Sea Spots in Yamaguchi Area

  • Kanmon Straits
    Travel / Tourism
    Shimonoseki City Yamaguchi
    "The straits separating Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture from Kitakyushu City in Fukuoka Prefecture. Kanmon gets its name from the ""seki"" (also read as ""kan"") in Shimonoseki and the ""mon"" in Monji in Kitakyushu City. Kanmon tunnel passes under the sea, while there is also Kanmon Bridge over an express highway. It is also known for a battle on Ganryujima Island between Musashi MIYAMOTO and Kojiro SASAKI in 1612."
  • Kaminoseki Strait
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi Kumage-gun Kaminosekicho
  • HibikiNada
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi
  • SuoNada
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi
  • IyoNada
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi
  • SuoNada
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi
  • SuoNada
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi
  • SuoNada
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi
  • Tokuyama Bay
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi
  • Murozumi Bay
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi
  • IyoNada
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi
  • IyoNada
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi
  • IyoNada
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi
  • Agenosho Bay
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi
  • AkiNada
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi
  • AkiNada
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi
  • HibikiNada
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi
  • HibikiNada
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi
  • Yuya Bay
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi
  • Omi Bay
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi Areas

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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.

Yamaguchi Photo Album

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