Yamaguchi Prefecture

Yamaguchi Prefecture (山口県 Yamaguchi-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan. The capital is the city of Yamaguchi located in the center of the prefecture. The largest city, by contrast, is Shimonoseki.

Contents

1 History 2 Geography 2.1 Cities 2.2 Districts 3 Economy 4 Demographics 5 Culture 6 Tourism 7 Prefectural symbols 8 Miscellaneous topics 9 External link

History

Yamaguchi Prefecture was formerly divided into Nagato and Suo provinces. It was part of the Mori clan domain during the Sengoku period.

After Commodore Matthew Perry's opening of Japan, clans from Nagato (also called Choshu) played a key role in the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate and the new imperial government.

Geography

Cities

• Hagi
• Hikari
• Hofu
• Iwakuni
• Kudamatsu
• Mine
• Nagato
• Onoda
• Shimonoseki (The largest city)
• Shunan
• Ube
• Yamaguchi (capital)
• Yanai

Districts

Abu Abu Asahi Ato Fukue Kawakami Mutsumi Susa Tamagawa Asa Sanyo Kuga Hongou Kuga Mikawa Miwa Nishiki Obatake Shuto Waki Yu

Kumage Hirao Kaminoseki Tabuse Mine Mito Shuho Oshima Suooshima Otsu Heki Misumi Yuya Saba Tokuji Yoshiki Aio Ajisu Ogori

Economy

Demographics

Culture

Tourism

Prefectural symbols

Miscellaneous topics

External link

• Official Yamaguchi Prefecture homepage