6 Sights in Hagi, Japan (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Hagi, Japan! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Hagi. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

1. Hagi Castle

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Hagi Castle

Hagi Castle is a Japanese castle located in the city of Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in the San'yō region of Japan. Built in 1604 at the beginning of the Edo period as the main castle of the Mōri clan, it served as the seat of the Chōshū Domain for over 250 years until 1863. It was demolished in 1874 shortly after the Meiji Restoration. Its ruins were designated a National Historic Site in 1924. Hagi Castle has been designed as a component of the Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining, which received UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2015.

Wikipedia: Hagi Castle (EN), Website

2. 山口県立萩美術館・浦上記念館

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Yamaguchi Prefectural Hagi Museum of Art and Urakami Memorial Museum is an art museum located in Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The construction plan for this facility was promoted with the intention of placing prefectural cultural facilities in a well-balanced manner throughout the prefecture, and was promoted as an integral part of the construction of the Yamaguchi Prefectural International Center (Kaikyo Messe Shimonoseki) in Shimonoseki City and the Sinfonia Iwakuni in Iwakuni City.

Wikipedia: 山口県立萩美術館・浦上記念館 (JA)

3. 円政寺

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Enseiji Temple is a Shingon sect Omuro school in Minamiko -cho (Hagi Castle Town), Hagi Castle City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It was founded in Entertainment -cho, Yamaguchi -shi in 1254, and moved to his current location in 1870 (Meiji 3). A shrine called Konpira is living together in the precincts.

Wikipedia: 円政寺 (JA)

4. Tokoji temple

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Tōkō-ji (東光寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Chinto-chō neighborhood of the city of Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The temple belongs to the Ōbaku sect of Japanese Zen and its honzon is a statue of Shaka Nyorai.

Wikipedia: Tōkō-ji (Hagi) (EN)

5. :Ebisugahana Shipyard

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The Ebisugahana Shipyard was a shipyard opened in 1865 in Bakumatsu period Japan, located in the Chinto neighborhood of the city of Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture in the San'yō region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2013. In 2007, it was certified as a modern industrial heritage by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Furthermore, in 2015, it was listed as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining.

Wikipedia: Ebisugahana Shipyard (EN)

6. Hagi Reverberating Furnace

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The Hagi Reverberatory Furnace is the ruins of an Edo period reverberatory furnace erected by Chōshū Domain in what is now the Chintō neighborhood of the city of Hagi, Yamaguchi in the San'yō region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site in 1924. and was later designed as a component of the Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining, which received UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2015.

Wikipedia: Hagi Reverberatory Furnace (EN)

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