13 Sights in Fukuyama, Japan (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Fukuyama, Japan! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Fukuyama. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

1. Fukuyama Castle

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Fukuyama Castle , sometimes called Hisamatsu Castle or Iyō Castle was the castle of the Bingo-Fukuyama Han during the Edo period of Japanese history. The grounds of the castle have been designate a National Historic Site since 1964. The castle is located in Fukuyama Park in Fukuyama, Hiroshima near Fukuyama Station.

Wikipedia: Fukuyama Castle (EN), Website

2. 福山自動車時計博物館

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The Fukuyama Automobile Clock Museum is a registered museum in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, located in Kitakichizu-cho. Its abbreviation is "FACM," based on the initials of its English name. It is operated by the Nohso Cultural Foundation.

Wikipedia: 福山自動車時計博物館 (JA)

3. 沼名前神社

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沼名前神社

Nunakuma Shrine (沼名前神社) is a Shinto shrine located in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture Japan. It is a Gion shrine. It is a Beppyo shrine, or a shrine that is particularly notable in a certain way with a significant history to it. It is located in Fukuyama, Hiroshima.

Wikipedia: Nunakuma Shrine (EN)

4. Kusadoinari Shrine

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Kusado Inari Shrine is an Inari Shrine in Kusato -cho, Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Due to one of the five Japanese Inari companies, the number of worshipers at Hatsumode is about 400,000, one of the worshipers in Hiroshima Prefecture.

Wikipedia: 草戸稲荷神社 (JA), Website

5. 安国寺

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Ankoku-ji (安国寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Kokutai-ji branch of Rinzai school of Buddhism in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. This temple was built by the priest Kakushin in 1273. Afterwards, it was revived by Ankokuji Ekei in 1579, though it remained in decline. This temple is classified as an Important Cultural Property.

Wikipedia: Ankoku-ji (Fukuyama) (EN)

6. 圓福寺

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圓福寺 Yanajin / CC BY-SA 3.0

Enpukuji Temple is a temple of the Daikakuji sect of the Shingon sect located in Tomomachi, Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Nanlin Mountain. For details, it is called Nanrinzan Shakyamuni Enfukuji.

Wikipedia: 円福寺 (福山市) (JA)

7. Ota house

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The Ohtake Residence is a historical building (private house) located in Tomo, Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Originally the residence of the Nakamura family, a sake brewery that served as the official sake supplier for the Fukuyama domain, it became the property of the Ohta family during the Meiji period. It represents modern merchant architecture of the Seto Inland Sea and was designated as an important cultural property of the country on May 31, 1991. It is also designated as a historic site by Hiroshima Prefecture as the Tomo Seven Lords' Ruins (designated in 1940).

Wikipedia: 太田家住宅 (福山市) (JA)

8. 尾市1号墳

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尾市1号墳

Oichi No. 1 Tomb (Oichi Ichigo Fun, Oichi Kofun) is an ancient burial mound that has always been located in Shinichimachi, Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The shape is an octagonal mound. One of the burial mounds that make up the Oichi Kofun Group. It has not been designated as a historic site.

Wikipedia: 尾市1号墳 (JA)

9. 広島県立歴史博物館

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Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of History is a prefectural museum in Fukuyama, Japan, dedicated to the history and culture of the Setouchi region. It has a particular focus upon the medieval settlement of Kusado Sengen. The museum opened in the grounds of Fukuyama Castle in 1989.

Wikipedia: Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of History (EN)

10. 蛇円山

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Mt. Jaenzan is a mountain with an altitude of 545.5 meters located in Ekiyamachi, Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture. At the top of the mountain, the Takaoka Shrine is enshrined as a god of rain. It is also called Bingo Fuji.

Wikipedia: 蛇円山 (JA)

11. 福山八幡宮

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Fukuyama Hachimangū is a Shinto shrine located in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is a Hachiman shrine, dedicated to the kami Hachiman. The kami it enshrines include Emperor Ōjin, Empress Jingū, and Himegami (比売神).

Wikipedia: Fukuyama Hachimangū (EN)

12. 山の神古墳

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山の神古墳

The Yamakami Kofun is an ancient burial mound located in Hojoji Temple in Ekiyacho, Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The shape is a circular mound (one theory is an anterior-posterior mound). It is designated as a designated historic site in Hiroshima Prefecture.

Wikipedia: 山の神古墳 (福山市) (JA)

13. Fukuzen Temple

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Fukuzen-ji (福禅寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Tomo-machi neighborhood of the city of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The temple's full name is Kaigan-zan Senjū-in Fukuzen-ji , and it belongs Daikaku-ji branch of the Shingon-shu of Japanese Buddhism.

Wikipedia: Fukuzen-ji (EN), Website

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