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Historical sites of the Chugoku Region
Atomic Bomb Dome, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum,
Hiroshima, Japan
The Chugoku region 中国地方 is the westernmost end of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. This region is comprised of Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi Prefectures. The western end of the region separated from the island of Kyushu by the Kanmon Strait. The Sea of Japan borders this region to the north. To the south is the Seto Inland Sea.
The cities of the Chugoku region include Hiroshima, Okayama, Kurashiki, Fukuyama, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Kure, Matsue, and Tottori.
The site of the first atomic bombing is in Hiroshima. Yamaguchi prefecture is home to the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. Kure, in Hiroshima Prefecture, is home to JMSDF Region Headquarters.
Tottori Prefecture 鳥取県
Tourist information for Tottori Prefecture
Nichinan Town Museum
Inoue Yasushi Memorial 井上靖記念館 野分の館
Yumeminato Tower
Yonago Castle Ruins
Sumiyoshi Sainokami's Night Light
Mizuki Shigeru Museum
Konpira lanterns in Akasaka
Tottori Sand Dunes
Other things to see in Tottori
Togo Lakeshore Park
Yasuda Yogaisan Castle Ruins
山の神古墳群 - Yama-no-kami tombs
富繁城跡 - Tomishige Castle Ruins
Shimane Prefecture 島根県
Shimane Prefecture Official Travel Guide
Izumo Cultural Heritage Museum
Izumo Folk Crafts Museum
Tanabe Museum of Art
Sanso Study Center - Chaos
Izumo Shrine
Yakumo Honjin Residence
Kabeya Shuseikan Museum
Wakou Museum
Izumo Heritage Museums Network
Hirata Honjin Memorial Museum
Matsue Castle
Itohara Memorial
Tezen Museum
Other things to see in Shimane
Kushiyama Castle Ruin
Nima Sand Museum
毘売塚古墳 - Himezuka Tomb
Oki Islands 隠岐諸島
Dogo-jima 島後
Tsudo port Breakwater Lighthouse
Bull Sumo Statue
Funa-goya (Traditional Boat Houses)
Ozuku Conglomerate Rock
Cape Nagu Lighthouse
Yui Pond
Oki Cape Fukuura Lighthouse
Fukuura Tunnels
Gokakominka Center
Goka Sosei-kan Museum
Tokoyama Pond Information Board
Shizen-kaiki-no-mori Natural Forest Entrance
Kabura-sugi Japanese Cedar
Cape Kuroshima Lighthouse
Sasaki-ke Traditional Residence
Togo Sumo Arena
Oki Islands Geopark Museum
Love Bridge
Oshiro Tomb
Okinoshima Town Library
Yuhigaoka Park
Shinnozuka Tomb
Oki Momo Dome
Emperor Go-Daigo's Residence site
Kaminishi Shrine Bull Sumo Ring
Choshi Dam
Rosoku-jima (Candle Island)
Nakanoshima 中ノ島
Emperor Go-Toba Museum
Murakami-ke Residence
Oki Kisen Birthplace
Kirogasaki Cape Lighthouse
Emperor Go-Toba visit monument
Takadahana Lighthouse
Tengawa-no-mizu Spring
Cape Chichii Lighthouse
Nishinoshima 西ノ島
Nishinoshima Tourism Association and Tourist Information
Nishinoshima Furusato-kan Museum
Kuroki-gosho Imperial Residence Site
Otohime-goten Cave
Tsutenkyo Arch
Kuniga Coast
Takimi-no-iwaya Cave
Mitabesaki Lighthouse
Akanadahana Lighthouse
Remains of Nishinoshima Primary School
Ika-yose-no-hama Squid Bay
Funabiki Canal
Chiburijima 知夫里島
Myogaki Stone Walls
Nifuribou Ruins
Sekiheki Red Cliff
Shirakabe
Chiburijima Lighthouse
Kawai Guardian Deity Water Spring
Goring (Five Wheel Pagoda)
Okayama Prefecture 岡山県
Okayama Prefecture Official Tourism Guide
Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art
Yanahara Fureai Mine Park/Yanahara Mine Museum
Ōhara Museum of Art
Kurashiki Museum of Natural History
Okayama Korakuen Garden
Bronze statue of Admiral Togo Heihachiro and stone statue of General Nogi Maresuke
Momotaro's Karakuri Museum
Kurashiki City Art Museum
Birthplace of Zen Master Eisai father 栄西禅師生誕地
Okayama Castle
Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter
Kurashiki Monogatarikan
Okayama Science and Humanity Museum
Okayama Prefectural Museum
Other things to see in Okayama
Hiroshima Prefecture 広島県
Official Hiroshima travel guide
JMSDF Museum and JS Akishio
Etajima Naval Museum
Irifuneyama Memorial Museum
Kure City 'Hill of History' 旧呉海軍工廠礎石記念塔
Hiroshima Peace Park and Memorial
Miyoshi Mononoke Museum
Hanazono Heritage Park
Yamato Museum - Kure
Kure Area Travel Report
Showa-machi Red Brick Warehouses 昭和町れんが倉庫群（旧呉海軍工廠赤レンガ倉庫群）
Other things to see in Hiroshima - Miyajima
Mori Motinari landing monument
Other things to see in Hiroshima - Etajima
Naval History Museum
Kairyu Midget Submarine
Site of Mitakayama Battery
Monuments and items of interest - Kure:
Screw, gun barrel, and stern fair leader of Battleship Mutsu
Main Anchor of the Battleship Yamato
Yamato Port Breakwater (actual size of Battleship Yamato)
仲渡道夫先生顕彰記念碑 (Memorial Monument to Michio Nakato)
Big lathe from the former Kure Naval Arsenal Shipyard
Former Kure Naval Arsenal Clock Tower
Former Powder Magazine of Takagarasu Battery
Smallest Commissary in the World - US Army Pier 6
Torpedo Loading Crane
Kure City Forest Fire Victims Memorial Monument
宇和木バイパス開通記念碑 - Uwagi Bypass Opening Memorial
故陸軍歩兵蔵田一雄君之碑 - Monument to Infantryman Kazuo Kurata
Yamaguchi Prefecture 山口県
Yamaguchi Travel Guide Website
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni
Iwakuni Castle
Iwakuni Gokuko Shrine
Kashiwabara Art Museum
Ganryu-Jima (Miyamoto Musashi's Island)
Akiyoshidai and Cave Areas
Geiyo Fortress Ruins
Museum of Japanese Immigration to Hawaii
Iwakuni CIty Official Tourism Website
Kintai-kyo Bridge
Yokaren 2nd Toku Otsu Class Monument
Chōshū Domain Shimonoseki Maeda Battery
Great Stones of Magura
Nagato Copper Mine Cultural Exchange Center
Battleship Mutsu Museum
White Snakes of Iwakuni Museum
Former Mekada Residence
Dan-no-ura Battlefield
Hinomiya Park and Artillery Battery
The Hinoyama Battery Site
Mine City Mines
Shunan City Kaiten (special attack submarines) Museum and Memorial
Other sites around Yamaguchi:
Akamagaseki Highway/Jizo Tao
Historical sites onboard MCAS Iwakuni
Japanese A6M Zero inside original hangar
Imperial Japanese Navy HQ Building