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- Akiyoshidai Karst Plateau (秋吉台) The limestone was born as a coral atoll 350 million years ago: the plate carried it here.
- Akiyoshidai Natural Science Museum (秋吉台科学博物館) Free entry since about 1960: coral fossils from the Akiyoshidai karst, and permanent exhibitions redone in 2023 on the history of…
- Akiyoshidō Cave (秋芳洞) Until 1926 it was called ‘waterfall cave’: the name came with Hirohito's visit.
- Former residence of Kido Takayoshi (木戸孝允旧宅), Hagi Two separate entrances, for patients and for guests: Kido Takayoshi's father was the clan doctor, and this is the house where Kido was born…
- Hagi Castle ruins and Horiuchi district (萩城跡・堀内地区) The castle lasted 270 years: in 1874 it was dismantled by law, and only the walls and the moat remain.
- Imanomiya-jinja and the Suhō-tei Matsuri (忌宮神社・数方庭祭) For seven nights in August, cloth banners up to 30 metres tall and weighing 100 kilos circle the ‘demon stone’, carried on the shoulders of…
- Iwakuni Castle (岩国城) Built in 1608, razed to the ground after just 7 years by law: one castle per domain.
- Kaikyōkan — Shimonoseki Aquarium (海響館) About 100 species of pufferfish: more than any other aquarium in the world, because of the local fugu.
- Karato Harete Yokochō (唐戸はれて横丁) Same operator as a twin village of food stalls a thousand km away, in Asahikawa, Hokkaido.
- Karato Market (唐戸市場) Wholesale and retail market in one: on Sundays you can buy sushi at the stalls.
- Kintaikyō Bridge (錦帯橋) The toll rose from 310 to 500 yen on 1 September 2026, to restore the bridge.
- Manokura no Ōiwago, the boulder field (万倉の大岩郷) National Natural Monument since 1935: almost 4,000 m² of rounded quartz diorite boulders, some of them 6 metres wide, piled up on a…
- Motonosumi Shrine (元乃隅神社) 123 torii on a cliff: the offertory box sits on top of the tallest gate.
- Rurikō-ji Five-storey Pagoda (瑠璃光寺五重塔) 31.2 metres tall, in memory of a brother killed in battle in 1399: a National Treasure.
- Shōin Shrine and Shōka Sonjuku (松陰神社・松下村塾) An 8-tatami school trained two Meiji prime ministers. Its teacher was executed at 29.
- Tokiwa Park and Zoo (常盤公園・ときわ動物園) Three hundred sculptures around the lake: the oldest open-air art biennale, since 1961.
- Tsunoshima — bridge and lighthouse (角島大橋・角島灯台) The lighthouse lens, installed in 1876, is still in use: the oldest active one in Japan.
- Yamaguchi City Central Shōtengai (山口市中心商店街) Seven covered streets over 700 metres and more than 250 shops: only 10% are vacant, bucking the decline of Japanese shōtengai.
- Yuda Onsen (湯田温泉) A white fox came there every night to heal itself: the spring and a golden Jizō appeared in the rice paddy.