5 Sights in Iwakuni, Japan (with Map and Images)

Jokunji Temple is a temple of the Nanzenji sect of the Rinzai sect located in Hongo-cho, Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Utsuka. The main Buddha is Jizo Bodhisattva and Thousand-Handed Kannon Bodhisattva, both of which were destroyed by fire in the early Showa period. The main hall has also disappeared, and a temporary main hall is now standing.

Wikipedia: 成君寺 (JA)

Kikkawa Historical Museum is a private museum of artefacts handed down by the Kikkawa clan, daimyō of Iwakuni Domain, in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Located between Kintai-kyō bridge and Iwakuni Castle and opened by the Kikkawa Hōkōkai Society (吉川報效会) in 1995, the museum's collection totals some seven thousand items, including materials from the Heian and Kamakura periods, a painting attributed to Sesshū, and one National Treasure. There are four changing displays each year. Other materials once owned by the Kikkawa clan are on display at Iwakuni Chōkokan.

Wikipedia: Kikkawa Historical Museum (EN), Website

Iwakuni Chōkokan (岩国徴古館) is a public museum in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Constructed between 1942 and March 1945 for the storage and display of the works of art and craft and historical materials donated by the Kikkawa family, former lords of Iwakuni Domain, the facility first opened in April 1944, operating fully as a museum from the beginning of the 1950s. The main building, by architect Satō Takeo , as well as storehouses built in 1891 and 1944, are registered Tangible Cultural Properties, while the ancillary building that was constructed in 1931 as the Kikkawa family office is a Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property.

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Iwakuni School Education Museum is a museum located at 3-1-8 Iwakuni, Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. In 1870 (Meiji 3), the educational museum was opened in 1972 (Showa 47) using the building completed as Iwakuni School. The building is a designated cultural property of Yamaguchi Prefecture.

Wikipedia: 岩国学校教育資料館 (JA)

The Kashiwara Museum of Art is a museum centered on antiques and ceramics in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. In 1963, the Iwakuni History Museum was predecessor, and after the Iwakuni Museum of Art in 2004, he was renamed the Kashiwara Museum of Art on October 1, 2020. Another name is the Kashiwara collection. Approximately 6,000 points including 18 important cultural properties, 18 prefectures and city -designated cultural assets. It is located in front of Iwakuni Castle Ropeway Sanroku Station.

Wikipedia: 岩国美術館 (JA), Website