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Stage of the Revolutionary：
Hagi City is well known as the town of the Mouri Family who defeated the Tokugawa Administration of the Edo period, a small city in Yamaguchi Prefecture in the west of Chugoku region. It may be said that the modernization of Japan began here. In addition, it is also famous for the ceramic ware called the Hagi Ceramic. Many important people were born in the town where old culture and mind of the reform were brought up in history, so there are many highlights including the remains of residences and historic spots, it is necessary to make a tour plant of staying.
Access and Getting Around
It is inconvenient to reach Hagi from the big cities by train because you have transfer several times, taking a direct bus from Shin Yamaguchi Station of the Sanyo Shinkansen is the easiest way. A night direct bus arrives here from Tokyo and Kansai, yet it takes too much time. A 100-yen tour bus is enough to go round the down town and walking, or a rental bicycle. You can rent a bicycle anywhere.
By train
3 hours from Shimonoseki Station to Hagi Station or Higashi-hagi Station with 9 trains per day.
By bus
1 hour from Shin Yamaguchi Station to Higashi Hagi Station with 12 buses per day; a night bus from Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe also arrives here with 1 bus service per day.
By car
50 minutes from Akiyoshidai. 3 hours from Iwami Silver Mine.
It is easy to go around Akiyoshidai by car.
Features
-Historic Sites
The eaves of old samurai residences are linked together from the outer moat of old Hagi Castleto the outer side of the Castle town.They are reserved so well that the state of that time remains unchanged.The beautiful cityscape of white walls and the blackboard walls continues to extend,and is dotted with the grounds of the connection of samurai’s reform.It is a place never to be able to be missed ...
-Culture
Hagi Museum is a suitable place to know the history of Hagi.It is a good choice to know something about the bush clover and have a tour....
-Historic Sites
This area is a district of samurai residences in the central part of the city,where residences of white walls and the blackboard walls extend.It is a beautiful street of houses where samurais of reform and luxurious merchants lived....
-Historic Sites
They are house of big merchants located in the castle town area.The construction is overwhelming....
-Historic Sites
Hiyako area is a street where a long earthen wall extends and the acute angle twists to the cityscape.It is an area in the south of the castle town. Just what to be twisted to cityscape,the acute angle that a long earthen wall leads to is rare.An area of the south side of the castle town district....
-Historic Sites
This area is composed of old Hagi ruins of the castle site and the open samurai residences,where a Daimyo of high level samurai once stayed....
-Historic Sites
Not only the ruins of the castle but also the moats remain.It is now a park for having break....
-Sea View
It is the shore facing the Sea of Japan with white sand extending to the far, the transparent sea is impressive.The mountain where old Hagi Castle was located and small islands can be seen.Lights from the fishing boats at night in summer are beautiful....
-Historic Sites
It is the area that still leaves the atmosphere of an old port town of Hagiand the town of the merchants....
-Historic Sites
There are many building where the people of the revolutionary once stayed.It is located to the east of the Higashi Hagi Station....
-Historic Sites
It is a shrine to worship an important person called Yoshida shoin who had revolutionary thought,beside the shrine is a private school called Shokasonjuku founded by Yoshida.People who caused the revolution once learned here....
-Historic Sites
It is an area where the school of Mouri family and the martial arts school were located....
-Historic Sites
It is a site of the old Daimyo school of Mori family.It is not the same building of that time but documents of that time are preserved here.The visitors are not allowed to enter in the school building. It is in Hijiwara, the Mukaihara area....
-Culture
Because there are potteries and shops of Hagi -yaki or the Hagi ceramic ware everywhere in the city,be sure to stop by.The Hagi ceramic ware of a unique light color is very attractive....
-Outdoor Activities
It is a river tour of 40 minutes around the town of Hagi by boat.Seeing the historic cityscape while sailing round the river in the downtown provokes a sentiment of another tour.It is possible to have a boat tour at any time. A landing place is just next to Hagi Castle Bus Stop....
-Specific Nature
The mountain is in the north of Hagi City, extending to the Sea of Japan.A small crater is on the mountaintop of 112 meters above sea level which erupted 10,000 years ago.A view of the islands that scatter in the Sea of Japan seen from the mountaintop is splendid.Myojinike is a pond at the foot of the mountain is connected to the open sea, so the fish of the sea are seen.Hiking for 30 minutes from...
Accommodation around Hagi
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