NorthWest WaAdachi Museum of Art
Museum known for its landscaped Japanese garden.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Chugoku: onsen, food and travel directory
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Prefectures
Tottori
Sand dunes, pear orchards and the home towns of manga legends.…
6 listings →Shimane
Myths, Izumo Taisha and sunsets over Lake Shinji. Quiet and deeply Japanese.…
6 listings →Okayama
Sunny Okayama has Korakuen garden, Kurashiki's canals and a gateway to the art islands.…
5 listings →Hiroshima
A moving peace memorial, the floating torii of Miyajima and great okonomiyaki.…
7 listings →Yamaguchi
Seaside bridges, fugu and some of Japan's most beautiful shrines.…
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Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park (Mine City Tourism)
Official Mine City guide to the Akiyoshidai karst plateau and Akiyoshido cave.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-17
Dassai (Asahi Shuzo)
Yamaguchi brewery behind the internationally known Dassai junmai daiginjo.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Dassai sake
Premium junmai daiginjo from Asahi Shuzo in the mountains of Yamaguchi.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
GetYourGuide Hiroshima / Miyajima
Peace Park and Miyajima tours via GetYourGuide (partner link).
Source: GetYourGuide partner · Verified 2026-10-15
Gosho Aoyama Manga Factory (Hokuei)
Museum in the hometown of the Detective Conan creator.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Itsukushima Shrine
Miyajima shrine with the 'floating' torii gate.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Itsukushima Shrine area (Miyajima)
Official Miyajima tourist association site.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Izumo Taisha
One of Japan's oldest shrines, linked to matchmaking.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Karato Market
Shimonoseki fish market famous for fugu and weekend sushi stalls.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Kurashiki Bikan day trip
Canal merchant quarter of white-walled storehouses — short hop from Okayama.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter
Canal-side old merchant quarter with denim and craft shops.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Matsue Castle
National Treasure castle with an original keep beside Lake Shinji.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Matsue Castle keep
Original wooden castle keep beside Lake Shinji.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Mizuki Shigeru Memorial Museum
Sakaiminato museum of the GeGeGe no Kitaro creator, on a street lined with yokai statues.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Mizuki Shigeru Road
Street in Sakaiminato lined with bronze yokai statues from Shigeru Mizuki's GeGeGe no Kitaro.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-17
Momiji manju
Maple-leaf-shaped cakes filled with sweet bean paste; Miyajima's signature sweet.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Okayama Castle
Okayama's black 'crow castle'; Korakuen garden is across the river.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Okayama Korakuen garden
One of Japan's Three Great Gardens beside Okayama Castle.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Okonomi-mura Hiroshima
Multi-floor Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki hall in the city centre.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Saijo Sake Brewery Street
Higashi-Hiroshima district of brick-chimney breweries; sake festival each October.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Sand Museum (Tottori Sand Dunes)
Indoor museum beside the Tottori Sand Dunes showing huge sand sculptures on a changing theme. It closes between exhibitions, so check the dates.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-18
Tottori Sand Dunes
Coastal dunes, official site.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Yunotsu Onsen
Coastal wooden-bath town on the Iwami Ginzan heritage route.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
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