Sightseeing Spots

  • Former Site of Hagi Castle (Shizuki Park)

    Part of the UNESCO World Heritage “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution.”

    • Hagi Castle Ruins Area
    • World Heritage　
    • Open: 8am-6:30pm April-October; 8:30am-4:30pm November-February.
      Open daily / Closed: No Holidays

  • Merchant District（Hagi Catsle Town）

    Part of the UNESCO World Heritage “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution.”

    • Hagi Castle Town Area
    • World Heritage　

  • Former Residence of Kido Takayoshi (1833–1877)

    Kido Takayoshi is remembered in Japan as one of the “Three Heroes” of the Meiji Restoration

    • Hagi Castle Town Area
    • Open: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (daily) /

  • Former Residential District for Upper-Class Samurai

    Part of the UNESCO World Heritage “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution.”

    • Hagi Castle Ruins Area
    • World Heritage　

  • Konpirasha Enseiji Temple

    The main place of worship for the Ōuchi clan

    • Hagi Castle Town Area
    • Open: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (daily) /

  • Former Aoki Shūsuke Residence

    A practitioner of both Western and traditional Chinese medicine

    • Hagi Castle Town Area
    • Open: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (daily) /

  • Former Kubota Family Residence

    Preserved as important assets of Hagi Castle Town’s historical heritage

    • Hagi Castle Town Area
    • Open: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (daily) /

  • Daishōin Temple

    An ancient Rinzai Buddhist temple in honor of the Mōri Lords

    • Other Areas
    • Open: 9am - 5pm (last entry 4:30pm) /

  • Hagi Meirin Gakusha Visitor Center

    Situated on the site of the Former Domain School Meirinkan, the largest wooden schoolhouse in Japan is Hagi's new tourism hub！

    • Hagi Castle Town Area
    • Open: 9:00-17:00
      Hagi Goyomi
      *Restaurant ①11:00-15:00 ②18:00-21:00(② By reservation only)
      *cafe 11:00-15:00 /

  • Kikuya Residence（Kikuyake jyutaku）

    White façades with the black and white namako kabe design are a symbol of Hagi Castle Town

    • Hagi Castle Town Area
    • Open: 9am-5pm (last entry 4:45pm) / Closed: Closed: December 31

  • The Aiba Waterway (Aibagawa)

    Tasteful places where carp are swimming

    • Other Areas

  • The Ruins of Hagi Castle・Shizuki Park

    Site of Hagi Domain Castle built by the Mōri family in the Edo period

    • Hagi Castle Ruins Area
    • Open: 8am-6:30pm April-October; 8:30am-4:30pm November-February.
      Open daily / Closed: No Holidays

  • Shizukiyama Shrine　

    Five of the Mori lords are enshrined here

    • Hagi Castle Ruins Area
    • Open: 8am-6:30pm April-October; 8:30am-4:30pm November-February.
      Open daily / Closed: No Holidays

  • Yukawa Family Old Residence（Kyu Yukawake yashiki）

    An exotic former samurai residence on the Aibagawa Waterway

    • Other Areas
    • Open: 9am-5pm /

  • Kuchiba Family Residence

    The Kuchiba family were retainers to the Mōri family, the rulers of Chōshū domain

    • Hagi Castle Ruins Area
    • Open: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (daily) / Closed: Closed on Wednesdays, August 13th to 15th, December 30th to January 3rd

  • Tenjuin Mausoleum

    The final resting place of the daimyo Mōri Terumoto and his wife

    • Hagi Castle Ruins Area

  • Hagi Reverberatory Furnace

    • Kasayama Area
    • World Heritage　
    • Open: Open All Hours / Closed: No Holidays

  • Kita no Sōmon Gate

    One of the largest Kōraimon gates in Japan

    • Hagi Castle Ruins Area
    • Open: Free to visit /
 

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