| Yamaguchi (prefecture) ((ja)山口 県, Yamaguchi-ken) | |
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| Ohira Park at Hōfu | |
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| Country |  Japan |
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| Region | Chūgoku |
| Regional capital | Yamaguchi |
| Area | 6 110,94 km² |
| Population | 1 336 522 hab. () |
| Density | 218,71 inhab./km² |
| Spindle | UTC 09:00, Japan Standard Time |
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Yamaguchi is a prefecture japanese, located in the region of Chūgoku, at the forefront of Honshū, the largest island in Japan.
Understand
Yamaguchi Prefecture has a relatively long history as it is located close to China.There are no big cities, but there are many attractive and interesting small towns, where one can still see traditional rural landscapes. Japanese on the outskirts.
Cities
- 1 Yamaguchi (山口) – The capital, with many well-preserved temples.
- 2 Hagi (萩) – One of the most beautiful cities with a castle in Japan.
- 3 Hōfu (防 府) – An old town with a famous shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, kami of studies.
- 4 Shimonoseki (下 関) – Historic city guarding the Kanmon Strait, and the largest city in the prefecture.
- 5 Iwakuni (岩 国) – City with a castle and the pretty "Kintaikyō" bridge.
- 6 Mine (美)
- 7 San'yō-Onoda (山陽 小野 田)
- 8 Ube (宇 部) – A modern city with sculptures, a park and an airport.
- 9 Yanai (柳 井) – A city where the culturally important district of Shirakabe no machi.
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Other destinations
- 1 Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park (秋 吉 台 国 定 公園)
- 2 Shūnan (周 南)
- Has drunk
- Ato
- Nagato
- Waki
- Suo-Oshima
- Hirao
- Kaminoseki
- Tabuse
- Hikari
- Kudamatsu
To go
By plane
- 1 Yamaguchi Ube airport (山口 宇 部 空港, yamaguchi ube kūkō, IATA : UBJ) – This airport offers regular connections with Haneda Airport to Tokyo (1 h 30 approximately), with the companies JAL and ANA.
By train
- There are five stations Shinkansen in the prefecture: Shin-shimonoseki, Asa, Shin-yamaguchi, Tokuyama and Shin-iwakuni.
By ferry
Regular ferries leave from the international terminal in the port of Shimonoseki:
- Kanpu ferry to Busan in South Korea.
- Orient Ferry to Qingdao in China.
- Orient Ferry to Shanghai in China.
Circulate
To speak
People speak the Yamaguchi dialect, which is very similar to the dialect spoken in Tokyo, but having a somewhat different vocabulary.
In the prefecture, you may see the sign with "oidemase" (お い で ま せ) - which means or "welcome" ("yōkoso" in standard Japanese).
There is an American base at Iwakuni, and therefore some people understand English well. But in other places, especially in rural areas, few people understand English well. Learning basic Japanese phrases will therefore help you a lot.
There is at Shimonoseki lots of Koreans. You will find some signs and guides written in Korean. You might also find Korean speaking people if you try.
To buy
Eat
- Fugu – Yamaguchi Prefecture is famous for its fugu (puffer fish).
- Kawara soba (瓦 そ ば) – It is a variety of soba (buckwheat noodles) boiled, sautéed, and placed on a tile with beef, liver, omelet cut into filaments (kinshi-tamago), green onion and lemon. Kawatana Grand Hotel is famous for this type of soba.
Have a drink / Go out
It is at Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi and Shūnan that we find the most bars.
Around
- Kitakyushu (北九州) (on the island of Kyūshū) – Just a 650 m of Shimonoseki. You can cross Kanmon Strait on foot through an underwater tunnel.
- Miyajima (宮 島) – A small island with a sanctuary Unesco heritage, near Hiroshima and to 20 min about to'Iwakuni
