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Showing posts with label Hagi city. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hagi city. Show all posts

2014/10/18

Kikugahama in Hagi City

Thanks to the warm hospitality of a local friend, Kuchiba-san, I was introduced to several sightseeing spots in Hagi city (萩市) in Yamaguchi Prefecture.


The place is called Kikugahama (菊が浜) beach and this is her favorite place to visit. I agree!







2014/06/02

Shoin Shrine in Hagi City

I had a chance to visit neighboring cities thanks to the generous offer from a Yamaguchi native!



There are two Shoin shrines (松陰神社) in Tokyo and Hagi city in Yamaguchi and I, of course, visited the latter one.
The first Torii gate taken by Infrared camera
I think almost all Japanese can recognize him as one of the indispensable personnel in achieving Meiji Restoration (明治維新).



Probably due to his given name, Sho (松= pine) in (陰), lots of pine trees are planted there.