Most viewed - Hagi 萩市 |
Hagi Castle has no castle buildings remaining, but the moats and stone walls are impressive. Short walk from the Hagi Castle bus stop or Hagi Museum.36 views
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Historical figures from Choshu (Yamaguchi).36 views
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Hagi is a National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).33 views
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Inside Hagi Station.32 views
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Shoin Shrine is dedicated to Yoshida Shoin (1830–1859 吉田松陰), a native of Hagi who was a leading intellectual and educator during the final years of the Tokugawa shogunate.32 viewsThis is the first torii.
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Leaving Shoin Shrine.32 views
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Entrance to Asa Mori Clan Residence.30 views
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Giant ema wooden prayer tablet with a picture of Yoshida Shoin (right) and student Yamagata Aritomo who became the father of Japanese militarism.30 views
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Happy New Year 201830 views
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Shoin enters Sakuma Shozan school.30 views
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Shoin to be executed. (The museum does not show the decapitation.)30 views
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In front of Hagi Station is a statue of a young Inoue Masaru who was Japan's first Director of Railways or "father of the Japanese railways."29 viewsInoue Masaru was from Hagi and one of the Choshu Five who was smuggled out of Japan to study in the UK in 1863.
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QR code for more info in Japanese.29 views
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Shoka-sonjuku school lecture room.29 views
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Yoshida Shoin History Museum is also within the shrine grounds. 吉田松蔭歴史館29 views
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Yoshida Shoin's family when he was a child. (Sugi family)29 views
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Bridge to Hagi Castle. National Historic Site.28 views
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Steps to go on Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower foundation.28 views
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Views from Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower foundation.28 views
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Adjacent to Hagi Castle is this Asa Mori Clan Residence.28 views
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Asa Mori Clan Residence was a longhouse of rooms.28 views
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Grave of Mori Terumoto.28 views
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Too bad this Hagi Station is not Hagi's main station. Very nice and vintage dating back to 1925. JR San'in Line.28 views
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Yoshida is also noted for trying to stowaway on Commodore Perry's USS Powhatan flagship to go to America and study abroad in 1854. 28 viewsHe had an eventful but short life, executed at age 29. In Hagi, the Shoin Shrine is dedicated to him.
This short path to the shrine has various monuments.
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Pictures of the school's famous students.28 views
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Shoin confined.28 views
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Terumoto's humiliation angered the Mori Clan and Choshu domain which eventually helped to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate in the 19th century.27 views
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Views from Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower foundation.27 views
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About Asa Mori Clan Residence.27 views
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About Motofusa Nagai and his loyal cat.27 views
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Vestiges of the castle town remain here with white walls.27 views
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Mud wall of Toida Masuda residence.27 views
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Scale model of Hagi Castle.27 views
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Shoka-sonjuku school. 松下村塾27 views
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Shoin Jinja Shrine torii.27 views
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Adjacent to Shoin Shrine is Shomon Shrine that worships the students of Yoshida Shoin. 松門神社27 views
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Wishes on a pine tree.27 views
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Teacher, Mori clan head.27 views
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Commodore Perry's troops.27 views
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Shoin imprisoned.27 views
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Mori Terumoto (1553–1625) was on the losing side at the Battle of Sekigahara, so his holdings were severely reduced and he had to move from Hiroshima to less central Choshu wher he built Hagi Castle.26 views
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About Hagi Castle.26 views
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Scale model of Hagi Castle.26 views
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About Tenjuin Mausoleum.26 views
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The graves of Mori Terumoto and his wife.26 views
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Hagi's Maaru bus is the main way to tour Hagi. It stops at all the major sights in Hagi. Just hop on and off. It runs twice an hour.26 views
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Higashi-Hagi Station.26 views
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Bus stop indicator in Hagi's Maaru bus is also in English.26 views
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Hagi Station turnstile.26 views
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Marker for the Shoka-sonjuku school as a historical site.26 views
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Yoshida's poem.26 views
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About Shomon Shrine. 松門神社26 views
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Yoshida Shoin's family tree.26 views
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Yoshida Shoin with his brother and father.26 views
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Views from Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower foundation.25 views
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Views from Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower foundation.25 views
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Hagi Youth Hostel designed like a castle.25 views
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Mud wall of Toida Masuda residence.25 views
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Bus stop at Higashi-Hagi Station. 25 views
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Model of Hagi Castle in front of Higashi-Hagi Station.25 views
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Hagi Station platform.25 views
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In 2018, Hagi is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration.25 views
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Yoshida Shoin was confined here in 1855 after being arrested for trying to stowaway on Perry's ship.25 views
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Filial piety bamboo.25 views
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Mori Shigetaka's tea room in his villa.25 views
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After moving from Hiroshima, Mori Terumoto built Hagi Castle in 1604, and his Mori Clan rules Choshu domain here for about 260 years.24 views
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Hagi Castle, including the main tenshu tower, was at the foot of this mountain, Mt. Shizuki. It wasn't on top of the mountain. Flatland type. 指月山24 views
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Intertwining Pine Tree24 views
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Nice traditional townscape in Hagi, Yamaguchi.24 views
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Even modern homes have white walls.24 views
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Old map of Hagi.24 views
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Old soda bottles like Fanta.24 views
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Hagi Station phone booth.24 views
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Hagi Station phone booth.24 views
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Yoshida Shoin's living quarters.24 views
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Yoshida Shoin was confined here in 1855.24 views
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The school building is the original from Yoshida's days.24 views
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Shoin Jinja Shrine dedicated to Yoshida Shoin. 松陰神社24 views
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Inside Shoin Shrine 24 views
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Shoin listening to a lecture at the school that hr would later take over.24 views
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Commodore Perry's USS Powhatan flagship.24 views
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Hagi-yaki pottery shop.23 views
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Torii23 views
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There's even a bench on Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower foundation.23 views
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Front gate of Mori Clan's detached residence.23 views
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This road goes to Hagi Museum. 23 views
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Old tape recorder.23 views
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About the the Shoka-sonjuku school.23 views
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About the the Shoka-sonjuku school.23 views
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Shoka-sonjuku school. 松下村塾23 views
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Exiting the shrine's torii.23 views
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Yoshida Shoin studying.23 views
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About the Ansei Purge.23 views
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Entering Hagi Castle grounds.22 views
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The stone base for Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower.22 views
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Gift shop and parking lot at Hagi Castle.22 views
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Maaru bus stop at Hagi Castle.22 views
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Tenjuin Mausoleum entrance. The graves of Mori Terumoto and his wife. There used to be a temple here, but only the graves remain.22 views
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Grave of retainer Motofusa Nagai and his loyal cat.22 views
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Mori Terumoto headed the Mori Clan who ruled the Choshu domain.22 views
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Old shop signs.22 views
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Hagi Museum is also near Hagi Castle within walking distance. Also see the white walls.22 views
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Higashi-Hagi Station (東萩駅) is Hagi's main train station. JR San'in Line.22 views
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Inside Higashi-Hagi Station. Pretty quiet place. Less than 300 people per day get on the train here.22 views
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About Hagi Station.22 views
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Hagi Station turnstile.22 views
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Hagi Station phone booth.22 views
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Portrait of Yoshida Shoin in Shoka-sonjuku school. He taught at the school for only a year. 松下村塾22 views
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About Yoshida Shoin's confinement.22 views
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Amulet shop22 views
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Shrine amulets.22 views
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Monument indicating this place as where the Meiji Restoration started.22 views
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Yoshida Shoin riding on a boat to Commodore Perry's USS Powhatan flagship to try and stowaway to America.22 views
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Atop Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower foundation.21 views
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Samurai armor.21 views
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Tenjuin Mausoleum21 views
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Hagi Museum entrance. Open 9 am to 5 pm every day. Admission charged.21 views
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About Hagi Castle.21 views
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Mori Terumoto headed the Mori Clan who ruled the Choshu domain.21 views
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The Sankin Kotai route the Mori clan took to visit Edo.21 views
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Yoshida Shoin's travel route.21 views
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An adjacent building is the Kurashi-no-Yakata. くらしのやかた21 views
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Higashi-Hagi Station Maaru bus stop schedule.21 views
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Inside Hagi Station tourist information office.21 views
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Shomon Shrine 松門神社21 views
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Ema wooden prayer tablet.21 views
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Traditional townscape in Hagi, Yamaguchi.20 views
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Old fire truck.20 views
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Inside Hagi Museum.20 views
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Gallery of notable people from Choshu/Yamaguchi.20 views
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Old billboards. Very eye-catching.20 views
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Inside Hagi's Maaru bus.20 views
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Hagi Station platform. Only about 60 people per day now use this train station.20 views
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Railway monument in front of Hagi Station.20 views
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Next to Hagi Station is this tourist information office.20 views
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Monument indicating a visit by the Emperor and Empress and Crown Prince and Princess.20 views
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Opened in 2004, Hagi Museum is in an impressive, traditional-style modern building. Features mainly local history of Choshu. The Maaru bus stops here. 19 viewsGet off at Hagi Hakubutsukan-mae. 萩博物館前
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Samurai armor19 views
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Kurashi-no-Yakata displays old everyday artifacts and billboards from the 1950s. くらしのやかた19 views
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Old electric fans and TVs.19 views
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Old billboards.19 views
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Hagi Station platform.19 views
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