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Meiji Restoration
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Yamaguchi Sightseeing Taxi
Trace the will of “Shoin Yoshida” and Shoin’s disciples
This sightseeing cab course focuses on Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, with the aim of taking you on a historical tour. The period is from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji era. The tour will take you to the stage where Shoin Yoshida, the loyalist leader of the Imperialists, played an active role, as well as to the footsteps of the late Bakumatsu period (the period of the Tokugawa Shogunate) warriors who were involved in the Meiji Restoration.
Pick-up at hotel in Yamaguchi-shi or Shin-Yamaguchi station
Hagi museum
Enseiji temple
Meirinkan
Kantokumon
Yubikan
Noyamagoku
Iwakuragoku
Hagi Sea mart
Shoin shrine
Cemetery of
Shoin Yoshida
Drop-off at hotel in Yamaguchi-shi or Shin-Yamaguchi station
Hagi museum
Hagi museum has been renovated and relocated from Hagi regional museum and built in the ruins of Mouri family residence which is located in traditional building protected area.
Enseiji temple
Enseiji is a temple which Shinsaku Takasugi and Hirobumi Ito studied. There are a big Tengu mask and a wooden horse, which Shinsaku Takasugi assumed to play with.
Meirinkan, Kantokumon, Yubikan
Hagi Meirinkan is now part of Meirin elementary school and the place of historical national ruins with Yubikan, Suirenike pond and Seisando.
Noyamagoku, Iwakuragoku
Noyamagoku is a prison which many of samurai were imprisoned include Shoin Yoshida who failed to smuggle himself and Shinsaku Takasugi who was sentenced guilty for fleeing from domain. There were another prison on the other side called Iwakuragoku which was used for citizen’s prison.
Hagi Sea mart
Hagi Sea mart is a roadside station offering fresh foods from producers of north Yamaguchi include Hagi, and generate delicious food culture created by castle town Hagi.
Shoin shrine
There are many historical ruins related to Shoin Yoshida inside, such as Shoka-Sonjuku, a private school produced many talented people working for Japanese modernization and Shoin history museum, and Shiseikan treasure house. There is an old residence where Shoin was confined nearby.
Cemetery of Shoin Yoshida
This is a cemetery of Shoin’s family with Yurinosuke Sugi, Daisuke Yoshida, Fuminoshin Tamaki, Genzui Kusaka and a disciple Shinsaku Takasugi standing in a row. Also there is a born place of Shoin and Fumi nearby.
Taxi Fare
Travel time | SEDAN Type | MINI-VAN Type |
|---|---|---|
5 Hours | 33,000 yen | 53,000 yen |
※4 passengers = Sedan, 9 passengers = MINI VAN
※Traffic, entrance and parking fee are extra.
Application Form
Please provide detailed information about your plans and submit the form. After receiving your application form, we will confirm your booking again via email.
Please make your reservation at least 7 business days prior to your ride.
※You can designate the places of pick-up, drop-off and sightseeing only inside Yamaguchi prefecture.
※Traffic, entrance and parking fee are extra.
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