Data of Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi Prefecture site

Location: South West end of Honshu, Main Island. It takes about 3 hours from Fukuoka by car to Akiyoshi.

Yamaguchi's Food: Fugu (blow fish)

Yamaguchi's Craft: Hagi-yaki (pottery) is earthy kind of beautiful pottery. Place called Hagi & Tsuwano is another beautiful places to visit in Yamaguchi.

Some people in Yamaguchi took a very important political roles when Meiji Restoration (Terminate Edo era and then Modernisation of Japan) happened in 1868.

Hiroko, my sister and Mikizo, her husband took us to Akiyoshidai. My cute nephew, Ko chan of course came. (Family Shot)

Akiyoshidai is located in Yamaguchi prefecture in Honshu, Main Island. Across from Kushu Island to Honshu (main island), there are two ways of crossing. One is by Tunnel and another one is bridge, called Kanmon-kyo.

We visited Akiyoshido which is the biggest limestone cave in Japan. It is listed in Special Natural Monument in Japan. These limestone used to be coral approx. 300 millions years ago. It is like Jenolan Cave in Blue Mountains. It is under 100 meters from eh ground level, and the length is 10 km. The temperature is always same at 17 degrees centigrade all year.

Mikizo san told us that this place was the first dating place with Hiroko. Akiyoshido's admission cost \1240 per person.