15 Sights in Shimonoseki, Japan (with Map and Images)

Akama Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is dedicated to the child Emperor Antoku, who died in the Battle of Dan-no-ura, which occurred nearby in 1185. This battle was important in the history of Japan because it brought an end to Genpei War in which the Minamoto clan defeated the rival Taira clan, and ended the Taira bid for control of Japan.

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Shimonoseki Aquarium is an aquarium located in Kaport, Karato District, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It opened on April 1, 2001. It is nicknamed Kaikyokan. It is managed and operated by the Shimonoseki Marine Science Academy under the designated manager system.

Wikipedia: 下関市立しものせき水族館 (JA)

The former British Consulate in Shimonoseki is the oldest surviving consulate building in Japan, located in Karato-cho, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. A two-story brick building completed in December 1906 (Meiji 39). In May 1999 (Heisei 11), it was designated as an important cultural property of the country.

Wikipedia: 旧下関英国領事館 (JA)

Iminomiya Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Chōfu, Japan. It is a Beppyo shrine, or a shrine that is particularly notable in a certain way with a significant history to it. It is a Ninomiya, or a second rank shrine in its province after the Ichinomiya. In this case the Ninomiya and Soja shrine of the province are combined together. Ichinomiya and Soja shrines were often combined.

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Tsunoshima Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the island of Tsunoshima in the city of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is notable as being one of only six lighthouses in Japan which had a first order Fresnel lens, the most powerful type of Fresnel lens.

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Dalian Shrine is a shrine located in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The shrine of Dalian Shrine in Dalian City, Kanto Province, which was once a leased land of Japan, was brought back to Japan and rebuilt, and it is a shrine within the precincts of Akama Jingu.

Wikipedia: 大連神社 (JA)

The Kinzan Kōzan-ji (金山功山寺) is a temple of the Sōtō school of Zen faction in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It was first established as a temple of the Rinzai school by Kyoan Genjaku in 1327 of the late Kamakura era.

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Yamaguchi International Trade & Cultural Center or Kaikyo Messe Shimonoseki (海峡メッセ下関) is a complex facility located in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. This building consists of Kaikyō Yume Tower and the International Trade Building.

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Toyota Firefly no Sato Museum is a museum located in Toyota-cho, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It opened on June 5, 2004. From April 2020, the name "Shimonoseki City Museum of Natural History" has been listed together.

Wikipedia: 豊田ホタルの里ミュージアム (JA), Website

Kushizaki Castle was a Japan castle located in Miyazaki Town, Shimonoseki Prefecture (Tooura District, Nagato Province). It is also written as Kushizaki Castle, and is also called Oyama Castle, Chofu Castle, and Chofu Jinya.

Wikipedia: 櫛崎城 (JA)

The Nissin Kaiwa Memorial Museum is a memorial hall located next to the Harufan Building in Amidata-ji Town, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, with the theme of the Treaty of Shimonoseki signed between China and Japan in 1895, and is managed by the Shimonoseki City Museum of History.

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Kameyama Hachimangū is a Shinto shrine located in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is a Hachiman shrine, dedicated to the kami Hachiman. The kami enshrined there include Emperor Ōjin, Empress Jingū, and Emperor Chūai. It was established in 859, and has an annual festival on October 15.

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Shimonoseki City Archaeological Museum opened in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in 1995. It is located next to the Ayaragigō Site, a Yayoi settlement that has been designated a national Historic Site.

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Shimonoseki City Museum of Modern Ancestors is a museum located at 5-7 Tanaka-cho, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It honors Kinuyo Tanaka, an actress from Shimonoseki City, and her nickname is Tanaka Kinuyo Bunkakan.

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Shimonoseki City Art Museum is a public museum that opened in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in 1983. The collection of some 2,200 items includes works by Kanō Hōgai, Kishida Ryūsei, Matsumoto Shunsuke, Takashima Hokkai , Oka Shikanosuke , and Kazuki Yasuo , as well as a New Kingdom Egyptian shawabti and Late Period image of Horus in the guise of a falcon.

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