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.37 views
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Historical figures from Choshu (Yamaguchi).37 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).34 views
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Leaving Shoin Shrine.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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Giant ema wooden prayer tablet with a picture of Yoshida Shoin (right) and student Yamagata Aritomo who became the father of Japanese militarism.31 views
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Shoin to be executed. (The museum does not show the decapitation.)31 views
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Entrance to Asa Mori Clan Residence.30 views
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Vestiges of the castle town remain here with white walls.30 views
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Shoka-sonjuku school lecture room.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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Bridge to Hagi Castle. National Historic Site.29 views
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Steps to go on Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower foundation.29 views
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Views from Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower foundation.29 views
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Adjacent to Hagi Castle is this Asa Mori Clan Residence.29 views
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Asa Mori Clan Residence was a longhouse of rooms.29 views
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Grave of Mori Terumoto.29 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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Yoshida is also noted for trying to stowaway on Commodore Perry's USS Powhatan flagship to go to America and study abroad in 1854. 29 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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QR code for more info in Japanese.29 views
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Pictures of the school's famous students.29 views
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Adjacent to Shoin Shrine is Shomon Shrine that worships the students of Yoshida Shoin. 松門神社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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Views from Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower foundation.28 views
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About Asa Mori Clan Residence.28 views
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Mud wall of Toida Masuda residence.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's poem.28 views
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Shoin Jinja Shrine torii.28 views
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Wishes on a pine tree.28 views
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Shoin confined.28 views
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Shoin imprisoned.28 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.27 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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About Tenjuin Mausoleum.27 views
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The graves of Mori Terumoto and his wife.27 views
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About Motofusa Nagai and his loyal cat.27 views
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Scale model of Hagi Castle.27 views
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Higashi-Hagi Station.27 views
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Bus stop indicator in Hagi's Maaru bus is also in English.27 views
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Hagi Station turnstile.27 views
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Shoka-sonjuku school. 松下村塾27 views
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About Shomon Shrine. 松門神社27 views
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Yoshida Shoin's family tree.27 views
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Yoshida Shoin with his brother and father.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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About Hagi Castle.26 views
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Scale model of Hagi Castle.26 views
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Hagi Youth Hostel designed like a castle.26 views
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Mud wall of Toida Masuda residence.26 views
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Bus stop at Higashi-Hagi Station. 26 views
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Model of Hagi Castle in front of Higashi-Hagi Station.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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Hagi Station platform.26 views
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In 2018, Hagi is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration.26 views
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Marker for the Shoka-sonjuku school as a historical site.26 views
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Yoshida Shoin was confined here in 1855 after being arrested for trying to stowaway on Perry's ship.26 views
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Filial piety bamboo.26 views
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Mori Shigetaka's tea room in his villa.26 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.25 views
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Intertwining Pine Tree25 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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Nice traditional townscape in Hagi, Yamaguchi.25 views
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Even modern homes have white walls.25 views
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Old map of Hagi.25 views
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Hagi Station phone booth.25 views
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Hagi Station phone booth.25 views
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Yoshida Shoin's living quarters.25 views
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Shoin Jinja Shrine dedicated to Yoshida Shoin. 松陰神社25 views
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Inside Shoin Shrine 25 views
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Commodore Perry's USS Powhatan flagship.25 views
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Hagi-yaki pottery shop.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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Torii24 views
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There's even a bench on Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower foundation.24 views
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Grave of retainer Motofusa Nagai and his loyal cat.24 views
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Front gate of Mori Clan's detached residence.24 views
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This road goes to Hagi Museum. 24 views
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Old soda bottles like Fanta.24 views
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Old tape recorder.24 views
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About the the Shoka-sonjuku school.24 views
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About the the Shoka-sonjuku school.24 views
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Shoka-sonjuku school. 松下村塾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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Exiting the shrine's torii.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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Yoshida Shoin studying.24 views
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About the Ansei Purge.24 views
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Entering Hagi Castle grounds.23 views
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The stone base for Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower.23 views
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Maaru bus stop at Hagi Castle.23 views
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Mori Terumoto headed the Mori Clan who ruled the Choshu domain.23 views
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Old shop signs.23 views
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Inside Higashi-Hagi Station. Pretty quiet place. Less than 300 people per day get on the train here.23 views
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About Hagi Station.23 views
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Hagi Station phone booth.23 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23 views
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Amulet shop23 views
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Monument indicating this place as where the Meiji Restoration started.23 views
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Yoshida Shoin riding on a boat to Commodore Perry's USS Powhatan flagship to try and stowaway to America.23 views
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Atop Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower foundation.22 views
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Samurai armor.22 views
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Gift shop and parking lot at Hagi Castle.22 views
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Tenjuin Mausoleum22 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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Traditional townscape in Hagi, Yamaguchi.22 views
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About Hagi Castle.22 views
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Mori Terumoto headed the Mori Clan who ruled the Choshu domain.22 views
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Yoshida Shoin's travel route.22 views
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An adjacent building is the Kurashi-no-Yakata. くらしのやかた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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Higashi-Hagi Station Maaru bus stop schedule.22 views
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Hagi Station turnstile.22 views
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Inside Hagi Station tourist information office.22 views
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About Yoshida Shoin's confinement.22 views
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Shomon Shrine 松門神社22 views
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Shrine amulets.22 views
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Ema wooden prayer tablet.22 views
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Old fire truck.21 views
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Hagi Museum entrance. Open 9 am to 5 pm every day. Admission charged.21 views
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Inside Hagi Museum.21 views
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The Sankin Kotai route the Mori clan took to visit Edo.21 views
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Gallery of notable people from Choshu/Yamaguchi.21 views
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Old billboards. Very eye-catching.21 views
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Inside Hagi's Maaru bus.21 views
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Hagi Station platform. Only about 60 people per day now use this train station.21 views
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Next to Hagi Station is this tourist information office.21 views
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Monument indicating a visit by the Emperor and Empress and Crown Prince and Princess.21 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. 20 viewsGet off at Hagi Hakubutsukan-mae. 萩博物館前
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Samurai armor20 views
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Kurashi-no-Yakata displays old everyday artifacts and billboards from the 1950s. くらしのやかた20 views
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Old electric fans and TVs.20 views
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Old billboards.20 views
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Hagi Station platform.20 views
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Railway monument in front of Hagi Station.20 views
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