Yamaguchi, Japan · Asia
Yamaguchi sits on the route: 20 minutes from Ogōri-shimogō, 45km from Motonosumi Shrine.
Yamaguchi is in Japan, with about 190,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Ogōri-shimogō, about 11 km away.
Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum (山口県立山口博物館, Yamaguchi Kenritsu Yamaguchi Hakubutsukan) is a prefectural museum in Yamaguchi, Japan, dedicated to the natural history and history of Yamaguchi Prefecture. It also has displays relating to science, technology, and astronomy. The museum opened as the Bōchō Educational MuseumRead more
in 1912 and moved to its present location in 1917, reopening as the Yamaguchi Prefectural Educational Museum. The current building dates to 1967. The museum celebrated its one hundredth anniversary in 2012.
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Within an hour or so of Yamaguchi: Motonosumi Shrine (45 km), Tsunoshima Bridge (56 km).
The nearest famous roads are Shimanami Kaido.
Yamaguchi is in Yamaguchi, Japan, about 11 km from Ogōri-shimogō.
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Japan Helpline (24h English assistance): 0570-000-911. An International Driving Permit (1949 convention) is required to drive.
Full driving guide for Japan2 notable places within an hour's drive.
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A run of 123 vermilion torii gates descending a grassy headland to cliffs above the Sea of Japan. Its offertory box is fixed atop the entrance torii, six metres up, so coins must be thrown into it.
45 km · about 50 min drive
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A 1,780 m bridge gliding low over the cobalt Amagase strait to tiny Tsunoshima island in Yamaguchi. Its curve across emerald shallows is a fixture of Japanese car commercials and road-trip photos.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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