Places to Explore In Western Honshu

Discover the best places to explore in Western Honshu with curated recommendations from our travel experts.

Hagi

Hagi is virtually surrounded by two branches of the Abu-gawa—the river's south channel, Hashimoto-gawa, and the river's northeast fork, Matsumoto-gawa. Rising in great semicircles behind...

  • 3 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 5 Things To Do

Hiroshima

On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 am, a massive chunk of metal known as Little Boy fell from an American plane, and the sky ignited...

  • 5 Restaurants
  • 5 Hotels
  • 11 Things To Do

Iwakuni

A short train ride southwest from Hiroshima, Iwakuni City is a worthwhile day trip primarily due to Kintaikyo, arguably Japan's most famous (and most beautiful)...

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  • 2 Things To Do

Izumo Taisha

The oldest of Japan's Shinto shrines, Izumo Taisha has been of tremendous cultural significance—second only to the great shrine at Ise Jingu—since the 6th century...

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  • 1 Things To Do

Kurashiki

From the 17th through the 19th century, this vital shipping port supplied Osaka with cotton, textiles, sugar, reeds, and rice. Today Kurashiki thrives on income...

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  • 4 Hotels
  • 2 Things To Do

Matsue

Matsue is a city blessed with so much overwhelming beauty and good food that you will wonder what to look at, what to eat, and...

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  • 2 Hotels
  • 8 Things To Do

Miyajima

Miyajima's majestic orange O-torii, or “big gate,” is made of several stout, rot-resistant camphor-tree trunks, and is famed for the illusion it gives of "floating"...

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  • 2 Hotels
  • 4 Things To Do

Okayama

The city of Okayama claims to have the most sunny days in Japan, and the disposition of the locals tends to reflect this. A beautiful...

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  • 2 Hotels
  • 3 Things To Do

Tsuwano

This hauntingly beautiful town, tucked into a narrow north–south valley at the foot of conical Aono-yama and its attendant dormant volcanic mountain friends, may be...

  • 2 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 5 Things To Do

Explore Western Honshu

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Restaurants 17

Hotels 19
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