Yamaguchi Hidden Gems
L'extrémité occidentale de Honshu, terre du fugu (poisson-globe) et berceau des révolutionnaires Meiji. Le pont Kintaikyo est un chef-d'œuvre d'ingénierie en bois, les 123 torii rouges du sanctuaire Motonosumi descendent le long d'une falaise maritime, et la grotte d'Akiyoshido est la plus grande du Japon.
20 spots
La pointe occidentale de Honshu : un pont de bois à cinq arches, un plateau calcaire et le port qui a fait du fugu un mets de choix.
Climat et meilleure saison
Tempéré et maritime, avec des étés chauds ; la neige est rare sur la côte. La saison du fugu va d'octobre à mars.
Spécialités culinaires
- Fugu (poisson-globe)
- Kawara soba
- Oursin
- Agrumes natsumikan
Lieux emblématiques
- Pont Kintaikyo
- Torii à flanc de falaise du sanctuaire Motonosumi
- Plateau et grotte d'Akiyoshidai
- Cité fortifiée de Hagi
Hagi Castle Town
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Shokasonjuku Academy
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Karato Fish Market
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Tsunoshima Bridge
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Hinoyama Park
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Tawarayama Onsen
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Yuda Onsen
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Iwakuni Castle
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Kikko Park
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Hagi Castle Ruins
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Omijima Island
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Motonosumi Inari Shrine
Motonosumi Inari Shrine (元乃隅神社) features 123 bright vermillion torii gates cascading down a coastal clifftop toward the…
Akama Shrine
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Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel
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Rurikoji Temple
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Sesshu Garden
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Kintaikyo Bridge
Kintaikyo Bridge (錦帯橋) is a 193-meter wooden arch bridge spanning the Nishiki River with five graceful wooden spans supp…
Akiyoshido Cave
Akiyoshido Cave (秋芳洞) is Japan's most extensive limestone cave system, with 10.7km of surveyed passages of which 1km is…
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…
Akiyoshidai Plateau
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