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Museum · Yamaguchi · Chugoku

Nakahara Chuya Memorial Museum

Museum honoring the poet Nakahara Chuya with permanent and rotating exhibitions exploring different aspects of his literary legacy.

Yamaguchi

Religious Site · Yamaguchi · Chugoku

Yamaguchi Xavier Memorial Church

Church built in 1952 to mark Francisco Xavier's arrival in Yamaguchi in 1550, with a Christian museum on the history of missionary work in Japan.

Yamaguchi

Shrine · Yamaguchi · Chugoku

Noda Shrine

Shrine honoring Mori Takachika, the last daimyo of Choshu Domain and central figure in the Meiji Restoration.

Yamaguchi

Shrine · Yamaguchi · Chugoku

Toyosaka Shrine

Yamaguchi shrine dedicated to Mori Motonari, the Sengoku-period warlord who unified the Chugoku region and established the powerful Mori clan.

Yamaguchi

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Temple

Ryufukuji

Soto Zen temple in Yamaguchi on the former Ouchi clan residence site, with a Muromachi-period main hall that is an Important Cultural Property.

Yamaguchi

Museum

Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum

Art museum of Yamaguchi Prefecture, opened in 1979, collecting artists linked to Yamaguchi, from the ink painter Sesshu to Kazuki Yasuo and his Siberia Series.

Yamaguchi

Museum

Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media

Art center in Yamaguchi City working with media technology, opened in 2003, with exhibition space, a cinema, a library and its own research lab, YCAM InterLab.

Yamaguchi

Museum

Nakahara Chuya Memorial Museum

Museum honoring the poet Nakahara Chuya with permanent and rotating exhibitions exploring different aspects of his literary legacy.

Yamaguchi

Shrine

Toyosaka Shrine

Yamaguchi shrine dedicated to Mori Motonari, the Sengoku-period warlord who unified the Chugoku region and established the powerful Mori clan.

Yamaguchi

Religious Site

Yamaguchi Xavier Memorial Church

Church built in 1952 to mark Francisco Xavier's arrival in Yamaguchi in 1550, with a Christian museum on the history of missionary work in Japan.

Yamaguchi

Shrine

Noda Shrine

Shrine honoring Mori Takachika, the last daimyo of Choshu Domain and central figure in the Meiji Restoration.

Yamaguchi

Shrine

Furukuma Shrine

A Tenman-gu Shrine in Yamaguchi City founded in 1373, it enshrines Sugawara no Michizane and was relocated in 1618 by the Mori clan.

Yamaguchi

Temple

Ruriko-ji five-story pagoda

Five-story pagoda completed in 1442 as a military memorial, recognized as the finest mid-Muromachi structure and designated a national treasure.

Yamaguchi

Festival

Fox's Wedding - Rice Ear Festival

The Fox's Wedding features a grand procession with white fox bride and groom, rooted in a legend of benevolent spirits said to bring marriage blessings.

3 Nov 2026Kudamatsu · Yamaguchi

Festival

Kurakake Castle Festival

A castle festival features an armored warrior procession, parades, and traditional performances including taiko drumming and Shinto kagura dance.

16 Nov 2026Iwakuni · Yamaguchi

Festival

Hofu Tenmangu Gojinko-sai Festival (Naked Monk Festival)

Hofu Tenmangu's main festival: about 5,000 men in white escort the deity to the shore where Sugawara no Michizane once landed, and back to the shrine by night.

28 Nov 2026Hofu · Yamaguchi

Festival

Atsukishinmei Festival

Fire-lit pillars hung with sacred paper stand on the beach as the community performs ceremonial dances twice a day for protection from illness and calamity.

11 Feb 2027Exact date not confirmed yetYanai · Yamaguchi

Festival

Senteisai festival (Akama-jingu Shrine)

A shrine festival at Akama-jingu in Shimonoseki honoring Emperor Antoku with Shinto rituals, offerings and performances that mark the young emperor's death.

2–4 May 2027Exact date not confirmed yetShimonoseki · Yamaguchi

Festival

Shinkawa Market Festival

This downtown festival features food and craft stalls, agricultural products, and family activities rooted in Ube City's late 18th-century market traditions.

5 May 2027Ube · Yamaguchi

Festival

Suhoteisai Festival

A rare Yamaguchi ritual festival said to date back over 1,800 years, with seven nights of dances around the Oni-ishi stone, tall banners and lantern poles.

7–13 Aug 2027Exact date not confirmed yetShimonoseki · Yamaguchi

Festival

Yanai Goldfish Lantern Festival

A summer festival where 4,000 decorated goldfish lanterns cast a spellbinding glow over the town, alongside a spirited Goldfish Nebuta procession.

13 Aug 2027Exact date not confirmed yetYanai · Yamaguchi

Firework

Kanmon Straits Fireworks Festival

A major August fireworks festival over the Kanmon Straits, jointly staged by Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki, with over 15,000 fireworks visible from both shores.

13 Aug 2027Exact date not confirmed yetShimonoseki · Yamaguchi

Festival

Ube Festival

The largest festival of Ube in Yamaguchi, built on the Nanban Ondo, a dance that came out of the coal mines, with parades and a float drawn at the end.

1 Nov 2027Exact date not confirmed yetUbe · Yamaguchi

Shrine

Motonosumi Shrine

A clifftop shrine on the Nagato coast where 123 red torii, donated over ten years from 1987, run more than 100 metres toward the Sea of Japan.

Nagato · Yamaguchi

Area & Points of Interest

Kintaikyo Bridge

A five-span wooden bridge over the Nishiki River at Iwakuni, its three middle spans arched, rebuilt in the same form since 1673.

Iwakuni · Yamaguchi

Area & Points of Interest

Tsunoshima Bridge

A 1,780-metre toll-free bridge from Shimonoseki to the island of Tsunoshima, crossing cobalt blue water and white sand on the north Yamaguchi coast.

Shimonoseki · Yamaguchi

Temple

Ryufukuji

Soto Zen temple in Yamaguchi on the former Ouchi clan residence site, with a Muromachi-period main hall that is an Important Cultural Property.

Yamaguchi

Shrine

Akama Shrine

Shinto shrine in Shimonoseki for the child Emperor Antoku, who died at the Battle of Dan-no-ura in 1185, with a gate modelled on the Dragon God's sea palace.

Shimonoseki · Yamaguchi

Museum

Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum

Art museum of Yamaguchi Prefecture, opened in 1979, collecting artists linked to Yamaguchi, from the ink painter Sesshu to Kazuki Yasuo and his Siberia Series.

Yamaguchi

Museum

Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media

Art center in Yamaguchi City working with media technology, opened in 2003, with exhibition space, a cinema, a library and its own research lab, YCAM InterLab.

Yamaguchi

Shrine

Iminomiya Shrine

Western Japan's oldest shrine with an 1,800-year legacy, built where Emperor Chuai's palace stood and his spirit was enshrined by Empress Jingu.

Shimonoseki · Yamaguchi

Museum

Nakahara Chuya Memorial Museum

Museum honoring the poet Nakahara Chuya with permanent and rotating exhibitions exploring different aspects of his literary legacy.

Yamaguchi

Area & Points of Interest

Akiyoshido Cave

A limestone cave under the Akiyoshidai karst plateau in Yamaguchi, a Special Natural Monument with a one-kilometre route and a steady 17 degrees.

Mine · Yamaguchi

Shrine

Toyosaka Shrine

Yamaguchi shrine dedicated to Mori Motonari, the Sengoku-period warlord who unified the Chugoku region and established the powerful Mori clan.

Yamaguchi

Shrine

Hofu Tenmangu

Shrine in Hofu founded in 904 for Tenjin, the deified scholar and poet Sugawara no Michizane, with a single building that houses all its main sanctuaries.

Hofu · Yamaguchi

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