Regional selections

Yuno Onsen

山口県岩国・柳井・周南

A hot-spring district on the upper Yoichi River in Shunan, where fireflies can be seen along the path in early June.

山口県 · Regional selections

Sugane Fruit Land

山口県岩国・柳井・周南

A visitor farm in Shunan where 14 growers together offer grape and pear picking.

山口県 · Regional selections

Sogogawa Bridge (Sogo Railway Bridge)

山口県萩・長門

A railway bridge on the San'in main line, completed in 1932, 189 metres long, crossing along the shore.

山口県 · Regional selections

Resonac Eigensan Park (Eigensan Park)

山口県岩国・柳井・周南

A park in Shunan with fountains and a waterfall, and a Dutch windmill at its summit.

山口県 · Regional selections

Hagi Castle Ruins Shizuki Park

山口県萩・長門

The site of Hagi Castle, built in 1604 by Terumoto Mori — a full castle enclosed by stone walls and earthen ramparts.

山口県 · Regional selections

Secret Museum Yanai Yamaguchi

山口県岩国・柳井・周南

A scheme treating the whole white-walled townscape of Yanai as a museum, placing works in empty shops.

山口県 · Regional selections

山口県立美術館

山口県山口・防府

The prefectural art museum in Yamaguchi City, holding the work of artists connected with the prefecture.

山口県 · Regional selections

Tamanooya Shrine

山口県山口・防府

A shrine in Hofu, recorded in the Nihon Shoki as a place where Emperor Keiko prayed; its founding date is unknown.

山口県 · Regional selections

Hagi Meirin Gakusha

山口県萩・長門

A wooden schoolhouse on the site of the Hagi domain school Meirinkan, among the largest in Japan and a registered cultural property.

山口県 · Regional selections

Motoyama Misaki Park

山口県下関・秋吉台・宇部

A park at the southern tip of Sanyo-Onoda, where strata some 40 million years old are exposed by sea erosion.

福岡県 · Regional selections

Hoshino-mura Gyokuro Tea House

八女市

Tea country on the upper Hoshino River. Yame's traditional gyokuro is still shaded for over 20 days with rice straw rather than synthetic cloth.

福岡県 · Regional selections

Handmade Washi Workshop, Yame-Fukushima White-Wall Street

八女市

A back lane in the preservation district of white-walled storehouses in Yame-Fukushima. Local paper mulberry is boiled in wood ash and each sheet made…

福岡県 · Regional selections

Kurume Kasuri Indigo-Weaving Studio, Chikugo-Yoshii

うきは市

Kurume kasuri was devised about 1800 by Den Inoue, then twelve. Thread is bound and dipped dozens of times in indigo vats, then woven so the patterns …