Yamaguchi (prefecture) - Yamaguchi (Präfektur)

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Yamaguchi Prefecture
CapitalYamaguchi
Residents
1.336.522 (2021)
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6,110.94 km²
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Yamaguchi(Japanese: 山口 県, Yamaguchi-ken) is a prefecture in the region Chūgoku, Japan.

Regions

Yamaguchi borders the prefectures to the east Hiroshima and Shimane. Otherwise it is surrounded by water: it is in the north Japanese sea, in the south the Seto Inland Sea, and in the west separates the Strait of Kammon Yamaguchi from the island Kyushu.

places

Iwakuni's Kintaikyō
  • 1 Yamaguchi(山口) - The capital of the prefecture
  • 2 Hagi(萩)
  • 3 Hikari
  • 4 Hofu
  • 5 Iwakuni
  • 6 Kudamatsu
  • 7 mine
  • 8 Nagato
  • 9 San’yō-Onoda
  • 10 Shimonoseki(下 関)
  • 11 Shunan
  • 12 Ube
  • 13 Yanai

Other goals

  • Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park: Includes parts of the Akiyoshi Plateau, as well as numerous limestone caves
  • Akiyoshi Plateau (秋 吉 台 Akiyoshidai): Wide karst landscape
  • Akiyoshidō (秋芳 洞): Japan's largest limestone cave with a depth of 8700 m

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getting there

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  • Overview of Yamaguchi Prefecture
  • Environment map

Tourist Attractions

activities

Akiyoshidō (秋芳 洞) limestone cave in Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park

kitchen

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security

climate

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Regions:Hokkaido • Honshu (Chūbu • Chūgoku • Kansai • Kantō • Tōhoku) • Kyushu • Shikoku
Prefectures:Aichi • Akita • Aomori • Chiba • Ehime • Fukui • Fukuoka • Fukushima • Gifu • Gunma • Hiroshima • Hokkaido • Hyogo • Ibaraki • Ishikawa • Iwate • Kagawa • Kagoshima • Kanagawa • Kochi • Kumamoto • Kyoto • Mie • Miyagi • Miyazaki • Nagano • Nagasaki • Nara • Niigata • Ōita • Okayama • Okinawa • Osaka • saga • Saitama • Shiga • Shimane • Shizuoka • Tochigi • Tokyo • Tokushima • Tottori • Toyama • Wakayama • Yamagata • Yamaguchi • Yamanashi
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