14 Sights in Shimonoseki, Japan (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Shimonoseki, 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 Shimonoseki. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

Sightseeing Tours in Shimonoseki

1. Kaikyo Yume Tower

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The Yamaguchi Prefectural International Center is a conference and exhibition facility established by Yamaguchi Prefecture and the Yamaguchi International Center, located at 3-3-1 Toyomaeda-cho, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and managed and operated by the Yamaguchi Prefectural International Center. It is commonly known as Kaikyo Messe Shimonoseki.

Wikipedia: 山口県国際総合センター (JA), Website

2. Akama Shrine

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Akama Shrine

Akama Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is dedicated to the child Emperor Antoku, who died in the Battle of Dan-no-ura, which occurred nearby in 1185. This battle was important in the history of Japan because it brought an end to Genpei War in which the Minamoto clan defeated the rival Taira clan, and ended the Taira bid for control of Japan.

Wikipedia: Akama Shrine (EN), Website

3. Kaikyokan

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Shimonoseki Aquarium is an aquarium located in Kaport, Karato District, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It opened on April 1, 2001. It is nicknamed Kaikyokan. It is managed and operated by the Shimonoseki Marine Science Academy under the designated manager system.

Wikipedia: 下関市立しものせき水族館 (JA)

4. 旧下関英国領事館

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The former British Consulate in Shimonoseki is the oldest surviving consulate building in Japan, located in Karato-cho, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. A two-story brick building completed in December 1906 (Meiji 39). In May 1999 (Heisei 11), it was designated as an important cultural property of the country.

Wikipedia: 旧下関英国領事館 (JA)

5. Tsunoshima Lighthouse

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Tsunoshima Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the island of Tsunoshima in the city of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is notable as being one of only six lighthouses in Japan which had a first order Fresnel lens, the most powerful type of Fresnel lens.

Wikipedia: Tsunoshima Lighthouse (EN)

6. 忌宮神社

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Iminomiya Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Chōfu, Japan. It is a Beppyo shrine, or a shrine that is particularly notable in a certain way with a significant history to it. It is a Ninomiya, or a second rank shrine in its province after the Ichinomiya. In this case the Ninomiya and Soja shrine of the province are combined together. Ichinomiya and Soja shrines were often combined.

Wikipedia: Iminomiya Shrine (EN)

7. 大連神社

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大連神社

Dalian Shrine is a shrine located in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The shrine of Dalian Shrine in Dalian City, Kanto Province, which was once a leased land of Japan, was brought back to Japan and rebuilt, and it is a shrine within the precincts of Akama Jingu.

Wikipedia: 大連神社 (JA)

8. 功山寺

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The Kinzan Kōzan-ji (金山功山寺) is a temple of the Sōtō school in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It was first established as a temple of the Rinzai school by Kyoan Genjaku in 1327.

Wikipedia: Kōzan-ji (Shimonoseki) (EN)

9. 豊田ホタルの里ミュージアム

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豊田ホタルの里ミュージアム アラツク / CC BY-SA 4.0

Toyota Firefly no Sato Museum is a museum located in Toyota-cho, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It opened on June 5, 2004. From April 2020, the name "Shimonoseki City Museum of Natural History" has been listed together.

Wikipedia: 豊田ホタルの里ミュージアム (JA), Website

10. 櫛崎城跡

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櫛崎城跡

Kushizaki Castle was a Japan castle located in Miyazaki Town, Shimonoseki Prefecture (Tooura District, Nagato Province). It is also written as Kushizaki Castle, and is also called Oyama Castle, Chofu Castle, and Chofu Jinya.

Wikipedia: 櫛崎城 (JA)

11. Sino-Japan Peace Treaty Memorial Hall

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The Nissin Kaiwa Memorial Museum is a memorial hall located next to the Harufan Building in Amidata-ji Town, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, with the theme of the Treaty of Shimonoseki signed between China and Japan in 1895, and is managed by the Shimonoseki City Museum of History.

Wikipedia: 日清議和紀念館 (ZH)

12. 下関市立考古博物館

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Shimonoseki City Archaeological Museum opened in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in 1995. It is located next to the Ayaragigō Site, a Yayoi settlement that has been designated a national Historic Site.

Wikipedia: Shimonoseki City Archaeological Museum (EN)

13. 下関市立近代先人顕彰館(田中絹代ぶんか館)

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Shimonoseki City Museum of Modern Ancestors is a museum located at 5-7 Tanaka-cho, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It honors Kinuyo Tanaka, an actress from Shimonoseki City, and her nickname is Tanaka Kinuyo Bunkakan.

Wikipedia: 下関市立近代先人顕彰館 (JA), Website

14. 下関市立美術館

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Shimonoseki City Art Museum is a public museum that opened in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in 1983. The collection of some 2,200 items includes works by Kanō Hōgai, Kishida Ryūsei, Matsumoto Shunsuke, Takashima Hokkai , Oka Shikanosuke , and Kazuki Yasuo , as well as a New Kingdom Egyptian shawabti and Late Period image of Horus in the guise of a falcon.

Wikipedia: Shimonoseki City Art Museum (EN), Twitter, Facebook, Website

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