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  • Kaminoseki Guardhouse
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    Yamaguchi Kumage-gun Kaminosekicho
    Guardhouses were lookouts established by the Hagi Domain at strategic points along the border and other points on the coast and inland during the Edo period. The onigawara roof ornamentation has the Hagi Mori family crest. The facility was used to monitor passers-by and ships and collect shipping taxes. Built by the fourth lord of the Nagashima clan in 1632, it was relocated to Kaminoseki in 1711 as a port of call for Korean envoys and a matter of convenience. The valuable building is the only guardhouse left in the prefecture. It was relocated in 1996 and restored to its original form.
    Kaminoseki Guardhouse image
  • Main Gate of Former Yamaguchi-Han Office
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    Yamaguchi Yamaguchi-shi Takimachi 1-1
    This is the main gate of the Yamaguchi administration building, which was built when the clan office was moved from Hagi to Yamaguchi in 1864. A yakuimon (gate with gable roof constructed with two square or rectangular main posts and two square or circular secondary posts), about 6.8 meters high and 10 meters wide, stands in a part of the site of the present Yamaguchi Prefectural Office. It is surrounded by what were the latest Western-style castles from the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the moat that made up part of it still exists. Normally the side gate is open, but when the main gate is opened for historical events, it is possible to see the majestic figure of Mt. Konomine in front of the gate. In 1912, the new prefectural government building was completed and the main gate was built to the east, but it still serves as an entrance from the west.
    Main Gate of Former Yamaguchi-Han Office image
  • Old Yukawa Family Manor
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    Yamaguchi Hagi-shi Kawashima 67
    This old samurai residence is found upstream along the Aiba Waterway (Aibagawa). The main hall, found across the bridge, stands out particular for the design around its tearoom. The house uses water diverted from the river which, after passing through the water garden with a pond in the center, is drawn into the kitchen for domestic use, after which it is drained back into the river, in a construction system known as hatoba. An old map from the Edo period records this as Toiban (flood gate keeper), so historians believe this residence was home to the water manager for the Aiba Waterway.
    Old Yukawa Family Manor image
  • Old Katsura Taro Residence
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    Yamaguchi Hagi-shi Kawashima 73-2
    This is the former residence of Katsura Taro, who served as Japan's prime minister three times after the Meiji Restoration, and founded Takushoku University. Born the eldest son of Hagi domain samurai Katsura Yoichi-uemon in the Hiyako area of the castle town, he moved here when he was three years old. The current residence was built new in 1909, the restrained main house is a tasteful building suitable for quiet enjoyment of the Aiba Waterway. The flowing-style water garden uses water diverted from the river, and holds a bronze statue of Prime Minister Taro, which you can inspect while you enjoy the sounds of the courtyard open corridor's suikinkutsu, a special water feature that makes sound in a buried earthen jar.
    Old Katsura Taro Residence image
  • Old Yoshida Shoin Residence & Confinement
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    Yamaguchi Hagi-shi Chinto 1537 Shoin-jinja
    This is the house where Yoshida Shoin was confined after being released from prison for his failed attempt to stowaway on an American naval ship in 1854. He was confined to a three-and-a-half- tatami mat room on the east side. He spent his time here reading and writing, then began offering lectures on Mencius and Bukyozensho (military science), and soon he had many young students. These private lessons evolved into the Shokason-juku Academy, and produced many students who would set up the stage for the Meiji Restoration. This place, along with the Shokason-juku Academy, was named a World Heritage Site in 2015.
    Old Yoshida Shoin Residence & Confinement image
  • Old Tamaki Bunnoshin Residence
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    Yamaguchi Hagi-shi Chinto 1584-1
    "This is the former residence of Tamaki Bunnoshin, the founder of Shokason-juku Academy, and also known as the uncle of Yoshida Shoin. This is often called the birthplace of the Shokason-juku Academy. The wooden single story building with thatched roof has an eight-tatami mat room, a smaller four-tatami mat room, and a three-and-a-half mat entrance, with a four-and-a-half mat wooden floor room and a dirt floor kitchen. Tamaki taught many students at Shokason-juku Academy, and he was a guardian of Yoshida Shoin when he became an assistant professor at the Domain school of Meirinkan at the age of 10. Tamaki, a man of strict, upright character, taught with such harsh discipline that Shoin's mother went so far as to say ""It might be easier for the boy to die."""
    Old Tamaki Bunnoshin Residence image
  • Old Aoki Shusuke Residence
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    Yamaguchi Hagi-shi Minamifuruhagimachi 3
    This is the former residence of Aoki Shusuke, one of the leading scholars of European medicine in early-modern Japan. This stately house stands much as it has since its building in 1859, with barely any renovation. Shusuke was a powerful influence on the development of local medicine, and was the appointed doctor to the 13th lord of the local domain, Mori Takachika. There is an episode that Takasugi Shinsaku, who had smallpox in his childhood, received his treatment and survived. His work in establishing the Koseido, the domain's medical academy, helped greatly in the development of medicine in the region, and his knowledge of the west as passed on to Murata Seifu was influential in political reforms during the late Edo period.
    Old Aoki Shusuke Residence image
  • Old Tanaka Giichi Bettei
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    Yamaguchi Hagi-shi Hiyakomachi 164-3
    This second home was owned by Tanaka Giichi, the 26th prime minister of Japan. The building features hip-and-gable roof construction, with 22 rooms, making it a truly massive residence. The main building has been dated to the late Edo period, while the warehouse and front gate were built in the early Meiji period, and all of them are designated Historic Buildings within the Important Preservation District for Groups of Historic Buildings. The grounds host displays of materials related to Tanaka Giichi, such as portraits and his general's dress uniform, allowing a better understanding of his achievements and history. Kankitsu Park, planted with summer oranges and other citrus trees, is next door.
    Old Tanaka Giichi Bettei image
  • Former Masuda Family Guard House
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    Yamaguchi Hagi-shi Horiuchi
    This guard house was built in the feudal period to keep watch over the Kita-Somon (north main gate) leading from the castle town into the Horiuichi district. The stone embankment stands 180 centimeters high, and atop it there is a sturdy single-story wooden structure. It was built to allow secret observation of those coming and going through the gate, and was part of the Mori vassal Masuda's residence. After the loss at Sekigahara, the Masuda clan was pushed by Ieyasu to become Tokugawa vassals, but the 20th lord Masuda Motonaga refused. Legend says that Mori Terumoto, having heard this, felt deeply moved by the story and thus valued the Masuda as permanent chief retainers ever after.
    Former Masuda Family Guard House image
  • Kuchiba Family Residence
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    Yamaguchi Hagi-shi Horiuchi 146-1
    The Kuchiba clan was a samurai family of the Yorigumi rank, which was just below the Eidai-garo rank in the Hagi domain. This house is one of the oldest among the remaining castle town manors of upper-rank samurai, and as it represents a relatively rare example of samurai house nationwide, it is a nationally designated Important Cultural Property. The front gate is one of the largest scale Nagaya-mon gates remaining in Hagi, and is said to have been dismantled and relocated to Hagi from the domain's Edo residence as a gift. It offers a valuable glimpse of the times, with various feudal era traces like the Mori family crest and hidden rooms for retainers to use for security.
    Kuchiba Family Residence image
  • Old Suu Family Residence Gatehouse
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    Yamaguchi Hagi-shi Horiuchi 394-1
    This samurai manor row house gate was on the Kita no Somon Suji street out of the old San-no-maru, outermost region of the castle. The outstanding design elements of this single-story building, like its tile roof, metal fittings of thick-barred latticed bay windows, and stonework are all very well preserved. It offers a revealing look at the archetypal construction of samurai manor row houses in the mid-Edo period. The Suu family held lands worth 1,530 koku (a measure of samurai's stipend equal to a traditional measure of rice) and led the senior vassals of Hagi Domain stationed in Suu village in Shimane prefecture as the Local Administrator for the Suu district of Iwami province.
    Old Suu Family Residence Gatehouse image
  • Jonenji Temple Front Gate
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    Yamaguchi Hagi-shi Shimogokenmachi 17

    市内中心部に立つ浄土宗寺院で、1550年建立の表門が重要文化財に指定されていました。重要文化財だけあってか、その表門は閉じられており周囲に柵が立っていましたが境内への出入には問題ありませんでした。周囲を塀で囲まれた境内はやや窮屈感がありましたが、整備された境内には直線だけで無く曲線も用いられた本堂が立っていました。

  • Heian Bridge
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    Yamaguchi Hagi-shi Hiyakomachi

    萩城城下町の新堀川に架かる日本百名橋のひとつ。 萩城三の丸に入るために設けられた大手三つの門のひとつ平安古の総門の外堀かけられた石の橋ですが、想像よりかなり小さいと思いました。 周囲は普通の住宅地ですが橋から見える外堀はとてもキレイでどこか心落ち着く景色で私はここが好きです。 日本百名橋に選ばれるほどの橋かは疑問ですが、見る人が見れば歴史的な価値などあるんですかね。

  • Masakikanfuzokuyaoyobimon
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Iwakunishi Yokoyama 2-7-3

    吉川史料館の正門で、200年以上前に建築された歴史的建造物です。正門は通りからもよく見えますが、資料館は有料施設です。

  • Yamaguchi Kenkyu Prefectural Office Shaoyobikenkaigijido
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Yamaguchishi Takimachi 1-1
  • Ochiai no Ishibashi
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    Yamaguchi Hagi-shi Sasanami Ochiai
  • Onoda cement Yamatekurabu
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    Yamaguchi Prefecture Sanyo Onoda Higashi Sumiyoshi
  • Kasezuidou
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Hagishi Tsubaki Son months slope - Akiragi son month slope
  • Yoshikaori Shrine Honden Haiden Nusadono Godo Tori
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    Yamaguchi Pref. Iwakunishi Yokoyama 2
  • Former Tonoi Post Office Sha
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    Yamaguchi Shimonoseki-shi Toyotacho Tonoi 1111-2
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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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