Hagi Castle Ruins Area

  • 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

  • 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　

  • 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

  • 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

  • Kita no Sōmon Gate

    One of the largest Kōraimon gates in Japan

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

  • Horiuchi Kaimagari and Hiyako Kaimagari Streets

    The street which gives the illusion of a dead end

    • Hagi Castle Ruins Area
    • Open: 24 hours (daily) /

  • Kikugahama Beach

    A beach of white sand facing the beautiful Sea of Japan

    • Hagi Castle Ruins Area

  • Hagi Sightseeing Boat （Hagi Hakkei Yūransen）

    See the scenery of Hagi from the sea and the rivers by pleasure boat

    • Hagi Castle Ruins Area

  • Hananoe Tea House

    The tea house built by the lord of the Choshu domain

    • Hagi Castle Ruins Area
    • Open: 8am-6:30pm April-October; 8:30am-4:30pm November-February.
      Open daily
      *The inside is not open to the public /

  • Hagi Museum

    The museum where we can learn of the nature, history and culture of Hagi

    • Hagi Castle Ruins Area
    • Open: 9am-5pm (last entry 4:30 pm) / Closed: 2nd Wed, Thu, Fri in June, December 30 to January 1, 4th Wed, Thu, Fri in January, Every Wed from January to the 2nd Wed in March