Chugoku
Sanyo and Sanin “Yang and Yin”
Chugoku is at Western end of the main Honshu Island and includes the prefectures of Okayama, Tottori, Shimane, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi.
Mountains run down the middle separating
the two sub regions of Sanyo and Sanin.
The Kanji for Sanyo (山陽) means the sunny side of the mountain (and in Chinese can be read as Yang)
and faces the Seto Inland Sea and Shikoku.
Whilst on the west side it is called Sanin (山陰) means “shady side of the mountain
(and in Chinese is read as Yin), and faces the Sea of Japan.
Chugoku has many places to visit. Although the Sanyo region is quite well known because of Hiroshima, Sanin has some hidden gems as well.
Besides, Hiroshima, Sanyo has the cities of Okayama, Kurashiki and Onomichi. The lesser known Sanin region has Matsue, the “City of Water”, Izumo Taisha (important shinto shrine) and Tottori amongst various places
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Notable Places
01 Tottori
Tottori, Sakaiminato
02 Shimane
Matsue, Lake Shinji, Izumoshi, Tsuwano
03 Okayama
Okayama, Kurashiki
04 Hiroshima
Onomichi,Hiroshima,Kure,Fukuyama,Miyajima
05 Yamaguchi
Shimonoseki, Ube, Senzki
Interesting Rail Routes
01 Ichibata Electric Railway
02 JR Sanin Main Line
03 JR Sanyo Main Line
04 JR Yamaguchi Line
05 JR Kure Line
06 JR Hakubi Line
07 Wakasa Railway
A Railway line that celebrates the creator of the “Kitaro” Manga.
2022-10-22
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