Area & Points of Interest · Hiroshima · Chugoku
Takehara Historic Preservation District
A five-hectare quarter of Edo and Meiji merchant houses in Takehara, Hiroshima, built on the fortunes of salt and known as the Little Kyoto of Aki.
Takehara
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2026/09/17Temple · Hiroshima · Chugoku
Fukuzenji Temple (Taichoro)
The guest hall of a Shingon temple at Tomonoura, built around 1690, whose view over the Seto Inland Sea a Korean envoy called the finest in Japan.
Fukuyama
Historic Site · Hiroshima · Chugoku
Okinaza (Theatre)
A wooden theatre of 1927 in the old post town of Joge, the only pre-war wooden playhouse still standing in the Chugoku region.
Fuchu
Mountain · Hiroshima · Chugoku
Mount Kurotaki
A 266-metre hill above Tadanoumi in Takehara, half an hour's walk to a view over Okunoshima and the islands of the Seto Inland Sea.
Takehara
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