The Chugoku Region has two distinct areas
where one is urbanized and the other is rural. It is in this
area that you can see one of the three best landscape
gardens in Japan in the city Okayama, visit the oldest
and
sacred Izumo Grand Shrine, and pray for a world
without
nuclear weapons in Hiroshima.
Chugoku has two distinct parts.
Tottori has the largest
sand dunes in Japan. Matsue is known as water city
for
being surrounded by three different bodies of water.
Izumo Grand Shrine is the oldest and most sacred
Shinto shrine in Japan. Iwami Ginzan is a historic
silver
mine and UNESCO world heritage site. Hagi, a
former
castle town, was once the capital for the powerful
Mori
Clan. Yamaguchi’s Rurikoji, Buddhist temple, has a
pagoda that is designated a national treasure.
Akiyoshidai is home to the largest and longest
limestone
cave in Japan. Iwakuni’s Kintaikyo Bridge is made of
wood and uses no nails while creating five distinct
arches. Hiroshima was the place the first atomic
bomb
hit in World War II. Miyajima has the giant torii gate
that
looks like it is floating on the water. Kurashiki’s
preserved canal area has many converted
storehouses
from the Edo period. Okayama has the Korakuen
Garden, one of Japan’s three best landscape
gardens.
Please see below for
tours that include Chugoku:
