08:00 Your hotel or HATAKA Staion, HAKATA Port, KOKURA Station, KITA-KYUSHU Airport in Fukuoka At the airport, a driver with a name board will meet you at the arrival gate and guide you to the bus parking lot If you can apply, please let us know your [arrival flight number] in advance.

09:30-09:45 Dannoura Battlefield, 21 Mimosusogawa- cho, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Shimonoseki City in Yamaguchi prefecture is famous as the place of the Battle of Dan-no-Ura, known as the last battle between Minamoto and Taira clans. At first, the battle was dominated by the Taira but after the flow of the tide changed, the Minamoto began to dominate. Finally, the Minamoto won the battle and the Kamakura era had begun in Japan. Today, it is called Mimosuso River Park, a city park from where you can get a great view of the Kanmon strait. There is a monument of the Dan-no-Ura Old battlefield site and some great information displays to learn about the battle. There are some handprints by some famous actors who played roles in “Yoshitsune”, the NHK TV drama which was broadcast in 2005. Some chosyu cannons which are replicas are exhibit in the park. Chosyu is a former name of Yamaguchi prefecture a long time ago.

10:45-11:15 Akiyoshidai, 11237-862 Shuhocho Akiyoshi, Mine, Yamaguchi Akiyoshidai is the largest karst plateau in Japan, spread in the middle and eastern part of Mine City. It was designated as a National Monument ( Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park) in 1955 and a special natural monument in 1964. The limestone that makes up the magnificent landscape of Akiyoshidai is about 350 million years ago in the southern sea. It was born as a coral reef, and over the years has formed a karst plateau like today. https://akiyoshidai-park.com/en/enjoy/

11:30-12:15 Akiyoshido Cave [ KUROTANI ] Entrance, 1237-739 Shuhocho Akiyoshi, Mine, Yamaguchi *Entrance fee￥1300 (≒10 USD)/adult AKIYOSHI-DO Cave [ Main Entrance ] ~ Restaurant "YASUTOMIYA" *The cave runs from north to south. You can enter through the entrance and exit on the other side "one way". The bus will drop you off at the entrance and wait for you at the exit. Akiyoshido is one of the largest limestone caves in Japan, which opens at the southern foot of the Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park 100 meters underground. Passing through the chilly cedar grove that cools the skin, you will find the entrance to Akiyoshido. The sightseeing course in the cave is about 1 km (the total length exceeds 10.7 km and is the second largest in Japan), the temperature is constant at 17 ° C throughout the seasons, the summer is cool and the winter is warm, and you can enjoy sightseeing comfortably.

13:00-14:45 Restaurant "Choshuen", 1-6 Kimachi, Yamaguchi ~ Rurikoji Temple, 7-1 Kozancho, Yamaguchi This pagoda was commissioned by Ouchi Morimi, one of the heads of the Ouchi clan that ruled Yamaguchi from the 14th to 16th centuries. Morimi had the pagoda built as a memorial to his older brother Ouchi Yoshihiro, who died leading a revolt against the country's central government in 1399. The pagoda was completed in 1442 and is lauded as the most outstanding structure surviving from the middle of the Muromachi period, which ran from approximately 1336 to 1573. It is designated a national treasure. The pagoda is 31 meters tall, or about 102 feet. Its roofs are made of multiple layers of cypress bark held in place with bamboo nails. Moving upward, each story is progressively narrower, contributing to the structure’s balanced appearance.

15:45-17:00 "World Heritage Route" ~ Hagimeirin Center Parking Lot, 560-4 Emukai, Hagi, Yamaguchi Part of the UNESCO World Heritage “Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution.” The merchant district of Hagi is located east of the high-ranking samurai district and Hagi Castle. Its maze of white-walled streets is lined with well-preserved merchant houses and natsumikan trees stick out over many of the walls. The white walls protect the natsumikan citrus trees from the sea wind and the image of natsumikan hanging over the earthen walls has been a symbol of Hagi since the turn of the twentieth century.

17:15-17:30 Shoin Shrine, 1537 Chinto, Hagi, Yamaguchi The Shinto shrine dedicated to Yoshida Shōin, who became the driving force behind the Meiji Restoration Shoin Shrine is located on the former lands of the Sugi family on the outskirts of Hagi. Yoshida Shoin (born Sugi Toranosuke in 1830) grew up here and taught here periodically until his execution in 1859. The school where Shoin taught, Shokasonjuku, was restored in 1890, and a small private memorial was erected nearby. Seventeen years later in 1907, two of his most famous students, four-time prime minister Ito Hirobumi (1841–1909) and the diplomat and bureaucrat Nomura Yasushi (1842–1909), built Shoin Shrine behind their former school as a monument to their teacher From 1936 to 1940, donations arrived from all over Japan for the construction of a brand-new shrine located at the rear of the property. Although work lapsed during World War II, the new copper-roofed shrine was completed in 1955.

[ Day-1 DROP OFF ] 17:45 e.g.) RYOKAN Hagi Komachi, Hagi, Yamaguchi * Hotels you book in Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture * Your hotel arrangements and payments must be made by yourself. https://travel .rakuten.com/ The next day we will leave at 7:30am. The driver will pick you up at your hotel.