Western Honshū
The Iwami Ginzan Museum contains various documents, tools and silver-related items. It's inside the Ōmori Daikansho Ato (council offices), near the…
Must-see attractions in Western Honshū
Miyajima History & Folklore Museum
Miyajima
Set in a fine garden, this museum combines a 19th-century merchant house with exhibitions on trade in the Edo period, as well as displays connected with…
Hiroshima Region
This hilltop museum has changing exhibitions of local and Western art. The building, which was remodelled by architect Tadao Ando, has fine views and a…
Western Honshū
This simple building next to the novelist's former residence displays signed manuscripts and relics from his life as a writer and physician. One for…
Hiroshima
The ashes of thousands of unclaimed or unidentified victims of the atomic bomb are interred in a vault below this low grassy mound in the Peace Memorial…
Western Honshū
Tottori's castle once overlooked the town, but now only the foundations remain. It's a pleasant walk up the hillside to see them and the views over the…
Western Honshū
Within the Shizuki-kōen, this mid-19th-century teahouse serves matcha (powdered green tea). It's sometimes closed for renovations, so check ahead.
Hiroshima Region
Looking over the harbour area of Tomo-no-ura is this large stone lantern, which used to serve as a lighthouse and has become a symbol of the town.
Western Honshū
These stepped, stone remains of a silver-mine refinery, now delightfully overgrown with apricot trees and grass, have a pyramid-like appearance.
Western Honshū
This small hagi-yaki (Hagi ceramic ware) museum displays bowls, cups and interesting ornamental figures, mostly from the 1600s.
Western Honshū
This temple associated with Buddhist saint Kōbō Daishi includes a path of small shrines pointing you towards a giant hilltop boulder.
Western Honshū
Learn about the history of the Japanese textile industry at this museum at historic Ivy Square.
Friends of Bizen-yaki Ceramics Society
Western Honshū
Gallery and shop on the 2nd floor of the Imbe station building, displaying a wide range of ceramics by contemporary potters.
Western Honshū
A shrine with a colourful dragon mural on its ceiling – to hear the dragon 'roar', stand underneath it and clap.
Hiroshima Region
Adjoining the temple Fukuzenji, near the waterfront in Tomo-no-ura, this reception hall was built in the 1690s.
Western Honshū
Buddhist temple on the edge of Tsurugata-yama-kōen park, with fine views across town.
Western Honshū
The Shizuki shrine houses the remains of some lords of the Mōri clan.
Western Honshū
The former house of Meiji Restoration movement leader Yoshida Shōin.
Hiroshima Region
This quirky homemade museum houses hundreds of the ornamental beckoning cats that wave you into shop entrances all over Japan, dating from the Meiji era …
Western Honshū
There's not much of the old Hagi-jō to see, apart from the typically imposing outer walls and the surrounding moat. The castle was built in 1604 and…
