Things to Do in Chugoku, Japan

Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter

A beautifully preserved canal district with white-walled warehouses from the Edo period in Kurash...

Korakuen Garden

One of Japan's top three landscape gardens, featuring elegant lawns, ponds, and tea houses since ...

Tomonoura

Tomonoura - The Port Town That Inspired Ponyo

A historic port town that inspired the Studio Ghibli film 'Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea,' with t...

Adachi Museum of Art

Art museum whose Japanese gardens have been ranked best in Japan by the Journal of Japanese Garde...

Onomichi

A hillside port town of temples, cats, and the gateway to the Shimanami Kaido cycling route.

Mount Daisen

Known as the 'Mt Fuji of the San'in Region', Mount Daisen is a striking volcanic peak offering ex...

Oki Islands

UNESCO Global Geopark in the Sea of Japan

A remote archipelago designated as a UNESCO Global Geopark, featuring dramatic sea cliffs, unique...

Hiroshima

Hiroshima - City of Peace and Resilience

A city rebuilt as a peace memorial and modern metropolis. Gateway to Miyajima Island and home of ...

Hagi

A well-preserved Edo-era castle town on the Sea of Japan coast that produced many leaders of the ...

Bitchu-Matsuyama Castle

The highest original castle in Japan at 430 meters elevation, a mountaintop fortress often shroud...

Okunoshima

Okunoshima (Rabbit Island)

A small island in the Seto Inland Sea famous for its hundreds of friendly wild rabbits.

Okayama

Okayama, Garden City and Momotaro's Hometown

A Shinkansen-connected city famous for the Momotaro legend, Korakuen Garden, and access to the ar...

Akiyoshido Cave

Akiyoshido Cave - Japan's Largest Limestone Cave

Japan's largest and longest limestone cave, stretching over 10 kilometers underground with approx...

Tottori Hanakairo Flower Park

Spread across 50 hectares at the foot of sacred Mount Daisen, Tottori Hanakairo ranks as Japan's ...

Motonosumi Shrine

Motonosumi Shrine - 123 Torii Gates by the Sea

A seaside shrine where 123 vermillion torii gates snake down a clifftop hillside to the edge of t...