Akitakada Museum of History and Folklore

Akitakada Museum of History and Folklore

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Hiroshima Electric Railway (tram) Hiroshima Bus Center, which is a short walk from Takayamachi Seiden Stop → Hiroshima Bus for Yoshida, 1 hour and 30 minutes, Bus Stop: Akitakada City Hall front, 5 minutes on foot; or JR Mukohara Station → car 15 minutes. JR Kabe Station → 45 minutes bus.
10km 15 minutes from China Road Takada IC
15 vehicles/3 large buses

Business Hours

9 to 17 o'clock

Price

Entrance 300 yen, elementary and junior high school students 150 yen

Spot Category

Museums・Science Museums・Archives

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A roadside station adjacent to the China Expressway Takada IC. In the nostalgic retro hall, in addition to the local Takamiya and Mishisato-cho, as well as the morning-picked vegetables in the Akitakada area, as well as the rare sea-produced strings collected from Sanyo Hamada and Setouchi, there is a line of "Nagaiki Ramen Shokudo" where you can taste ramen featuring noodles made of turmeric and local gourmet Yasha udon in Akitakada City.

Motonari Tombs

Motonari Mohri, who took advantage of his own knowledge and the strengths of his three sons (Takamoto Mori, Motoharu Yoshikawa, Takakage Kobayakawa) to become the largest Sengoku daimyō in western Japan. After bringing down the curtain of his life at the age of 75, he was buried at the foot of Mount Kōrijo, where he lived. Around the grave, there are also tombs of the castle owners of Koriyama Castle and the million-one-piece monument. The tomb is surrounded by a tamagaki, but ordinary customers can enter the tamagaki and worship only on the day of the tomb festival held on July 16 every year.

Koriyama Castle Site

It was confirmed as the castle of the Mōri clan in the late 15th century, and the entire Kōriyama area was citaalized during the time of Mōri Motonari, who rose to become the largest Sengoku daimyō in western Japan. It is a large-scale mountain castle in the Warring States period with 270 large and small rings, and a number of historical sites of Yukari remain at the foot of the mountain, centered on the graves of Motoju and his eldest son, Takamoto.

Night Light

It is located right next to the Iroha Maru Exhibition Building and is a symbol of Tomonoura, which served as a lighthouse to mark the entrance of the harbor during the Edo period. It is also known as the lantern tower, which is lit at night and has a feeling of wind.

Medical Temple

The ancient temple of the Shingon sect, which is believed to be the foundation of the Hiroho Daishi, in the third year of the Heian period (826). From the precincts, you can overlook the streets of Tomonoura and the beautiful islands of the Seto Inland Sea.

Mount Takamiyama

The mountain at an altitude of 283m in the Seto Inland Sea National Park, which used to be a lookout for the Murakami Army, so you can see the Inashima Ohashi and the Seto islands, and if it is sunny, as far as Shikoku. It is also famous as a cherry blossom spot.

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