5 Sights in Yamaguchi, Japan (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Yamaguchi, Japan. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 5 sights are available in Yamaguchi, Japan.

1. Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]

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The Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media is a complex of libraries, halls, and art museums located in Nakazono-cho, Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. In addition to holding special exhibitions related to media art, which is mainly an art form that uses computers and images, there are also production facilities and performance halls. It is commonly known as "YCAM" or "Big Wave Yamaguchi". It is operated by the Yamaguchi City Cultural Promotion Foundation, which is an external organization of Yamaguchi City. It was selected as one of the 100 best halls in the Chugoku and Shikoku regions. In 2008, the building won the 11th Public Architecture Award in the Cultural Facilities category by the Public Buildings Association.

Wikipedia: 山口情報芸術センター (JA)

2. 山口県立山口博物館

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Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum is a prefectural museum in Yamaguchi, Japan, dedicated to the natural history and history of Yamaguchi Prefecture. It also has displays relating to science, technology, and astronomy. The museum opened as the Bōchō Educational Museum in 1912 and moved to its present location in 1917, reopening as the Yamaguchi Prefectural Educational Museum. The current building dates to 1967. The museum celebrated its one hundredth anniversary in 2012.

Wikipedia: Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum (EN)

3. Rujikōji Temple

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Rurikō-ji (瑠璃光寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Kayama neighborhood of the city of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The temple belongs to the Sōtō school of Japanese Zen sect and its honzon is a statue of Yakushi Nyorai. The temple's full name is Honeizan Rurikōzen-ji (保寧山瑠璃光禪寺). It is noted for its Muromachi period Five-story Pagoda which is designated a National Treasure.

Wikipedia: Rurikō-ji (EN)

4. 中原中也記念館

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Nakahara Chūya Memorial Museum is a museum dedicated to the life and works of poet Nakahara Chūya in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Located on the site of his birthplace, the museum opened in 1994. The museum was in 1998 selected among the 100 Top Public Buildings by the then Ministry of Construction.

Wikipedia: Nakahara Chūya Memorial Museum (EN)

5. 山口サビエル記念聖堂

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The Yamaguchi Sabiel Memorial Cathedral (Yamaguchi Sabiel Kinseido) is a cathedral of the Christian Catholic Hiroshima parish in Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It is also known as the Zavier Memorial Cathedral, but the facility name does not become muddy as Sabiel.

Wikipedia: 山口サビエル記念聖堂 (JA)

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