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Setouchi Yamaguchi for Families: The Kintaikyo Arches, Iwakuni's White Snakes, Yanai's Goldfish Lanterns & a Suo-Oshima Beach — 2 Days
The Kintaikyo bridge, an Iwakuni-zushi lunch, Kikko Park, the white snakes and the hilltop castle on day one, then Yanai's white-walled street and goldfish lanterns and a Suo-Oshima beach and aquarium on day two — two easy family days on the Seto Inland Sea
Akiyoshidai Karst & Yamaguchi City: Japan's Largest Cave, a National-Treasure Pagoda & a Sesshu Garden — 2 Days
Japan's largest limestone cave and the karst plateau of Akiyoshidai on day one, then the National-Treasure pagoda of Rurikoji, a kawara-soba lunch, the 'Ise of the West' and a Sesshu Zen garden on day two — two days from the karst underworld to the old capital
The Nagato Coast: Tsunoshima's Turquoise Bridge, the Cliff-Top Torii of Motonosumi & a Yumoto Hot-Spring Night — 2 Days
The Tsunoshima bridge and island lighthouse, the cape of Kawajiri and the cliff-top torii of Motonosumi on day one, then a sea-cave cruise off Omijima, a Senzaki seafood lunch and the Senjojiki clifftop on day two — two scenic days on the Nagato coast
Hagi Castle Town: Samurai Streets, Hagi-yaki Pottery & the Birthplace of the Meiji Restoration — 2 Days
The Shoin Shrine academy, a Hagi kappo lunch, the lantern-lined Mori graves of Tokoji and the Meirin learning centre on day one, then the castle ruins, the samurai quarter and a Hagi-yaki kiln on day two — two days in Yamaguchi's UNESCO castle town
First-Time Yamaguchi: Shimonoseki, the Kanmon Straits & the Fugu Capital of Japan — 2 Days
Karato Market sushi, Akama Shrine, the Kanmon undersea walk and a fugu dinner at Shunpanro on day one, then the Chofu castle town and Kozanji on day two — a first-timer's two days at the western tip of Honshu
Tsuruoka & Sakata: The Shonai Gastronomy Coast — 2 Days
A UNESCO gastronomy city and the world's best jellyfish aquarium, then a rice port of storehouses and a maiko teahouse
Zao: The Crater Lake, Summit Trails & Acid Springs — 2 Days
A ropeway to the summit ridge and two acid-spring baths, then a round crater lake and an alpine marsh
Dewa Sanzan Pilgrimage: The Three Mountains of Rebirth — 2 Days
Haguro's 2,446 stone steps and a thatched summit hall, then secret Yudono and the self-mummified monks
Ginzan Onsen & the Mogami River: A Taisho Hot-Spring Escape — 2 Days
A flat-bottomed boat down the Mogami, then a gas-lit Taisho hot-spring gorge
First-Time Yamagata: The Cliff Temple of Yamadera & the Castle City — 2 Days
The thousand-step cliff temple of Yamadera, then the moated castle city and a samurai onsen town
Soy Sauce & the Southern Cape: Yuasa to Kushimoto — 2 Days
Where soy sauce was born, and the wild southern tip of Honshu
Wakayama City & Kada Coast: Castle Town, Ramen & Island Forts — 2 Days
The Tokugawa castle town, its ramen and the island forts off Kada
Shirahama Onsen Coast: White Sand, Sea Cliffs & Ancient Baths — 2 Days
Japan's oldest hot-spring coast, white sand and sea cliffs