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  • Shokasonjuku school
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Hagishi Tsubaki East 1537 Shoinjinsha in
    This is a private school which Yoshida Shoin’s uncle, Tamaki Bun’noshin opened in his own home. After which, Shonin’s uncle in law, Kubo Gorozaemon inherited the school and in 1857 Shoin started to preside over the school. The building is small, a single story building made of wood with a tiled roof, and a plaster figure of Shoin, a portrait and his desk sit in the 13.2 meters squared tatami room which was the class room. It is a private school that raised many patriots who became the driving force of the Meiji Restoration such as Takasugi Shinsaku, Ito Hirobumi and Yamagata Aritomo.

    There was the Meiji Restoration now on a day 150 years ago. This is the school which leader Shouin Yoshida (Japanese call him Yoshida Shouin Sensei ) opened. Shouin Yoshida died at the age of 28...

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  • Kintaikyo Bridge
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Iwakunishi Iwakuni
    Kintaikyo Bridge is ranked as one of Japan’s three most famous bridges, and is a wooden construction with five consecutive arched bridge that span the clear streams of the Nishikigawa River in Iwakuni City. It was built in 1673 by the Iwakuni clan’s lord Kikkawa Hiroyoshi. With a total length of 193 meters and a width of five meters, the bridge has been constructed using timberwork technique involving joints and coupling. Although it was swept away by a typhoon in 1950, it was restored in 1953. There are numerous opportunities to appreciate the scenery in all four seasons such as cormorant fishing during the summer and colorful changing leaves in the autumn, yet the blossoming cherry trees in spring are particularly beautiful, and the area has been designated as one of Japan’s top 100 places to see cherry blossoms.
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  • Hagi Meirin Gakusha
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Hagishi Emukai 602
    "This wooden facility in Hagi city, Yamaguchi Prefecture, makes use of the site of the ""Hagi Clan School Meirin-kan"", famous as one of the largest wooden school buildings in Japan. The facility consists of the main building and a second building, and visitors can view exhibitions presented on panels, inspect inside the school and attic. The school is visited by many interested in the end of the Edo period."

    This is a relatively new museum based in the historic old school. Half the museum is free and a small entrance fee for the rest. The most friendly and helpful people to guide and there is a lot of...

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  • Former British Consulate in Shimonoseki
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    Yamaguchi Shimonoseki-shi Karatocho 4-11

    In Shimonoseki, near the fish market and wharf are a few Western-style buildings. The former British Consulate is one of the buildings that still stands today. You can enter the building, free of...

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  • Important Cultural Property - Kikuya Residence
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Hagishi Gofukumachi 1-1
    This is the residence of the Kikuya family who were wealthy merchants of Hagi domain. The Ouchi clan lived in attendance in Yamaguchi but following the downfall of the Ouchi they became merchants. In 1604, accompanying Mori Terumoto’s move to Hagi, the Kikuya family were bestowed land where their residence is now located and set about constructing a home. This residence which has a 400-year history is among the oldest surviving examples in the whole country as an existing merchant. The main house which has a spacious tatami room was constructed in the early Edo period. Five buildings starting with the main house have been designated as Important Cultural Properties of Japan.

    Like all rich merchant families in the old times, this house is full of memorabilia, and all are so special. And it will be incomplete if you do not visit the garden, it was so beautiful, esp, Autumn...

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  • Yamaguchi City Saikotei
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Yamaguchishi Tenge 1-2-7
    "This is an historical building in Yamaguchi City. The building was traditionally known as a famous Japanese restaurant called ""Gion Saikotei"" in the Meiji period (1868–1912) and was frequented by Kaoru Inoue, Hirobumi Ito, Takayoshi Kido and Aritomo Yamagata. The building is now used as a place of culture exchange and to exhibit collections of people who were once connected to the restaurant. Visitors can rent and try on kimonos for a fee, there is a rickshaw service and rental bicycles etc."

    I found Saikotei while exploring nearby temples and first saw the lovely lawn and then the house. I was not sure if this was an attraction open to visitors, but sure enough it is! There is a small...

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  • Togyo-an
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Shimonosekishi Yoshida Town 1184
    "This is a historic building in Shimonoseki City, which was founded in 1844 as a place of worship for Shinsaku Takasugi who played a part in the Meiji Restoration. The ""White-robed Kannon Bodhisattva"" is revered as the main idol of worship and it is a branch temple of Kozanji Temple of the Soto sect of Buddhism. In addition to the honorable monuments and the monument for the poetry of Takasugi, visitors can also enjoy the blossoming sal trees, symbolic of the sacred ground, as well other flowering trees in each season."

    小ぶりな丘に草木が植えられ、ちょっとした散策に向いています。こじんまりした地味な場所なので高杉晋作を顕彰するような場所をイメージしていると少し違うかもしれません。

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  • Chofu Mori Residence
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Shimonosekishi Choufusoushamachi 4-10
    This is a residence built in 1903 by Mori Mototoshi, who was the 14th generation head of the Mori family. Some rooms have been left as they were at that time as a result of also being used as lodgings for Emperor Meiji. You can command a view of three types of garden from the stately main wing of this house which is an example of a samurai residence structure: the three types of garden are the “Chisen Kaiyushiki” (strolling pond) garden, the “Shoin” (lit. drawing room) garden and a traditional Japanese dry landscape garden. This place is also well known as a famous spot for viewing of autumn leaves.

    庭の緑が綺麗です。邸内はいくつも部屋があって、古い鴨居や木の襖など珍しい作りとなってます。お金を払えば抹茶なども頂けます。着物も無料で来て写真撮影も出来ます。この暑い季節に無料のお茶が暑いのは勘弁。

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  • Chofu-han Samurai Yashiki Nagaya
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    Yamaguchi Shimonoseki-shi Chofusamuraimachi 1-1
    A historic building located at 1 Chome, Chofusamurai-machi, Shimonoseki City. The row house was originally attached to the main gate of a residence used by the Chofu clan's Oumamawari officers; it was transferred to its current location and rebuilt. Chugenbeya lattice windows and other features provide the chance to see what high-ranking feudal retainer residences were like in the late Edo period.

    Samurai Yashiki Nagaya is a collective Samurai house which is located on the bank of Dangu River. It is a typical house of low-ranking Samurai. You can understand that not all Samurais were affluent...

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  • The Mud Wall at Toida Masuda Residence
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Hagishi Horiuchi
    "The mud walls of the former residence of Toida Masuda in the former Hagi Castle San-no-Maru in Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture extend for 232 meters. The area where visitors can view many such mud walls has been designated as an ""Important Traditional Architectural Preservation District"". There are also many historical sites such as Hagi Castle Ruins nearby, and many tourists explore the region on foot."
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  • Former Mekata Family Residence
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Iwakunishi Yokoyama
    The Mekata Family Residence is a mid-level samurai residence which was built in the middle of the Edo period. Iwakuni’s samurai residences were usually two-story constructions as a protection against flooding of the Nishikigawa River, and although the Mekata Family Residence is also a two-story construction, it looks as though it is a one-story house since the front has a large main roof without any windows. This style of construction is to have given consideration to avoid looking down upon the clan’s lord when he passed by. It was designated a as National Important Cultural Property in 1974.
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  • Hanano-e Tea House
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Hagishi Horiuchi Hagi Castle Shigetsu in the park
    A tasteful tea room located in Shizuki Park. This building was the 13th feudal lord Mori Takachika’s family villa Hanano-e court’s tea room called “Jizai-an”, which was originally located in Sannomaru but was dismantled and relocated here in approximately 1889. The building has been designated as a Tangible Cultural Property of Hagi City. It is said that Mori Takachika had lively debates and exchanged secret conferences on the pretence of gathering here with the vassals for tea ceremonies.
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  • Hirobumi Ito Former Residence & villa
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Hagishi Tsubaki East 1515
    This is Ito Hirobumi’s villa, who was central to the drafting of the Meiji Constitution and became the first Prime Minister. Ito Hirobumi’s former residence was a small house of about 95.9 meters squared which is a one-story house built with a thatched roof, while the villa was part of a vast villa built in Oimura, Tokyo in 1907; one part of which was dismantled and rebuilt here as it is. Volunteer guides are stationed at the villa, who can help you to learn more about the facilities.
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  • Former Residence of Kido Takayoshi
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Hagishi Gofukumachi 2-37
    The birthplace of Kido Takayoshi, known as one of “the three contributors to the Meiji Restoration along with Saigo Takamori and Okubo Toshimichi, located in Gofuku Town, Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Takayoshi was adopted by the Katsura family at the age of seven, but he grew up at the home of his real father, Wada Masakage, a physician of the Hagi clan. The house is a wooden two-story building with a tiled roof and separate entrances for patients and visitors which would have been typical of an Edo period physician’s house. Writings and photos of Kido Takayoshi’s childhood are displayed in the house. Visitors can also see his study room and the room in which he was born.
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  • Hagi Mansion Nagaya of the Former Asa-Mori Family (Row-house Building)
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Hagishi Horiuchi 85-2
    The Hagi Mansion was the residence of the Asa-Mori family, who were descended from Mori Motoaki, the fifth son of Mori Motonari. Today, all that remains of the original mansion is a Nagaya (row-house building) with a gabled, hipped roof, which was built in 1856; the building has been designated as a National Important Cultural Property. It is the largest surviving samurai residence in Hagi, with dimensions of 5 meters between beams and a ridge length of 51.5 meters. There is plenty for visitors to see, including models of Hagi Castle.
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  • Furue Shoji Alley
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    Yamaguchi Shimonoseki-shi Chofufurueshojicho
    A street in Chofufurueshoji-cho, Shimonoseki City. It retains the vestiges of the time when it flourished as a castle town, with a street design from another era, the earthen walls of samurai residences, etc. The nagaya-mon gate that was part of the residence of the Kanke family-doctors to the Chofu feudal lords-is a Tangible Cultural Property of the city.
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  • Karato Yokan Meguri
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    Yamaguchi Shimonoseki-shi Karatocho
    In Shimonoseki City, many Western-style buildings constructed between the Meiji and Taisho periods have been preserved. The area around the Karato intersection in the Karato district where National Route 9 and Prefectural Route 57 intersect in particular has a high concentration of valuable Western-style architecture; this includes the Former Akita Shokai Building, the Shimonoseki Nabecho Post Office, and the Former Shimonoseki British Consulate, a nationally designated Important Cultural Property.
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  • Shimonoseki Nabecho Post Office
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    Yamaguchi Shimonoseki-shi Nabecho 22-8
    "A historic building on National Route 9 in Nabe-cho, Shimonoseki City. A Western-style building constructed in 1900, it's a registered national Tangible Cultural Property. It's the oldest Western-style building in Shimonoseki and the oldest post office in Japan. The ""Post Gallery Retro"" in the same facility is available as a venue for functions like concerts and weddings. There's also a cafe-restaurant if you want to stop in for a meal."
  • Former Akita Chamber of Commerce Building
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    Yamaguchi Shimonoseki-shi Nabecho 23-11
    A historic building on National Route 9 in Nabe-cho, Shimonoseki City. It was built in 1915 for use by Akita Shokai, a shipping company. While the exterior is Western, the interior is a blend of Japanese and Western styles, employing elements like shoin-zukuri design, a Japanese garden, and a roof-top tearoom. It's open to the public and is lit up at night.
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  • Shikairo
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    Yamaguchi Kumage-gun Kaminosekicho Murotsu 868-1
    A Western-style wooden building completed in 1879 in Murotsu, a port town that prospered as a key hub for marine transport since the days of old. The four-story giyofu-style wooden structure is rare in Japan, and it's one of the oldest Western-style buildings in the prefecture. The Meiji Reformation patriot Ogata Kenkuro used it for hosting guests and as lodging. The exterior and interior are both elaborate, with plaster sculptures of Chinese lions and peonies on the third-floor walls. The ceiling on the fourth floor is decorated with a plaster Chinese phoenix and the windows incorporate French stained glass.
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Heading west along Japan’s largest island, Honshu, the very last prefecture you’ll reach is Yamaguchi, separated from Kyushu by a small strip of water known as the Kanmon Straits, which the far-reaching harbor city Shimonoseki looks over. With water at every turn, the seafood of Yamaguchi is an indisputable highlight, and we’re not talking just the usual fish dishes - the notorious fugu, or puffer fish, is a Japanese delicacy that was discovered in Yamaguchi prefecture, making it the best place to try it out.

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