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• Yamaguchi Xavier Memorial Church

  Posted on Monday August 18th, 2008 at 21:38 in Church, jake davies, xavier, yamaguchi

  山口サビエル記念聖堂The Yamaguchi Xavier Memorial Church was completed in 1998. Located on a hilltop overlooking central Yamaguchi City, the striking modern design replaced an earlier church...

• Chuya Nakahara

  Posted on Monday July 14th, 2008 at 21:51 in jake davies, onsen, poetry, yamaguchi

  中原中也The most famous son of Yuda Onsen, a resort town next to Yamaguchi City in Yamaguchi Prefecture, is the poet Chuya Nakahara.Born in 1907, his talent for poetry was apparent from an early a...

• Akiyoshido

  Posted on Monday June 30th, 2008 at 19:14 in jake davies, yamaguchi

  秋吉洞To date, more than 400 caves have been discovered beneath Akiyoshidai, the largest karst in Japan. Several of the larger caves are open to the public, and of these, Akiyoshido is the largest ...

• Akiyoshidai

  Posted on Sunday June 22nd, 2008 at 20:28 in jake davies, yamaguchi

  秋吉台Located in the middle of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Akiyoshidai is the largest karst in Japan, encompassing about 130 square kilometers.A karst is the geological name for a limestone plateau, and ...

• Tsunoshima

  Posted on Friday March 14th, 2008 at 21:51 in jake davies, oki islands, yamaguchi

  角島Viewers of Japanese TV may recognize this bridge as it is the setting for a car commercial that is currently being shown. It is the 1780m long Tsunoshima Bridge, and when it was built in 2000 it...

• Fukutoku Inari Jinja

  Posted on Friday February 15th, 2008 at 18:53 in jake davies, shimonoseki, yamaguchi

  福徳稲荷神社Sitting on the hillside on the western edge of Honshu, Fukutoku Inari, also known as Inunaki no Oinari, commands fine views over the ocean in the direction of China (where Inari most...