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Matsuesta.

Yonago-airport
Sakaiminato sta. sta.

Lake Shinji
Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine

Mizuki Shigeru Museum

Kurayoshi sta.

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From Fukuoka Airport to
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Higashihiroshima sta.
Hiroshima sta.

Okayama
AirportApprox. 5 min. by Fukuoka
Subway Kuko Line ¥260

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By limousine bus to Osaka sta. (approx.
70 min., ¥1,550). By JR Kyoto
Line
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Tottori Sand Dunes

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Approx. 50 min. by JR Kansai-Airport
Express “Haruka” ¥2,330

Bus & Train

Line

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Train

Izumoshi sta.

ChizukOdashi sta.

From Kansai International Airport
to Shin-Osaka sta.

San-in Line

Tottori sta.

Yonagosta.

Sh Sa
ink nyan osenShin-Kobe sta.
Shin-Osaka sta.

Nishi-Akashi sta.
Kurashiki sta.
Kojima sta.

Kansai International Airport

Kansai-airport sta.

Mihara Onomichi sta.
sta.

Hiroshima Airport

Iwakuni sta.

Tokuyama sta.
San-yo Line

Kokura sta.

Onomichi

Hakata sta.

Fukuoka Airport

Okayama Korakuen Garden •Okayama Castle

Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter

Miyajima

Kintai-kyo Bridge

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Tottori sta.

Matsue sta.

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岡山＆廣島＆山口
鐵路周遊券
山陽＆山陰地區
鐵路周遊券

Okayama sta.

關西＆廣島
鐵路周遊券
山陰＆岡山
鐵路周遊券

Hakata sta.

Hiroshima sta.

廣島＆山口
鐵路周遊券

Shin-Osaka sta.

關西廣域
鐵路周遊券

Fukuoka Airport

Shin-Shimonoseki sta.
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Shin-Yamaguchi sta.

Kansai International
Airport

瀨戶內地區
鐵路周遊券

¥13,500¥6,750*¥19,000¥9,500*¥13,500¥20,000¥14,500¥6,750*¥7,250*¥4,500¥5,000¥2,250*¥11,000¥2,500*

博多駅

新山口駅

萩駅

松江駅
山口駅

博多駅 新山口駅¥6,000*¥9,000¥9,500¥4,500*¥4,750*¥17,000¥18,000¥9,000*

関西地区
京都駅
和歌山駅

岡山駅
高松駅

新大阪駅

鳥取駅 東浜駅
岡山駅

岩国駅 宮島口駅

宮島 広島駅
江津駅

高松駅

鳥取駅

松江駅

米子駅

関西地区

京都駅
新大阪駅

高松駅

境港駅

伯耆大山駅

岡山駅

倉敷駅

山口駅
新山口駅

三原駅

天橋立駅

山口駅
博多駅
松山駅

尾道駅

関西地区

京都駅
和歌山駅

岡山駅

岡山電氣軌道兩備輪渡
尾道巴士
瀨戶內海汽船

浜坂駅

智頭駅
佐用駅
上郡駅

広島駅

鳥取駅 東浜駅
高松駅

鳥取駅

益田駅

萩駅

博多駅

貴志駅
新宮駅

和歌山駅

関西空港駅

新見駅

備後落合駅
智頭急行

倉敷駅

関西空港駅

天橋立駅

JR西日本宮島輪渡

萩駅

岡山駅
広島駅

広島駅

¥12,000¥5,500*¥8,500*

山口駅¥7,250*¥10,000*

益田駅

萩駅¥14,500

新大阪駅
広島駅

関西空港駅
岡山駅

尾道駅
高松駅
今治駅

貴志駅
新宮駅

新大阪駅 関西空港駅
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Okayama Korakuen Garden &Okayama Castle
Itsukushima-jinja Shrine

Kurashiki Bikan
Historical Quarter

Kintai-kyo Bridge

San'in Sanyo Area Tour Model Route

Kibitsu-jinja Shrine

Tottori
Sand Dunes

Model routes to tour
sightseeing highlights in thefive prefectures efficiently!

Adachi Museum of Art

Matsue Castle

OnomichiMizuki Shigeru Museum
Karato Area

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Walk

Car

Bus

Ferry

Shinkansen

Izumo Taisha
Grand Shrine*Times required for travelling described in this model route are only examples and are not the fastest routes available. (Fastest travelling times are listed from page 6)5GŌSHŌAOYAMA MANGA FACTORY
Tottori is home to beautiful natural scenery including
huge sand dunes.
It is also famous as the Manga Kingdom.

The Sand Museum

The museum introduces the early days and works of Gosho
Aoyama, creator of the manga series Great Detective Conan,
popular in over 25 countries and regions of the world. There
are also interactive displays that let you enjoy inventions andtricks that feature in the manga.

ToripyClothing and shoes are checked
before you enter the mountain
The museum that exhibits huge sculpture works made of sand. Sand sculptures are
exhibited based on a different theme each year, and the current theme of the sandsculptures until January 3, 2018 is America. Be impressed by the works of the world’s
top sand sculptors!

Backpack that leaves both hands free
No skirts

No leather shoes or sandals, orshoes with heels

Mitokusan Sanbutsuji Temple

This is an old temple of the Tendai sect of Buddhism. The“Nageiredo” is built on a precipitous cliff and is designated asa national treasure. Even today the method of its construction
remains a mystery. Also the approach to “Nageiredo” hall is a steep
pilgrimage path. There are strict rules enforced regarding clothing
and shoes for entry to the mountain so be sure to note them.

Tottori Sand Dunes

Sand dunes created by sand and winds over the last 100,000 years. Its vast
size extends for 16 km from east to west and 2.4 km from north to south.
Extensive activities are also available here including a tour with a ride on acamel, paragliding, sandboarding, and more.

Tottori Shan Shan Matsuri Festival

Uradome Coast

Over 4,000 dancers participate in a dance parade throughthe streets of Tottori City performing the “umbrella dance”
ringing tiny bells attached to the umbrellas. Also it isregistered in the Guinness World Records as the biggest
umbrella dance in the world.

Uradome Coast is a spot where you can enjoy the most fabulous sceneryalong the San-in coast. Take a pleasure boat tour and enjoy views of thevaried coastline with its 70m-high cliffs and oddly-shaped rocks. Try somehands-on programs such as sea kayaking too.

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島根縣

Iwami town boasts the biggest
catches of Matsuba crabs inJapan and Sakai Port in Sakai Cityis the number one landing port
in Japan for all kinds of crabs.
Visitors come from all over Japanto enjoy Matsuba crab, sweetand delicious whether grilled or
steamed. The best season is from
November to March.

Shigeru Mizuki is a Japanese manga artist best known for
creative works such as GeGeGe no Kitaro, which has long
been a popular manga among the Japanese. Displays include
exhibits that let you fully enjoy his works, a studio, and theworld of yokai Japan’s spirit-monsters.

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Shimane is called the “Country of the Gods.” Come and visit places
such as Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine and Lake Shinji, where you canfeel the reverence for nature.

SHIMANE-Explore
Unfamiliar Japan

Adachi Museum of Art

Shimanekko

The museum owns and displays Japan’s largest collection ofworks by great master of Japanese painting Taikan Yokoyama.
It is also known for its magnificent Japanese gardens andwhen you look out of the window of the museum, the gardens
are also like a painting. Enjoy the museum’s double delights:
famous paintings and famous gardens.

Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine

Okuninushi-no-omikami, the main enshrined deity, isworshipped here as the god of matchmaking. It is said
that in the 10th month of lunar calendar all the gods inJapan gather at Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine. When you
pray at the shrine, bow twice, clap 4 times, and bow oncewith a heartfelt respect to the God.

Lake Shinji

Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine & Omori CityscapeMatsue Castle

Lake Shinji is the 7th largest brackish lake inJapan. The reason why it attracts so many visitors
is the beauty of the sunset which you can see at
30 minutes before the sun goes down. Take in the
moment when the sky and the lake turn red andorange from Lake Shinji sunset spot or Shirakata
Park.

Botan Matsuri Festival
Japan’s largest silver mine where silver was mined in theearly Edo period (ca. 1600-1700). It was registered as a
World Heritage Site in 2007. Visit the Ryugenji Mabu mine
shaft or stroll along the streets of Omori which retains theremnants of old times.

Built by Horio Yoshiharu in 1611, this beautiful castle is oneof the few remaining castles in Japan. The extant main keep
which became a national treasure in 2015 is drawing increasing
attention. The castle offers many highlights including many
defensive features and splendid stone walls.

Daikon-shima island is Japan’s biggest peony seedling
producing area. You can enjoy red, yellow, and pink
Daikon-shima and chinese peonies blooming beautifullyin peony gardens dotted in the island.

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This onsen (hot spring) has been popular for its
beautifying effects on the skin for 1,300 years. In theonsen resort, spots that are said to bring good luck,spots for foot bathing, and shops line side by side.
Enjoy a mellow stroll around the town wearing yukata.

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Shimane Wagyu Beef is abeef from Wagyu cattle whichis raised healthily on farms
in Shimane Prefecture. It ischaracterized by a melt-inyour-mouth tenderness andsweet scent. Enjoy it as steak,shabu-shabu, yakiniku, etc.

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Known as “Land of Sunshine, Okayama” on account of its
mild climate, Okayama is a prefecture where both natural
surrounding and towns with a historic feel coexist.

DISCOVER OKAYAMA

Fruit picking Experience

Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter

Due to its mild climate, Okayama isa thriving fruit-growing region. It isparticularly famous throughout Japan for
its pione grapes, muscat grapes, and whitepeaches. Don’t miss the chance to go eatall-you-want fruit-picking. Charges varyfrom orchard to orchard.

The town retains vestiges of its prosperity under the direct
administration of the shogunate during the Edo period.
Even the white-walled earthen storehouses and merchanthouses line the streets and they are utilized as cafés andshops. Enjoy a stroll where you can enjoy the good-old
traditional air and feel an atmosphere unique to Kurashiki.

Mt. Washuzan & Kojima

Mt. Washuzan is a 133-m-high mountain shaped like aneagle with outspread wings. From the lookout point you
can enjoy panoramic beautiful views of the Seto Inland
Sea dotted with islands. From there continue on to Kojima,home of Japan’s first domestically produced jeans.

Saidaiji Temple Eyo

Okayama Korakuen Garden & Okayama Castle
This is a naked men’s festival which is known as one of Japan’s three most eccentric
festivals. About 10,000 men wearing only loincloths struggle with one another overa pair of sacred sticks. It is known for the fervor of the semi-naked men in the midstof this maelstrom. Paid seats are available from which you can watch the festival.
Japanese garden built by Ikeda Tsunamasa, lord of Okayama, over 300 years ago. Later on, subsequentfeudal lords added their tastes to the garden in successive periods and the Korakuen has become oneof the Three Great Gardens of Japan, a beautiful place both to admire and to stroll around.

Tottori
Prefecture

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This is one of the oldest shrines in the San-yo area. Okibitsuhiko-no-omikami
is enshrined in the main hall which is the sole example of the kibitsu-zukuri
style of architecture in Japan. The legend of Kibitsuhiko defeating an ogre isbelieved to be the origin of the famous folktale Momotaro which is handed
down in Okayama.

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Three Hot Springs of Mimasaka

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Yunogo, Yubara, and Okutsu Onsen in northern
Okayama are together known as the Three Hot Springsof Mimasaka. Yunogo has been a therapeutic springsince long time ago, Yubara is popular for the best
open-air bath in western Japan, and Okutsu is known
for its beautifying effect on the skin. Try all three
touring them!

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Okayama is Japan’s top producing
region for white peaches, muscat
grapes, and pione grapes. Various
shops offer delicious parfait madewith fresh fruits having a theme of“Fruit Parfait Town, Okayama.”

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Bunkacky

In addition to two famous World Heritage sites, this is anarea where it is fully complete with delicious seafood andlocal gourmet dishes.

Okunoshima Island

During the World War I the island had a factory that produced poison gas and at the time it wasan “island that was removed from the map.” Today it called “Rabbit Island”. The entire island is a
resort within a national park where you can enjoy cycling, hot springs, and camping amid natural
surroundings.

Miyajima

Fourteen parcent of the island including Itsukushima-jinja Shrine and Mt. Misen primeval
forest behind it is a World Heritage Site. After visiting the magnificent shrine with the Otorii
gate standing in the sea, take the ropeway or enjoy oyster dishes and anago-meshi (conger
eel on top of rice), Miyajima’s popular local foods.

Setouchi Shimanami Kaido & Onomichi

The bridges and road linking the islands from
Onomichi in Hiroshima Prefecture to Imabari
in Ehime Prefecture are collectively called the
Setouchi Shimanami Kaido. This is a wellknown road where you can enjoy beautiful
views that continually change as you drive or
cycle across and savor the delicacies of eachislands.

Peace Memorial
Park

Visiting the Sake
cellar in Saijo
As well as the World Heritage
A-bomb Dome, the Cenotaph for
the A-bomb Victims, and othercenotaphs and monuments, thepark contains the Hiroshima Peace
Memorial Museum and Hiroshima
National Peace Memorial Hall for the
Atomic Bomb Victims etc.

World Heritage Course

TomonouraThis course runs between the Peace Memorial Park where the Atomic
Bomb Dome stands and Miyajima where Itsukushima-jinja Shrine islocated. The fact that you can travel while enjoying the beauty of themany islands of the Seto Inland Sea is very appealing.
One way approx. 45 min. ¥2,000 (Adult)

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This port town flourished as “shiomachi no minato” (a port for waiting for a favorabletide) from a long time ago and it is a town where port facilities such as the all-night lightand the streetscape of the Edo period still remain. Movie director Hayao Miyazaki is said
to have developed his ideas for Ponyo on the Cliff here, and it is also famous as a location
where the film The Wolverine was shot.

Kabe Line2

Okonomiyaki & Oysters

Okonomiyaki is a healthy grilled dish made with full ofcabbage and by layering various ingredients. Hiroshima
oysters cultivated in the nutritious Seto Inland Sea arelarge and full of flavor with rich and full-bodied taste.

Saijo area has seven sake breweries within walking distance of
JR Saijo station. Find your favorite at breweries where you cansample sake. Some breweries also allow visitors on touring of
the breweries too. And don’t miss touring the cafés establishedtogether with breweries and shops either.

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Yamaguchi is popular with history enthusiasts as the prefecturethat turned out many outstanding figures towards the end of
the Tokugawa Shogunate. It has lots of picturesque spots too.

Kintai-kyo Bridge

Choruru©Yamaguchi prefecture

Visit YAMAGUCHI

Akiyoshido Cave &Akiyoshidai Plateau

Hagi Castle Town

The castle town that extends below the ruins of Hagi Castle retains its paststreetscapes and is an ideal place for a stroll. Don’t miss this place since the former
homes and birthplaces of leading figures in the Meiji Restoration, which greatly
influenced Japan’s political scene are dotted around the area.

One of the three most famous bridges in Japan that was built over 300 years ago across the
Nishiki River. The bridge is a beautiful arched bridge that represent Japan consisting of fivearches. Not only the bridge is a stunning sight, but it is stunning in its elaborate construction.

Karato Area

Karato is the waterfront area overlooking the
Kammon Straits. Here Kamon Wharf, a greatplace for enjoying dining and shopping, Karato
Market that sells seafood, and Kaikyokan, theaquarium with a wide variety of globefish, a local
specialty, etc. all gather together.
Stretching 100 m under the karst
Akiyoshidai Plateau, this is one ofJapan’s largest limestone caves. The
total length is 8,900 m. Go onto an
exploring tour of limestone of about
1 km long and see wonderful works
sculpted by nature over few hundred
thousand years.

Yamaguchi Tanabata Chochin
Matsuri Festival
Rurikoji Temple
This attractive festival is said to date back 600 years. Tens of thousands of red
lanterns decorate the whole town, creating a fantastical sight at night. The hugesudare chochin lantern screen measuring approx. 15 m high by 38 m wide is thehighlight!

Motonosumi-inarijinja Shrine

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Prefecture is the number one
handler of globefish in Japan.
Globefish that is cleaned by askillful craftsman can be enjoyedprepared in various ways suchas globefish sashimi, globefish
stew (fugu chiri), and deep-fried
globefish.

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Globefish

A shrine in which people cometo pray for success in business,a good match, or fulfillment of
a wish. The highlight is the 123
red torii gates stretching for
100 m or more. At the main toriigate, the offertory box is locatedabove your head and it is said
that if you succeed in throwing
your money up into the box,
your wish will come true.

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Famous temple that has a five-storied pagoda which is a symbol of Yamaguchi Prefecture and one of Japan’s threemost beautiful pagodas. It is also a national treasure. The sight of the pagoda against a background of cherry trees
or spring greenery in the daytime will enrapture you, and it is also a beautiful sight when lit up at night.

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Fukuoka
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Take a Ride on the Popular Tourist Trains!
There are some fun trains to take you from place to place!
Here are trains in which each prefecture takes pride!

Detective Conan Wrapped Train

GeGeGe no Kitaro Wrapped Train

Wrapped train featuring leading characters fromthe Detective Conan series.

Four trains featuring Kitaro, Nezumi-Otoko,
Neko-Musume, and Medama-Oyaji respectively
are in operation.
MIZUKI Productions

OKUIZUMO Orochi

SL Yamaguchi

Runs on Saturday and holidays from spring toautumn. Runs dynamically puffing out blacksmoke just the same in the old days.

Setouchi Marine-view

Runs on Saturday and holidays from spring toautumn. Refreshing as there is no glass in thewindows.
*The train operates on extended route from
Izumoshi Sta. on holidays (one-way only)

A train designed with a travel trunk motif. Pleaseinquire at the station for train schedules androute information.

Runs on weekend and national holidays. It is a
train that lets you feel as if you’re aboard a shipsince you can enjoy views of the Seto Inland Sea.

JAPAN RAIL PASS

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Hiroshima sightseeing loop bus
Meipuru~pu / Maple Sky*Non-reserved seating and reserved seats are both unavailable on “NOZOMI” and “MIZUHO”.
*Some JR trains use the lines of private railways for direct services. When the JAPAN RAIL PASS is
used on JR trains that run 1thorough non-JR lines, fares and charges for the sections travelled onsuch lines must be paid to the private railway company concerned.
Please pay these on the train or at a station on the said company’s line.
For details, please see the WEB

http://www.japanrailpass.net/zh/*They are subject to change.

Meipuru~pu bus is a hop-on/hop-off bus that offers
unlimited rides and goes around Hiroshima
City. One-day ticket is ¥400. Maple Sky is an open-top
double-decker sightseeing tour bus thatlets you enjoy the sightseeing spots of Hiroshima City
from the window. ¥2,000 (Adult)