Momijidani Park at Kintai Linda Cordes Momijidani Park at Kintai is a great place to enjoy beautiful fall colors.
Culture Tide / Shimonoseki 2020-2021 Kim Bergström A special exhibition taking place at the Shimonoseki City Art Museum is titled "Tide / Shimonoseki", and it explores works fr...
Culture Exploring the Secrets of Nature 2021 Kim Bergström A special event taking place at the Shimonoseki City Art Museum looks at the works of Yamaguchi-born Hokkai Takashima (1850 -...
Activities Nature at Omijima and Shopping at Senzakitchen Sae Nagamatsu Omijima Island is part of the Kita-Nagato Kaigan Quasi-National Park in Japan. It has earned the nickname the "Alps of the Se...
Culture Kintai Bridge and Iwakuni Castle Ben Beechey Iwakuni city (岩国市) is located in Yamaguchi-ken. It was formerly a castle town that belonged to the warrior Lord Hiroie Kik...
Activities Kasayama in Hagi-city Louise Waghorn Kasayama in Hagi, Yamaguchi is an active volcano that you can climb and even enter the crater. Nearby observatory offers beau...
Activities Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park Justin Velgus Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park is a nature lover's paradise. Founded in 1955, it is home to Japan's largest limestone platea...
Activities The Five Arches of Kintai-kyo Justin Velgus The Kintai Bridge of Iwakuni is one of the most famous bridges in Japan. It stretches across the Nishiki River in five magnif...
Culture Kintaikyo Festival 2026 Paul Walsh Edo-era costume parade in this annual reenactment of the return of the local lord over one of the world's most beautiful brid...
Nightlife Sam’s Irish Pub & Hotori Tei Café Tristan Scholze Irish pub and Japanese garden cafe in a small-town Japanese castle district old samurai-style home
Food Papua Club Tristan Scholze Papua Club is a seaside cafe with great views and a beautiful interior with a maritime atmosphere in Fukue, Yamaguchi.
Culture Ganryujima Chris Glenn Ganryujima,...Site of the duel between Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro
Transportation SL Yamaguchi-go Steam Train Avery Morrow Ride a working steam locomotive through rural Yamaguchi prefecture into old Tsuwano
Activities Akiyoshi Cave Tristan Scholze Akiyoshi Cave is a mangificent adventure through Japan's (literal) underground
