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Taichoro
福山市 備後
The view a Korean envoy praised as the finest scenery east of Japan.
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Peace Memorial Museum
広島市 安芸
Designed by Tange Kenzo. It receives 1.7 million visitors a year.
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Miyajima
廿日市市 安芸
One of the three great views of Japan. The island itself is the deity, so the halls were built without cutting into the ground.
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Onomichi
尾道市 備後
Twenty-five temples and narrow slopes. The setting of Ozu Yasujiro's Tokyo Story.
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Shimanami Kaido
尾道市ほか 備後
Six islands joined by nine bridges. You can cross it by bicycle.
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Tomonoura
福山市 備後
A port where ships waited for the tide. The stone lantern and the stepped quay survive as they were in the Edo period.
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Sandankyo
安芸太田町 安芸
Sixteen kilometres of gorge. You cross the Kurobuchi pool by ferry.
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Taishakukyo
庄原市ほか 備北
The limestone natural bridge Onbashi is one of the three great natural bridges of Japan.
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Mazda Museum
広島市 安芸
You can watch the assembly line, and see a real rotary engine.
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Takehara
竹原市 備後
It grew rich on salt and sake. The little Kyoto of Aki.
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Yamato Museum
呉市 安芸
A tenth-scale battleship Yamato. This was once the greatest naval port in Japan.
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Akiyoshidai
美祢市 中部
The largest karst plateau in Japan. Limestone outcrops stand about like a flock of sheep.
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Akiyoshido
美祢市 中部
One of the largest limestone caves in Japan. The Golden Pillar rises deep inside.
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Hagi Jokamachi
萩市 北浦（萩）
The layout of the samurai quarter survives exactly as it was in the Edo period.
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Goshinkosai
防府市 中部
Also called the naked men's festival. Thousands carry the portable shrine.
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Kintaikyo
岩国市 東部
A wooden bridge of five arches, put together with almost no nails.
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Dannoura
下関市 西部
The site of the last battle between the Minamoto and the Taira. The currents of the Kanmon Strait decided it.
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Tsunoshima
下関市 西部
A bridge across an emerald sea. An island of lighthouses and fishing.
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Akiyoshido
美祢市 中部
One of the largest limestone caves in Japan, and the largest karst plateau.
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Tsunoshima Bridge
下関市 西部
One thousand seven hundred and eighty metres across an emerald sea. Made famous by television advertisements.
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Hagi
萩市 北浦（萩）
The layout of the samurai quarter survives as it was in the Edo period. It produced the men of the Restoration.
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Motonosumi
長門市 西部
One hundred and twenty-three torii run from the cliff down to the sea.
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Karato Market
下関市 西部
It handles more pufferfish than anywhere in Japan. At weekends sushi stalls line the hall.
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Yuda Onsen
山口市 中部
Said to have been found by a white fox. The birthplace of Nakahara Chuya.
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