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They did very well in preserving this traditional townscape. But I did see one house that was totally modern and didn't match the white-wall homes.35 views
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Probably built in 1702, Muroyano-sono consists of several buildings clustered together. They include the main building (omoya), main storehouse (hongura), and rice storehouse (komegura).35 views
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Floor plan of Muroyano-sono.35 views
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Small shrine outside.35 views
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Ceiling beams35 views
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Phonograph35 views
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For tea35 views
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Palanquin35 views
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Firefighting equipment35 views
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Former Suo Bank serving as tourist information office.35 views
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Inside the Yanai tourist information office and local museum.35 views
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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.35 views
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Entrance area of main building, serving as the business office.34 views
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Bath tub34 views
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Upstairs of main building (omoya).34 views
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Old lanterns34 views
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Make-up instruments for women.34 views
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Samisen34 views
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Farming tools34 views
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Kitchen stove34 views
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Weaving34 views
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Scale model of Yanai's traditional townscape.34 views
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The second floor also has exhibits.34 views
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Exhibits about a prominent local singer.34 views
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Inside the Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya).33 views
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Old cameras33 views
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Combs33 views
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Bento lunch boxes for rice.33 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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Historical figures from Choshu (Yamaguchi).33 views
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Adjacent to Muroyano-sono is this distinctive building hat used to be Suo Bank built in 1907 and designed by Sato Setsuo. It is now the Tourist Information Office and local museum. 町並み資料館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.30 viewsThis is the first torii.
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Leaving Shoin Shrine.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.29 views
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Entrance to Asa Mori Clan Residence.28 views
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Inside Hagi Station.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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QR code for more info in Japanese.28 views
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Happy New Year 201828 views
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Shoin to be executed. (The museum does not show the decapitation.)28 views
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Steps to go on Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower foundation.27 views
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Grave of Mori Terumoto.27 views
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Shoin enters Sakuma Shozan school.27 views
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Views from Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower foundation.26 views
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Adjacent to Hagi Castle is this Asa Mori Clan Residence.26 views
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About Asa Mori Clan Residence.26 views
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Vestiges of the castle town remain here with white walls.26 views
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Shoka-sonjuku school lecture room.26 views
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Yoshida Shoin's family when he was a child. (Sugi family)26 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.25 views
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Asa Mori Clan Residence was a longhouse of rooms.25 views
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Shoka-sonjuku school. 松下村塾25 views
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Pictures of the school's famous students.25 views
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Shoin Jinja Shrine torii.25 views
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Yoshida Shoin History Museum is also within the shrine grounds. 吉田松蔭歴史館25 views
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Teacher, Mori clan head.25 views
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Shoin confined.25 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.24 views
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Bridge to Hagi Castle. National Historic Site.24 views
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About Hagi Castle.24 views
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Views from Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower foundation.24 views
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Mud wall of Toida Masuda residence.24 views
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Model of Hagi Castle in front of Higashi-Hagi Station.24 views
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Hagi Station turnstile.24 views
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Yoshida's poem.24 views
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Yoshida Shoin was confined here in 1855 after being arrested for trying to stowaway on Perry's ship.24 views
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Adjacent to Shoin Shrine is Shomon Shrine that worships the students of Yoshida Shoin. 松門神社24 views
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About Shomon Shrine. 松門神社24 views
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Wishes on a pine tree.24 views
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Yoshida Shoin with his brother and father.24 views
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Commodore Perry's troops.24 views
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Shoin imprisoned.24 views
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Views from Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower foundation.23 views
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Old map of Hagi.23 views
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Bus stop at Higashi-Hagi Station. 23 views
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Higashi-Hagi Station.23 views
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Bus stop indicator in Hagi's Maaru bus is also in English.23 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.23 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."23 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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In 2018, Hagi is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration.23 views
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Marker for the Shoka-sonjuku school as a historical site.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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Shoin Jinja Shrine dedicated to Yoshida Shoin. 松陰神社23 views
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Yoshida Shoin's family tree.23 views
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Commodore Perry's USS Powhatan flagship.23 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.22 views
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Entering Hagi Castle grounds.22 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22 views
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Views from Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower foundation.22 views
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Scale model of Hagi Castle.22 views
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Hagi Youth Hostel designed like a 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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About Tenjuin Mausoleum.22 views
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The graves of Mori Terumoto and his wife.22 views
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About Motofusa Nagai and his loyal cat.22 views
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Front gate of Mori Clan's detached residence.22 views
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Nice traditional townscape in Hagi, Yamaguchi.22 views
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Mud wall of Toida Masuda residence.22 views
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This road goes to Hagi Museum. 22 views
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Scale model of Hagi Castle.22 views
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Hagi Station platform.22 views
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Yoshida Shoin's living quarters.22 views
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The school building is the original from Yoshida's days.22 views
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Filial piety bamboo.22 views
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Mori Shigetaka's tea room in his villa.22 views
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Shoin listening to a lecture at the school that hr would later take over.22 views
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Yoshida Shoin studying.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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Torii21 views
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Atop Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower foundation.21 views
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There's even a bench on Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower foundation.21 views
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Maaru bus stop at Hagi Castle.21 views
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Grave of retainer Motofusa Nagai and his loyal cat.21 views
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Even modern homes have white walls.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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Old soda bottles like Fanta.21 views
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Inside Higashi-Hagi Station. Pretty quiet place. Less than 300 people per day get on the train here.21 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.21 views
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Hagi Station phone booth.21 views
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About the the Shoka-sonjuku school.21 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21 views
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Yoshida Shoin was confined here in 1855.21 views
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Inside Shoin Shrine 21 views
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Amulet shop21 views
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Exiting the shrine's torii.21 views
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About the Ansei Purge.21 views
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The stone base for Hagi Castle's main tenshu tower.20 views
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Intertwining Pine Tree20 views
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Gift shop and parking lot at Hagi Castle.20 views
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Tenjuin Mausoleum20 views
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About Hagi Castle.20 views
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Mori Terumoto headed the Mori Clan who ruled the Choshu domain.20 views
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Yoshida Shoin's travel route.20 views
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Old tape recorder.20 views
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Higashi-Hagi Station (東萩駅) is Hagi's main train station. JR San'in Line.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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Hagi Station turnstile.20 views
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