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El extremo occidental de Honshu, tierra del fugu (pez globo) y cuna de los revolucionarios Meiji. El puente Kintaikyo es una obra maestra de ingeniería en madera, los 123 torii rojos del santuario Motonosumi descienden por un acantilado marino, y la cueva de Akiyoshido es la más grande de Japón.

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El extremo occidental de Honshu: un puente de madera de cinco arcos, una meseta calcárea y el puerto que convirtió al pez globo en un manjar.

Clima y mejor temporada

Templado y marítimo, con veranos cálidos; la nieve es rara en la costa. La temporada de fugu va de octubre a marzo.

Gastronomía típica

  • Fugu (pez globo)
  • Kawara soba
  • Erizo de mar
  • Cítricos natsumikan

Lugares emblemáticos

  • Puente Kintaikyo
  • Torii en el acantilado del santuario Motonosumi
  • Meseta y cueva de Akiyoshidai
  • Ciudad castillo de Hagi
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Hagi Castle Town — representative image, not a photograph of this location
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Yamaguchi· Hagi

Hagi Castle Town

Hagi is one of Japan's most intact Edo-period castle towns, where samurai estates, white-walled warehouses, and earthen…

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Updated Aug 2026
Shokasonjuku Academy — representative image, not a photograph of this location
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Yamaguchi· Hagi

Shokasonjuku Academy

Shoka Sonjuku (松下村塾) is a tiny one-room wooden schoolhouse where Yoshida Shoin taught radical Western studies and anti-s…

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Updated Aug 2026
Iwakuni Castle — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Yamaguchi· Iwakuni

Iwakuni Castle

Iwakuni Castle (岩国城) perches atop Mt. Yokoyama (200m elevation) overlooking Kintaikyo Bridge and the Nishiki River valle…

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Updated Aug 2026
Kikko Park — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Yamaguchi· Iwakuni

Kikko Park

Kikko Park (吉香公園) occupies the former grounds of Iwakuni Castle's outer fortifications, where samurai residences and adm…

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Updated Aug 2026
Hagi Castle Ruins — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Yamaguchi· Hagi

Hagi Castle Ruins

Hagi Castle (萩城跡, Shizuki Castle ruins) occupies a promontory where the Hashimoto River meets the Sea of Japan, built in…

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Updated Aug 2026
Akama Shrine — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Yamaguchi· Shimonoseki

Akama Shrine

Akama Shrine (赤間神宮) is a waterfront shrine dedicated to the child Emperor Antoku, who drowned at age 8 in the 1185 Battl…

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Updated Aug 2026
Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Yamaguchi· Shimonoseki

Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel

The Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel (関門トンネル人道) is a 780-meter underwater walkway connecting Honshu (Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi) and…

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Updated Aug 2026
Rurikoji Temple — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Yamaguchi· Yamaguchi City

Rurikoji Temple

Rurikoji Temple (瑠璃光寺) is home to one of Japan's three most beautiful five-story pagodas — a National Treasure built in…

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Updated Aug 2026
Kintaikyo Bridge — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Yamaguchi· Iwakuni

Kintaikyo Bridge

Kintaikyo Bridge (錦帯橋) is a 193-meter wooden arch bridge spanning the Nishiki River with five graceful wooden spans supp…

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Updated Aug 2026
Hagi Yaki Pottery — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Yamaguchi· Hagi

Hagi Yaki Pottery

Hagi-yaki (萩焼) is one of Japan's Seven Ancient Kilns, producing pottery prized in tea ceremony for over 400 years. The s…

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