Tsuwano
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By plane
Hagi-Iwami Airport(IWJ) is in Masuda City, about a 40 min. drive away.
By train
Tsuwano is on the JR Yamaguchi Line, which branches from the San'in Main Line at Masuda and terminates at Shin-Yamaguchi, the closest shinkansen stop. Much of the year a train pulled by a steam locomotive (SL Yamaguchi-gō) built in the early 1900s that runs once a day on weekends between Shin-Yamaguchi station and Tsuwano.
There are six incoming and six outgoing trains each day (3 local and 3 super ooki in each direction).
By bus
There are buses to and from local and regional destinations. There are also overnight buses to some large cities such as Osaka and Tokyo .
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Tsuwano Catholic Church
a nice church with tatami mat floors and if you go on a fine day the sunshine shines through the stained glass windows; very good for photos. You can also pick up a copy, for a small fee, of the story of the Otome-Toge Matyrs. Carp food is also available to buy.
Chapel of Saint Maria
In the area known as Otome-toge behind the station. 36 Japanese Christians were martyred here during the Meiji Period. This small church is run as a memorial to them. edit
Taikodani Inari Jinja
One of the Five Great Inari Shrines. It was built in 1773 by Tsuwano's seventh generation feudal lord Kamei Norisada to enshrine a share of the rice spirit Inari worshipped at Fushimi Inari in Kyoto. The walk up the mountain-side, through over a thousand bright read torii (gates), leads to a great view over the town. Free. edit
Washibara Hachiman-gu Shrine
a small shrine on the edge of town. It has archery contests on the 2nd of April. It is a pleasant walk through the garden.
Yomei-ji Temple
Built in 1420, it is one of the 2 great Soto sect temples. It was the family temple for many of the Tsuwano feudal lords and has the Mori Ogai's grave.
March - June
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