From Fukuoka: Yamaguchi Highlights and Karato Market Private Tour

This tour is conducted in your own private car. Departs from Hakata Station or Fukuoka City hotel lobby by chartered car. Due to the long travel distance, a professional driver and English-speaking guide will accompany you. At Karato Market in Shimonoseki City, located on the border between Kyushu and Yamaguchi prefectures, you will enjoy weekend-only sushi made with fresh fish landed that day. The tour will then take visitors to four scenic spots representative of Yamaguchi Prefecture created by nature. Amagase Park with a view of Kakushima Ohashi Bridge, Motonosumi Shrine with its impressive red torii gate and dynamic sea, Akiyoshidai, one of the largest karst formations in Japan, and Akiyoshido Cave with its cool year-round temperature of 17°C. This tour will take you to these unique sights.

Itinerary

1. The "Bakan-gai" food stand event held every weekend. A large selection of sushi, seafood rice bowls, and fried foods made from the day's catch to satisfy your appetite. (1h 20min)
2. Tsunoshima Bridge is a popular place on SNS for its spectacular view of the cobalt blue sea! Stop by Amagase Park for photo spot. (30 min)
3. Motonosumi Shrine, selected as one of Japan's 31 most beautiful places by CNN, is a power spot, with a series of 123 torii gates that contrast beautifully with the red torii gate, blue sea, and green earth! (40 min)
4. Akiyoshidai, where white limestone rocks peek out from green grasslands as far as the eye can see, can be viewed through the window.
5. Akiyoshidai is also home to a large number of huge limestone caves scattered underground. Among them, "Akiyoshido Cave," designated as a special natural monument, is a giant limestone cave with a total length of more than 10 km. The temperature is a comfortable average17 degrees Celsius throughout the year. (1h 0min) Admission included