Chugoku region located at the western end of the main island of Honshu. Full of beautiful quiet villages and cities In the form of a seaside fishing village and a small village located in the mountains Suitable for visiting the scenery reminiscent of the past and retaining the traditional aura of Japan.

The Chugoku region consists of 5 provinces which are

1. Tottori

Tottori is located on the island of Honshu. The capital city is Tottori, which is a province with wide sand dunes. Therefore is a tourist attraction And these sand dunes are used for research in growing crops in arid areas The famous products are barrow, watermelon, nagaimo (a kind of vegetable like sweet potato) and spring onions.

2. Shimane

Shimane is located on the island of Honshu, the capital city of Matsue. The former was the center of the powerful Izumo region. The site of Izumo Temple, an ancient Shinto place of worship And is home to Lake Shinji, one of the 7 largest lakes in Japan.

3. Okayama

Okayama is located on the island of Honshu. Okayama is the capital city. It is an important historical city in the past. Outstanding in pottery

4. Hiroshima

Hiroshima is located on the island of Honshu, the capital city of Hiroshima, which had previously been bombed by the United States in the face of tens of thousands and dead. During the second world war And used to organize sports Asian Games in 1994 and because it used to be a city that was affected by nuclear bombs So there was a building built to commemorate that event It is also the location of the Mazda production plant.

5. Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi is located on the island of Honshu, the capital city is Yamaguchi, but the prefecture’s largest city is Shimonoseki, which in the past was the beginning of the Meiji Revolution in 1865. There is a Kintai Bridge that crosses the Nishiki River. Iwakuni City Which is a 5 arched wooden bridge There are religious sites, both Buddhist and Christian, located in Yamaguchi. As for Shimonoseki Is famous for the puffer fish.

Where to go, see, and visit:

1. Mt. Daisen

Mt. Daisen is a large volcano which is high above sea level, covering the western landscape of the Tottori province, part of Mount Daisen. Daisen-Oki National Park is 1,729 meters high. It is the highest mountain in the Chugoku region. It is also the most prominent volcano and considered as a spiritual symbol in the center of mountain worship for a long time.

2. Seto Ohashi Bridge

Seto Ohashi bridge connects to the port of Okayama between Honshu Island and Shikoku Island as the longest suspension bridge in the world. The bridge is beautiful and very convenient transportation route because can get transportation to get there easy such as car route, train route and bicycle route. All of them can reach to the bridge.

3. Kaikyo Yume Tower

Kaikyo Yume Tower have a height of 153 meters. It is the tallest architecture in western Japan and each night in the tower have decorated the lights from outside of the tower and is unique for this tower. It is a building that attracts tourists to visit the city day and night from the observation hall you can see the 360 ​​degree panoramic view of the Kanmon Strait, Kyushu Island, Ganryujima Island, Seto inland sea and Japan Sea.

4. Hiroshima Jyo Castle

Hiroshima Jyo was built in 1599 and was renovated in 1958 after receiving damage from an atomic bomb. Nowadays, the castle is used as a place to display cultural documents and the battles of Japanese warriors. The area around the castle is beautiful spring in Sakura garden filled with white and pink Sakura flowers during the season.

5. Akiyoshido Cave

Akiyoshido cave is the largest limestone cave in Asia which discovered about a thousand years ago. Inside there have 1 km long walkway for walk and see cave around. There are 26 beauty spots in the cave such as stalactites in various shapes, golden stalactite pillars up to 15 meters high and hundreds of limestone swamps which are all natural sculptures that have been collected for over three hundred thousand years ago.