Hagi and Nagato are home to tourist attractions such as Takayama, Yasaka Shrine, and Daikakuji Temple; sightseeing events such as the Hagi Ware Festival, Hagi, Camellia Festival, and Hagi Period Festival; and local delicacies such as Uiro, Shiroo, and Hanakkori.
Located in the north of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Hagi faces the sea and was ruled by the Mori clan, but the story of the Choshu clan is so well known that this is their main border area. Although Hagi was originally a place of slow industrial development, Ryotaro Shiba's novels about the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate, such as "Seki ni Ikimu Nichinichi" and "Hanakami," were set here.
Nagato is also part of Yamaguchi Prefecture, bordering the northern part of the Sea of Japan. Its topography is similar to that of Hagi City, which is similarly underdeveloped. It has a thriving horse mackerel and squid fishery, and in the past also had a thriving sea bream and yellowtail fishery.
Hagi was the site of various political movements from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji period. It is well known that Yoshida Shoin established a private school called "Shoukasonjuku," which produced Katsura Kogoro (Kido Takayoshi), Yoshida Toshimaro, Takasugi Shinsaku, Kusaka Genzui, Ito Hirobumi, and many others. It is also famous for the Hagi Rebellion.
The people who came out of Nagato were the ones who greatly influenced Japan from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji era. Nagato is also famous for having produced the Abe family.
Hagi is most famous for Hagi Castle, the most famous historical site and place of scenic beauty. Shoin Shrine is dedicated to the famous Shoin Yoshida. Tenju-in Temple, where the tomb of Terumoto Mori, known in the old days for his "Three Arrows," is enshrined, is also famous. The "Kikuya Family Residence" in Hagi Castle Town is a National Important Cultural Property. Nagato was also a key "whaling base" during the Edo period.
As for gourmet food, Hagi is a land of very rich local products. Mishima Beef and Miran Beef are incredibly tender and tasty, Hagi's brand of fish, Kintaro (himeji), has an indescribable flavor that many people from Hagi are known to order, fugu and mebaru, which are famous in Kyushu, as well as setsuki horse mackerel, red sea urchin, chishanamasu, and anmitsu, which are available through autumn, The abundance of local products is so abundant that it is easy to get lost in the maze of things to do and see. You can naturally eat them there, but if possible, you would like to take them home with you. In such a case, please consider souvenirs.
The shrine stands on a basalt cape with sea-eroded terrain.The 123 vermilion torii gates stand in a row for more than 100 meters, creating a beautiful contrast between the red of the torii gates, the blue of the Sea of Japan, and the green of the surrounding vegetation. In the sea-eroded cave below the cliff, visitors can see the "tidal blast of Ryugu," a phenomenon in which seawater blows up hig...»
This shrine is dedicated to Shoin Yoshida, the driving force behind the Meiji Restoration, and was built in 1907 by his pupil Hirobumi Ito, who served as the first, fifth, seventh, and tenth Prime Minister of Japan, and others. In 1890, Shoin's brother built a small shrine in a storehouse inside the residence of Shoin's parents, the Sugi family, and enshrined it. Hirobumi Ito and Yasushi Nomura, ...»
Also known as the "Maritime Alps" because of its array of oddly shaped rocks, Cheonghae Island is a representative scenic spot of the Kita-Nagato Kaigan National Park. The island is approximately 40 kilometers in circumference. The Aomi Bridge crosses the island at its narrowest point, about 50 meters from the mainland, and can be crossed by car. The three sides of the island, east, west, north,...»
Tawarayama Onsen is an elegant hot spring resort town in a quiet mountainous area upstream from the Kiya River, where inns with small Japanese-style houses are clustered together, retaining the original landscape of a therapeutic hot spring. The hot springs are designated as a national health spa and a national health spa. It is a sacred hot spring with a tradition of more than 1,000 years, and i...»
This is a scenic area of approximately 26,400 square meters of grassland on a 333-meter-high plateau facing the Sea of Japan.To the north, the Sea of Japan stretches all around, and Aomi Island, the Alps of the Sea of Japan, can be seen in the distance. Located at the top of a peninsula, strong winds blow constantly in this area, so several windmills for wind power generation have been installed,...»
The oldest surviving consulate building in Japan.Designed by a British architectural engineer, the two-story brick building was completed in 1906. After World War II, it was used as the Shimonoseki Police Station and Shimonoseki City Archaeological Museum from 1954, and is now used as a memorial hall, civic gallery, and other public facilities.Designated as a National Important Cultural Property....»
A private school where Yoshida Shoin educated children of low-ranking samurai and commoners for two and a half years from 1857 in a tiled one-story house with two rooms (8 and 10.5 tatami mats) located in the precincts of Shoin Shrine. The school produced many talented individuals who were active during the Meiji Restoration, including Takasugi Shinsaku, Kusaka Genzui, and Ito Hirobumi....»
Chomonkyo Gorge is a gorge formed by erosion of rhyolitic tuff and dacite lava from the Mesozoic Cretaceous Period in the upper reaches of the Abugawa River.A 5.1-km promenade has been developed, and the scenery is rich in variety, including the murmuring of the Abugawa River that flows along the promenade, strange stones, rapids, and abysses. Cherry blossoms in spring, fresh greenery in summer, ...»