Fresh off the train at JR Shimonoseki |
Platform and train at Shimonoseki station |
East exit of Shimonoseki station |
Festival sculpture near the station |
Monolithic Western-style building facing the station |
Raised walkway with Kaikyō Yume Tower |
Sea Mall Shimonoseki |
Giant sail-like structure near the Kaikyō Yume Tower |
Kaikyō Yume Tower |
View towards the Kanmon Bridge from the tower |
View of Moji-ko across the straits |
Shimonoseki port terminal from above |
Looking down on the station area |
Poster with a rather phallic rendering of the tower |
Kaikyō Yume Tower behind a condominium |
Boat passing in front of Moji-ko |
Straitside scene off Arucaport |
Monument to Shinsaku Ryoma |
Lighthouses in Karato with Kanmon-bashi |
Beside the Kaikyōkan (Aquarium) |
Pair of lighthouses with distant Moji-ko |
Former Akita Co. Ltd. Building |
Nabecho Post Office and Akita Co. Building |
Wide, busy street in the Karato quarter |
Former British Consulate in Karato |
Shrine atop the old Akita Co. Ltd. building |
Small restaurants serving fugu |
Display of various fugu dishes |
Fugu statue on Karato Pier |
Kaikyōkan and distant Kaikyō Yume Tower |
Lighthouse and passing ship |
Karato Pier |
Path to Karato Ichiba fish market |
Lovers Lighthouse and Aquarium |
Fishermen out beside the lighthouse |
View back down the pier to Karato Ichiba |
Interior of Karato Ichiba |
Another fugu statue in the market |
Kameyama Hachiman-gū |
Fugu statue at Kameyama Hachiman-gū |
Akama-jingū |
Looking through the main gate into the shrine |
Flooding beside the gate from torrential rain |
Looking into the main hall |
Main gate of Akama-jingū |
Kanmon-bashi |
Dan-no-ura Memorial |
Statue of the Heike samurai with passing ship |
Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel under the strait |
Undersea prefectural boundary |
River in the Chōfu quarter |
Earthen walls in Chōfu's samurai quarter |
Nichirai-ji in Chōfu |
Chōfu Domain Samurai Tenement |
Flowers and greenery overhanging a wall |
Fugu on a manhole |
Shōzan-ji |
Gate leading to Kōzan-ji |
Statue of Shinsaku Takasugi at Kōzan-ji |
Reflection of an old samurai quarter street |
Chōfu Mōri Residence |
Long street lined with earthen walls |
Tiles along an earthen wall |
Former Kanke Family Tenement Gate |
A split in the path |
Old Matsuoka Family's Tenement Gate |
Iminomiya-jinja |
Sake barrels outside the shrine |