Hagi Castle Town and Hagi Meirin Gakusha, school house
The city of Hagi flourished as a castle town after Mori Terumoto built Hagi Castle in 1604, and is one of the most historic cities in Japan. The impressive samurai residences, the summer oranges peeking out of earthen walls, and the namako patterned walls, harken back to the characteristic streets of the Edo period.
Meiringakusha was built on the ruins of Meirinkan domain school, the center of education and training in the Hagi Domain, and the former Meirin Elementary School, including the main building which is registered as a tangible cultural property, is the largest wooden school building in Japan, which has been renovated to be a tourist facility.
Street address
- Around Minamifuruhagi-machi and Gofuku-machi, Hagi City, and 602 Emukai, Hagi City
About YAMAGUCHI Access
- ● Around 90 minutes by bus from JR Shin-Yamaguchi Station
● Around 30 minutes by bus from JR Higashi-Hagi Station (Hagi Junkan Maaru Bus east route)
- ● Around 90 minutes by bus from JR Shin-Yamaguchi Station
Opening Hours
- 09:00-17:00
Closed
- None
Best season
- All year
Point
Spots around
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Motonosumi Shrine
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Iwakuni Art Museum with Kashiwabara Collection
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Nagato Yumoto Onsen
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Kintaikyo Bridge
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Yanai Nishigura/goldfish lantern experience
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Hofu Tenman-gu Shrine
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Karato Fish Market
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Tokiwa Park
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Hagi Uragami Museum
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Iwakuni Castle
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Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport
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Shunan Industrial Night Scenery
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Akiyoshidai Plateau/Akiyoshido Cave
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Yuda Onsen
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Yamaguchi Ube Airport
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World Heritage Sites: Hagi Castle Town and the Shokasonjuku Academy
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Tsunoshima Ohashi
