The Yamaguchi Prefecture (山口 県, や ま ぐ ち け ん Yamaguchi-ken?) Is located in the region of Chugoku over the island of Honshu in Japan. The capital is the city of Yamaguchi located in the center of the prefecture.
Understand
Cities
- Yamaguchi - capital of the prefecture
- Hagi - one of the most beautiful castle towns in Japan
- Hofu - old city with a famous shrine which is dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, kami of scholarship
- Iwakuni - castle town with the beautiful bridge "Kintaikyo"
- Mine
- Sanyo-onoda
- Shimonoseki - historical city guarding the Straits of Kanmon, and the largest city in the prefecture
- Ube - modern city with sculpture, park and airport
- Yanai - city with culturally important Shirokabe No Machi
Other destinations
To get
By plane
Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ), is the prefectural airport is in the city of Ube. Yamaguchi Ube Airport regularly connects with Tokyo Haneda International Airport, Japan. From Haneda to Ube it is approximately a 90 minute flight.
By ferry
By train
Travel
To eat
To drink
external links
- Wikipedia has an article on Yamaguchi Prefecture.w: Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Wikimedia Commons houses multimedia content about Yamaguchi prefectureCommons.