Tag: Yamaguchi

The puffer fishes invite good luck in Shimonoseki

Puffer fish is a fish with deadly poison. ↑Puffer fish(Download from free photo site) Even though the puffer fish is one of the popular fish as a delicious fish among the Japanese. Shimonoseki is the biggest accumulation area of the puffer fish in Japan. ↑Shimonoseki Shimonoseki is important point where cross East China Sea, Japan Sea and Seto Inland Sea and a good fishing ground. And also, off the coast of Genkai Sea and Western coast of Seto Inland Sea is an egg-laying site of Japanese puffer fish. The connection with puffer fish and Shimonoseki is very old. So the bone of puffer fish was excavated in the kitchen midden … Read More

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Iwakuni Castle has jumped on the bandwagon

Iwakuni Castle was built by command of Hiroie Kikkawa who was the lord for domain of Iwakuni. In 1603, the construction of Iwakuni Castle was started. After 5 years, it was completed. However, the castle was deserted by command of Tokugawa regime in 1615. The life was only 7 years. Iwakuni Castle is on the top of mountain with altitude 300m, but we can go there by a ropeway. ↑View from ropeway So, it is easy today to go to the castle, but we can suppose it was hard in those days that haven’t the ropeway. It is said that the persons concerned of castle took Iwakuni-sushi when they go … Read More

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Why Kintai Bridge became so an unique appearance?

It’s like woodwork! We might be able to say Kintai Bridge is the huge work of art in the shape of bridge!   The unique structure is genuine woody arch bridge from the view point of dynamics, and also it is unparalleled only one bridge in the world which is called “Kintai style arch bridge”. Results of the investigation, it is too high-level bridge technically which is said “The method is consistent with the rules of modern mechanics and it is not room for any improvement”. In fact, the geometric wood combination looked up from under the bridge makes us feel the height art of building. Why the great bridge … Read More

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The animal who decided consequence of war in Dannoura

 There were wars which became major chage points of the Japanese history in this Kanmon Strait where giant bridge across. Japan had been a federal state that gather the countries which are ruled by feudal lords until the mid-1800s. Choshu-han which is the one country of them had waged Bakan War to the Union fleet of England, France, Holland and America on the satage of Kanmon Strait. The replica of the cannon that Choshu-han used at that time has been aligned toward the sea. ↑Cannon Furthermore 680 years ago in 1800 it is traced back from the Bakan War, Genji and Heishi who were two large force of Japan at … Read More

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