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"Yanai City Furuichi Kanaya Traditional Buildings Group Preservation District", which was selected as the National Important Traditional Buildings Group Preservation District. The museum, which is located on the street where the houses of the old-fashioned white-walled merchant houses continue, has the name of "Muroya" and uses the mansion of the Oda family, an Australian merchant with as many as 50 sailing boats at its peak. The mansion, built in the year of Genroku 14 (1701), is the oldest in this town, with an area of 2561 square meters and 1500 square meters of Jianping, one of the largest in the country. A large number of commercial tools and daily necessities used by the Oda family are displayed in the hall. Tangible Folk Cultural Property, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It takes 30 minutes.

It is said that the willows and wells in the precincts originated from the place name "Yanai". A legend remains that once the Hanwaka princess of Bungo's country, on the way to Tokyo to the capital, when the water from this well made her throat, and to thank her, the willow tree grew.

A row of houses from the Edo period with white walls and lattice windows continues for about 200m. The building, which has a narrow frontage and a long depth, is the construction of a merchant house in the Edo period called the "Eel Sleeping Bed". In the summer goldfish lantern festival, the goldfish lanterns are hung on the eaves and the night when the light is lit brings a fantastic atmosphere. In 1984, he was selected as the Kanaya District of Furuichi Kanaya, Yanai City as a Preservation District for Traditional Buildings.

A park spread over lush green hills. You can enjoy a 28.6m high Ferris wheel, roller slides and dinosaur forests. There is also a campground, a tennis court (reservation required) and you can enjoy the outdoors. In addition, Bee was newly established in April 2021, and in addition to restaurants and cafes, there is also a children's square where you can enjoy play equipment such as fluffy dome.

It is a hot spring building in the Iwakuni International Tourist Hotel, a hot spring inn with one of the largest facilities in Iwakuni. The view of the abishibashi is "Asagō no Uto", which is equipped with a rock-built open-air bath. Men and women are replaced on a daily basis with "Yufu no Yu", which offers a view of Iwakuni Castle. Because of its long opening hours, you can also admire the bridge lit up at night.

It is the original soft serve of the specialty of the Nishibibashi specialty soft serve, and has about 40 kinds of homemade specialty soft serve, 350 yen ~. Two kinds of renkon croquettes made by the famous Iwakuni renkon and limited-time renkon chips are also very popular.

Observed the old-fashioned traditional method of preparation, and aged honkohonmoto of pickle umamon, which is repeatedly pickled. The pickled vegetables with an elegant taste produced at the factory of Tozo-zo are 10 types from 390 yen. The writer, Chiyo Uno, also said that he was such a fan that he received a stroke saying, "If the pickles are good, the day is happy." you can also tour the buildings that are selected as one of the "Yamaguchi Sumai Hyakusyo", so I would like to stop by.

A ropeway that connects from Sanrei Station to the peak at an altitude of about 200m in just three minutes. You can enjoy views of the Jintao River, the Nishiobi Bridge, the old castle town, and the islands of the Seto Inland Sea. During the journey, the history of Iwakuni is introduced via an audio guide.

The season of the year when the brocade bridge is the most gorgeous. You can enjoy the riverside and the brocade bridge colored by cherry blossoms, while you are enlisted to the flow of the Jintao River in the warm sunshine.

The area around the Nishibashi Bridge is a beautiful place with autumn leaves. Under the clear blue sky, the surface of the water and the Nishibashi Bridge, which you can see by being swayed by a tour boat. You can enjoy a beautiful water walk.