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Yamaguchi Prefecture Sightseeing Map Yumoto Onsen Hagi Castle Town B E List of areas Contents Hagi area Central area A Karato Market ･･････････ 03 Nagato area Iwakuni area Shimonoseki Kaikyokan (aquarium) → Page 04 → Page 07 1 Shimonoseki 2 Akama Shrine area Abu Town B Yumoto Onsen･･････････ 04 Ube/Akiyoshidai area Shunan area Sazanseto area 3 Tawarayama Onsen 4 Motonosumi Inari Shrine Off Course Spot Tsunoshima Bridge F Yuda Onsen Shimane Prefecture C Akiyoshido Cave････････ 05 10 5 Akiyoshidai Plateau Hagi Bus Center Hiroshima Prefecture 4 9 6 Akiyoshidai Safari Land → Page 08 Kintaikyo Bridge Nagatoshi Station H D Tokiwa Park ････････････ 06 7 Kotozaki Hachimangu Shrine Nagato City Hagi City 8 Street Sculptures Yumoto Onsen → Page 10 3 E Hagi Castle Town ･･･････ 07 Tawarayama Onsen Shokasonjuku Academy 6 G Hofu Tenmangu Shrine 9 10 Hagi Reverberatory Furnace C Akiyoshido Cave 5 Yamaguchi City F Yuda Onsen ････････････ 08 Iwakuni City 12 → Page 09 Waki Yamaguchi Xavier Memorial Church Expressway bus Town 11 （Bound for Hiroshima） → Page 05 11 Yamaguchi Station Iwakuni 12 Rurikoji Temple Five-storied Pagoda Yuda Onsen Mine City Shunan City Shin-Iwakuni Station Station Yudaonsen Station G Hofu Tenmangu Shrine ･･･ 09 Kawatana Onsen Ube City Iwakuni Kintaikyo 13 Mori Clan Garden Expressway bus（Bound for Hiroshima） Airport Shimonoseki City Shin-Yamaguchi Station Expressway bus（Bound for Tokyo/Kyoto） H Kintaikyo Bridge ････････ 10 Asa Station Hofu City 13 Tokuyama Station Tokuyama Port Hofu Station Sanyo-Onoda City Kudamatsu City Shin-Shimonoseki Station Hikari City Yanai City Expressway bus（Bound for Fukuoka） Legend Shimonoseki 7 Conventional Railway Line Station 2 Ube-Shinkawa Station To Busan, 8 To Bungotakada, To Matsuyama, Shinkansen（Bullet Train） South Korea 1 Oita Prefecture Tabuse Town Ehime Prefecture (To Takedatsu Port) Yanai Port (To Mitsuhama Port) Station Karato Market Tokiwa Park A D Shinkansen Station Shimonoseki Port Yamaguchi Ube Airport Hirao Town Suo-Oshima Town Fukuoka Prefecture Airport Port and harbor Onsen (Hot Spring) Expressway bus （Bound for Fukuoka） → Page 03 → Page 06 Expressway bus（Bound for Fukuoka） Kaminoseki Town *Information in this pamphlet is current as of the end of March 2017. 01 02 A Karato Market Shimonoseki area B Yumoto Onsen Nagato area Access from Shimonoseki6 Station Access from Shin-Yamaguchi Station Shimonoseki Shin-Yamaguchi Hagi About 7 minutes Station bus terminal7 Karato Station About 88 minutes Bus Center About 53 minutes yen / one way yen / one way 1 2 3 4 220 yen / one way Shinkansen Exit 1 2,060 3 720 3 2 1 宇部中央方面 Yumoto Tawarayama Nagatoshi onsen Onsen Station About 19 minutes iriguchi About 17 minutes 560 yen / one way 310 yen / one way 在来線口 1 2 3 4 Shin-Yamaguchi Station bus terminal ←JR Shimonoseki Station East Exit Bus ticket and information booth Shin-Yamaguchi Station Auto park ripie Shimonoseki ● Bus ticket booth Shinkansen Exit Shimonoseki Daimaru 3 2 1 This wholesale market is open not only to food professionals but also Seamall Shimonoseki Yumoto Onsen is the oldest hot spring in the prefecture that was discovered casually to the general public. You can get reasonably priced fresh about 580 years ago. Fourteen accommodations stand beside the clear foodstuffs, including puffer fish, one of the specialties of Shimonoseki City. stream of Otozure River where the Genji fireflies fly around and the Kajika Hagi Bus Center bus terminal 1 On Fridays and Saturdays (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.) and Sundays and holidays (8 Shimonoseki Station bus terminal frogs sing, creating its gentle atmosphere as a hot-spring resort. Bound for Tsuwano 南A standTaxi and Nako a.m. to 3 p.m.), they open Iki-iki Bakangai, an event where seafood stalls 1 Bound for Chofu and Ozuki appear in the market and you can eat sushi, seafood bowls, puffer fish 1 2 3 2 Bound for Shin-Yamaguchi 2 Bound for Ube, Akiyoshi and Nagato Bocho Travel soup, and more made with fresh seafood provided by wholesale dealers. information booth and Akiyoshido 3 Bound for Kitaura (Ayaragi and Yasuoka) 3 Bound for Nagato 4 Bound for Shin-Shimonoseki and Hieda, loop line in the city, Hatabu line Waiting room (Omijima island) Tourist Spots in the Area Tourist Spots in the Area 1 Shimonoseki Kaikyokan (aquarium) 2 Akama Shrine 3 Tawarayama Onsen 4 Motonosumi Inari Shrine Kaikyokan exhibits 20,000 aquatic animals belonging to 500 species. The Seto Inland Sea The shrine is dedicated to Antoku, a child emperor who drowned himself in the Battle of The hot spring, which has a history of more than 1,000 years and is known as an idyllic spa The shrine was divided from Taikodani Inari Shrine in Tsuwano Town in Shimane tunnel tank recreates the Kanmon Straits to make it feel as if you are walking on the Dan-no-ura held by the Nun of the Second Rank. There is the Suitenmon gate having resorts, is designated as one of t he national hot spring health resort. Legend says that it Prefecture due to the prophecy of a white fox. The scenery of 123 torii gates standing for seabed. The aquarium is also characterized by exhibitions unique to Shimonoseki such as plaster and vermillion walls, and inside the grounds are the graves of the Taira clan, the was discovered by a white monkey, an incarnation of Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaisajyaguru). The more than 100 m is overwhelming. It is believed that if you can successfully throw a skeletal display of the entire body of a blue whale exhibited only in Japan, as well as hall of Hoichi the Earless, and a treasure house exhibiting precious materials. hot spring boasts one of the greatest and strong alkaline water in Japan. offertory money into the offertory box hanging at the top of the about 6 m high gate, your more than 100 species of puffer fish from around the world. wish will come true. Access from Shimonoseki Station Access from Shimonoseki Station Access from Shimonoseki Station Access from Shin-Yamaguchi Station Shimonoseki Shimonoseki Shimonoseki Taxi Station About 5 minutes 220 yen / one way Kaikyokan Station About 9 minutes 230 yen / one way Akama-jingu Station Tawarayama Yumoto-onsen Shrine ❷ Onsen iriguchi Station ❶❷❸❹ mae ❶❷ mae About 82 minutes About 53 minutes Station About 27 minutes About 108 minutes About 19 minutes Nagatoshi Bus stations 2,060 yen / one way 720 yen / one way About 6,000 yen Bus stations Bus stations Shin-Yamaguchi Hagi Bus Center *Excluding local expresses and limited expresses *Excluding local expresses and limited expresses 1,680 yen / one way 560 yen / one way （one way） Motonosumi Inari 03 *Bus fares are as of the end of March 2017. 04 Ube/Akiyoshidai Ube/Akiyoshidai C Akiyoshido Cave area D Tokiwa Park area Access from Shin-Yamaguchi Station Access from Yamaguchi Ube Airport Railway Line Exit About 37 minutes A 1 Yamaguchi 1,170 yen / one way Megurina Tokiwa Akiyoshido Ube Airport Shinkansen Exit Cave Park Station About 43 minutes 2 About 9 minutes 200 yen / one way Shin-Yamaguchi B 2 1,170 yen / one way Yamaguchi Ube Airport 3 2 Check-in lobby Arrival lobby 1 Bound for Ube-chuo A ●Taxi stand 1 2 3 4 Railway Line Exit Take め 39 bus Shin-Yamaguchi Station Bus ticket booth ● Designated as a special national treasure, the huge limestone cave is Shinkansen Exit Tokiwa Park around Lake Tokiwa is a comprehensive park boasting an area of located at the base of Akiyoshidai Plateau and one of the best in the East. B 3 2 1 189 ha, which is colored by greenery, flowers, and sculptures. It was chosen as a The entrance is 24 m high and 8 m wide, with the widest part of the cave Registered Monument (Place of Scenic Beauty) for the first time in Yamaguchi Yamaguchi Ube Airport bus terminal reaching 200 m wide and the highest part 80 m tall. Although its general Prefecture and one of the 100 Best Cherry Blossom Viewing Spots in Japan. In A Railway Line Exit bus terminal B Shinkansen exit bus terminal tourist route is less than 1 km, the total length of the cave is said to be 2016, Lake Tokiwa was registered as a Heritage Irrigation Structures site. You 1 Bound for Shin-Yamaguchi Station 1 Bound for Hagi and Akiyoshido 1 Bound for Hagi, Yamaguchi and Fukuoka about 10 km long. As the temperature inside the cave is about 1 7 degrees can appreciate seasonal flowers including cherry blossoms in spring, as well as 2 Megurina: Bound for Ube 2 2 C regardless of the season, you can explore the cave comfortably Bound for Yamaguchi Bound for Akiyoshido sweet flags and hydrangeas. There also are many great facilities such as Tokiwa 3 (via Yuda Onsen) and Yamaguchi Ube Airport Bound for Shimonoseki Station throughout the year. In November 2005, Akiyoshidai Groundwater System Museum, Tokiwa Botanical Museum, a zoo, an amusement park, Ube Biennale 4 Bound for Yamaguchi Station (via Shin-Yamaguchi Station) was registered as one of the Ramsar Convention sites. 3 Bound for Yamaguchi 3 Bound for Ube and Yamaguchi Ube Airport sculptures hill, and the Coal Mining History Museum. (via Yamaguchi University) Tourist Spots in the Area Tourist Spots in the Area 5 Akiyoshidai Plateau 6 Akiyoshidai Safari Land 7 Kotozaki Hachimangu Shrine 8 Street Sculptures In the central urban area of Ube City, there are various sculptures here that look as if they blend into the people’s everyday life. You can enjoy a leisurely walk from Ube-Shinkawa Station to the city’s central part while looking at the scattered sculptures.