Iwakuni Castle is located in Yamaguchi Prefecture. To get to the castle site, you can either hike or take the ropeway from the base of the mountain (200-meter-high Shiroyama). Once at the top you have ...

A museum packed with samurai weapons and armor stands near the iconic Kintaikyo Bridge in Iwakuni, a short drive from the ...

Kintaikyō, Japan’s largest and most attractive wooden bridge, originally connected the administrative headquarters of the Iwakuni domain with the adjacent castle town. Spanning the Nishiki River, it ...

The castle town of Iwakuni and Suo-Oshima island across the bridge are scenic coastal destinations along the Seto Inland Sea in southeastern Yamaguchi prefecture. Until the end of the Edo period (1603 ...