Yamaguchi Hidden Gems
혼슈 최서단, 복어 요리의 성지이며, 긴타이교는 일본 교량 공예의 대표작이다. 모토노스미 이나리 신사의 123개 주홍빛 도리이가 해안 절벽을 따라 늘어서 있고, 아키요시도는 일본 최대 규모의 종유동굴이다. 하기시는 에도 시대 사무라이 마을을 온전히 보존하고 있어 메이지 유신 지사들의 요람으로 불린다.
20 spots
Karato Fish Market — Fugu Pufferfish Capital
Shimonoseki is Japan's undisputed fugu (pufferfish) capital, handling 80% of the nation's catch and hosting the only ded…
Kintaikyo Bridge — Five-Arch Wooden Engineering Marvel
Kintaikyo Bridge (錦帯橋) is a 193-meter wooden arch bridge spanning the Nishiki River with five graceful wooden spans supp…
Hagi Castle Town — Samurai District UNESCO Site
Hagi is one of Japan's most intact Edo-period castle towns, where samurai estates, white-walled warehouses, and earthen…
Motonosumi Inari Shrine — 123 Red Torii Gates on Seaside Cliff
Motonosumi Inari Shrine (元乃隅神社) features 123 bright vermillion torii gates cascading down a coastal clifftop toward the…
Tsunoshima Bridge — 1.7km Over Emerald Sea
Tsunoshima Bridge (角島大橋) is a 1,780-meter toll-free bridge connecting Honshu to tiny Tsunoshima Island, arcing over wate…
Akiyoshido Cave — Japan's Largest Limestone Cavern
Akiyoshido Cave (秋芳洞) is Japan's most extensive limestone cave system, with 10.7km of surveyed passages of which 1km is…
Rurikoji Temple — Five-Story Pagoda National Treasure
Rurikoji Temple (瑠璃光寺) is home to one of Japan's three most beautiful five-story pagodas — a National Treasure built in…
Akama Shrine — Heike Tragedy and Underwater Torii
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…
Hagi Yaki Pottery — Tea Bowl Artisan Tradition
Hagi-yaki (萩焼) is one of Japan's Seven Ancient Kilns, producing pottery prized in tea ceremony for over 400 years. The s…
Omijima Island — Untouched Coastal Wilderness
Omijima Island (青海島) is a rugged, uninhabited coastal wilderness where volcanic rock formations, sea caves, and towering…
Hinoyama Park — Panoramic Kanmon Strait View
Hinoyama Park (火の山公園) crowns a 268-meter hilltop overlooking the Kanmon Strait, providing 360-degree panoramas where you…
Iwakuni Castle — Hilltop Fortress Over the Valley
Iwakuni Castle (岩国城) perches atop Mt. Yokoyama (200m elevation) overlooking Kintaikyo Bridge and the Nishiki River valle…
Sesshu Garden — Zen Master's 15th-Century Landscape
Sesshu Garden (雪舟庭) is a karesansui (dry landscape) garden designed by Sesshu Toyo (1420–1506), Japan's most revered ink…
Akiyoshidai Plateau — Karst Limestone Wilderness
Akiyoshidai Plateau (秋吉台) is Japan's largest karst landscape — a 130-square-kilometer elevated plateau where thousands o…
Shokasonjuku Academy — Birthplace of Modern Japan
Shoka Sonjuku (松下村塾) is a tiny one-room wooden schoolhouse where Yoshida Shoin taught radical Western studies and anti-s…
Tawarayama Onsen — Hidden Mountain Hot Spring Village
Tawarayama Onsen (俵山温泉) is a historic hot spring village tucked into the mountains of northern Yamaguchi, where narrow l…
Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel — Walk Between Two Islands
The Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel (関門トンネル人道) is a 780-meter underwater walkway connecting Honshu (Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi) and…
Yuda Onsen — Alkaline Hot Spring Town
Yuda Onsen (湯田温泉) is Yamaguchi City's hot spring district, where 2,000 tons of alkaline thermal water (pH 9.1, 72°C at s…
Kikko Park — Samurai Gardens and White Snakes
Kikko Park (吉香公園) occupies the former grounds of Iwakuni Castle's outer fortifications, where samurai residences and adm…
Hagi Castle Ruins — Seaside Fortress Foundations
Hagi Castle (萩城跡, Shizuki Castle ruins) occupies a promontory where the Hashimoto River meets the Sea of Japan, built in…