• The Hagi castle ruin (Shigetsu park): The Hagi castle was built in 1604 on the Shigetsu hill by Terumoto Mori. All the building such as castle tower are dismantled in 1874, and a part of the stone wall and the castle remains an old appearance now, and one belt here is specified for the historic site in the country. About 200,000 square meter in the area are well maintained as an Shigetsu park. 600 Prunus yedoensis are in full bloom in spring. Source: Hagi memoirs

• Mt. Shigetsu: The forest has been protected as castle woods in the mountain of above sea level 143m. Trees presumed to exceed 600 years are specified for the natural monument. Source: Guide of sightseeing in Hagi city

• Kikuchi beach: In the coast where the Shirahama blue pine continues along the Hagi bay, a scenic area appears from the Hagi castle. It is wonderful. Source: Hagi memoirs

• Onnadaiba: The counteroffensive was received, and it took heavy losses on the day the expulsion of foreigners carrying out on May 10, 1863. Hagi clan added the bombardment to the foreign ship that passed over Kanmon strait. At this occasion, the Hagi clan ordered the resident the construction of the bulwark on Kikuchi beach in preparation for the raid of the foreign ship. Samurai's wife and maid's distinguished services were especially large when the bulwark was constructed, and it is said, alias "Onnadaiba" or women's bulwark. The bulwark of 3m in height and 12m in width is keeping the former state of things comparatively well over 50m now. Source: Guide of sightseeing in Hagi city

• Kotokuji Temple: Juaemon Yamagata contributed the gate in 1695. Only the gate escaped burning down in a fire in 1921. The eaves height is 5.26m, and 8.7m high in roof. It is valuable as the Zen sect grand gate of middle term of Edo with clear construction age.

• The Kumagaya museum: Kumagaya was finance, the broker, and salt manufacture. Kumagaya Goemon built it in 1768 as the wealthy merchant who prospered as orders in the Hagi clan with the wholesale store, and specified for the important cultural asset in the country. The main exhibit has about 500 points of the document material such as the paintings and writings folding screens, tea-things, and the decoration articles such as Sesshu widths etc. Especially, the oldest piano made in Britain in Japan presented by German doctor Siebold in Nagasaki is worthy. Source: Hagi memoirs

• Traces of Noyama prison and Iwakura prison: Feudal soldier Magobee Iwakura got drunk and crushed into a next house, Noyama family. He killed and wound. Iwakura became a capital punishment due to this event, and both families were collapsed by the clan. The residences became prisons in the clan. The Noyama prison accommodated the people of samurai warriors as a jail and the Iwakura prison committed the common people. Present specified ground is a part of the prison. Shoin Yoshida was in the Noyama prison after he failed to go abroad at the end of shogunate age. The attendant Shigeyuki Kaneko was put into the Iwakura prison. Source: Hagi city guide plate

• The important cultural asset, Jonen-ji Temple front gate: The gate was originally in Kyoto. It is said that Terumoto Mori received the back gate of Jurakudai House from Hideyoshi Toyotomi when it was dismantled. When the Hagi castle fortification was investigated, it was contributed to this temple. Source: Hagi city guide plate

• It seems that the warehouse where feudal lord's state boat was stored, and it was built soon after Hagi castle is fortified in 1608. It faced the Matsumoto river though it is in the remote place from the riverside now. The walls are in both sides and the back side by basalt, roof tiles were tiled on the roof up, and the front side has a wooden door. It is specified for the historic site in the country for a hold of the old clan age that tiled a roof in the only relic. Source: Guide of sightseeing in Hagi city

• Merchant house of Fujii family: There are two houses, and the west building is gable first floor construction and still used. The construction was in 1820's. The east building is gable first floor construction. The construction was in 1850's. Source: Hagi city guide plate

• Saito house: It is the gable first floor. From inside to seeing the outside well when making it to lattice though inside is not seen from the outside. The name of Shinzo Saito who managed the fish broker is seen, it is written the building was built in 1856. Source: Hagi city guide plate

Hagi castle ruin is a park now, called Shigetsu park.
About 200,000 square meter in the area are well maintained.
Mt. Shigetsu is 143 meters above sea level.			Onnadaiba
Kotokuji Temple, and the gate was built in 1695.			240 cm height Daruma
The Kumagaya museum		Trace of Noyama prison	Trace of Iwakuro prison
Front gate of Jonenji Temple was in Kyoto and Terumoto Mori received it from Hideyoshi Toyotomi			Main hall of Jonenji
warehouse of feudal lord's state boat	Merchant house of Fuji family has two buildings of 1820's made and 1850's.
The name of Shinzo Saito who managed the fish broker is seen

2005/12/01