Yamaguchi 山口市 | |
Country | Japan |
Region | Chūgoku (San'yō) |
Prefecture | Yamaguchi |
Government |
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Yamaguchi is a prefecture in Japan's Chugoku region, on the southwest side of Honshu Island. The capital city, also called Yamaguchi, dates to the 14th century, when a lord designed it to look like "The Kyoto of the West." The pagoda-topped...
Area: 2,360 mi²
Population: 1.378 million (Feb 1, 2018)
Capital: Yamaguchi
Bird: Hooded crane (Grus monacha)
Fish: Japanese puffer (Takifugu rubripes)
Flower: Bitter summer mandarin blossom (Citrus natsudaidai)
Island: Honshu
Yamaguchi Prefecture is quiet and rural, but has many sites of great historical significance. Hagi, the capital of a major samurai domain, hosts one of the most ...
A center for Japanese art and beauty, from mannered gardens to wild canyons. The former domain of Kyushu's powerful Ouchi clan, Yamaguchi City is an essential ...