Location: Shunan
Top Things to do in Shunan
The 10 Best Things to Do in Shunan, Japan
Shūnan is a city located in east central Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
As of October 1, 2016, the city has an estimated population of 143,959 and a population density of 220 persons per km². The total area is 656.13 km².
Restaurants in Shunan
1. Kaiten Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 38 reviews
Reviewed By senlinmu - Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
We went to the Kaiten Memorial Museum with classmates and teachers for the class.This is my first time to the museum.I saw the kaiten and moved by those samurai,whose spirits and thoughts are so great and brave.I think I will go here again if having chance.
2. Tokuyama Zoo
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 47 reviews
Reviewed By Hannah M - Yamaguchi, Japan
This zoo is depressing. Japan does a lot of things well, but up-keeping a zoo is not one of them. If you are from the states (and probably western europe), do not go to this zoo. The smallest zoo in the states is better up kept than this one. The animals are old, sickly, and stuck in tiny concrete boxes without enough room to properly exercise. The gigantic hippo had what could only be described as a child-sized shallow pool. The polar bear had some water and a platform. The black panther was mostly grey and dying. The giraffe's tail was falling off. The only animals that had suitable habitats were the red pandas, the small mammals, and the birds. If you like animals, and if you enjoy not being depressed, do not visit Shunan zoo.
3. Eigenzan Park
Overall Ratings
4 based on 18 reviews
Reviewed By Masaki13 - Sapporo, Japan
小さな山が公園となっている場所です。
国道を車で走っていたら公園のシンボルの風車がきれいに見えました。
ちょっと風車を見に行こうかなという感じで行きましたが、風車は山の頂上にあるので、駐車場から歩いていくのが少し大変でした。
風車内にも入れるようですが、たまたま定休日の火曜日だったので、中がどうなってるのかはわかりませんでした。
風車の横には、展望用の高台がありこちらは常時登れます。
天気がよければ九州が見えるそうです。（淀んでいて見えませんでした）
また、近くに小さいですが花時計がありました。
公園内には郷土美術資料館と小さな喫茶店があります。
グーグルマップで、桜の名所と書かれていたので、桜で有名なのかもしれません。
4. Toishi-Hachiman-Gu Shrine
5. Kanyoji Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By kobekko - Kobe
The Gardens found in this temple could win over many of the famous temple Gardens in Kyoto. Why are they yet so little-known, not just to foreign visitors, but also to Japanese visitors? The answer is; “Location, location, location!” The visitor who depends on public transportation must be content with an hour-long local bus ride from JR Tokuyama station, and Tokuyama is hardly a destination even for well-travelled Japanese tourists. Nonetheless, I dare say the visit is worth the travel or, perhaps, trouble.
For one, the visitor is likely to enjoy the serenity that is, or should be, a characteristic of Zen temples. However, such serenity is getting harder to find in Japan, as it is experiencing a booming tourism lately, and famous Zen temples are finding trooping tourists and suffering from their hubbub. For another, the visitors here are allowed to take his or her own time to view and appreciate the premises, as well as the surrounding Gardens. They consist from four different and distinctive styles of garden design that evolved during the period of dynamic regime changes in Japan, which corresponds to the Middle Ages in European history.
The temple has an impressive entrance gate, called “Sanmon” in Japanese, which literally means the gate to the mountain. The naming stems from the old practice of setting up Buddhist temples in the mountain. Near this entrance gate is a pond with many colorful Japanese carp, as shown in attached pictures. Such a pond is called “hojo-chi,” in Japanese, literally meaning the pond for releasing live animals, and it has a distinctive religious role. In Buddhism, killing any living things, even small insects, is condemned. Conversely, saving the life of any living thing counts as merit toward becoming accepted in Nirvana. , i.e., the Christian equivalent of the heaven, after death. As such, releasing captured animal is widely practiced in the Buddhist world. In Southeast Asia, one finds in the access road to a Buddhist temple, many birds in their cages. They are for sale to visiting Buddhists who wish to release the bird and gain “merits.” In Japan, the practice typically takes the form of releasing Japanese carps or turtles into the temple’s hojo-chi.
That being said, it is still an anomaly for a Zen temple to embrace this practice, and this temple was established by a highly respected Zen monk of the time, i.e., late 14th century. I gather that this pond is a later addition initiated by the local people. Most of them did and probably still do belong to non-Zen sects of Buddhism, and their affiliation with this Zen temple stem from Tokugawa Shogunate’s regulation and control concerning religion. Therefore, people who came to pray wanted to do the “right thing,” by making a hojo－chi pond and augmenting their prayers with the release of carp into a pond. This supposition seems to be corroborated by the position of the pond, which is just outside the temple gate, indicating that the pond was not a part of the temple’s original design.
6. Kawasaki Kannon
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By tabigasuki08 - Iwakuni, Japan
This temple is only open on the 17th of each month. I didn't know that the first time I went and I thought it was permanently closed.
The temple is not just for ladies who are expecting, although a lot of them do come here to pray for healthy pregnancy and healthy baby. There is also an area in the back where pregnant ladies can hang handmade boobs. They write their wishes and hang them. Typically, they are wishing for good breast milk supply.
I also saw a lot of elderly people here. Some were rubbing the large stone on the right, as you enter the temple. My friend explained to me that people who have pain will rub the stone and then rub where they feel pain. If they have pain in their legs, they will rub the lower half of the stone and then rub their legs. If they have head pain, they will rub the upper part of the stone and then rub their head.
They also serve free rice and tea, which were really good.
There is parking, but this temple gets very busy since they are only open once per month.
7. Shunan City Museum of Art and History
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 12 reviews
Reviewed By たびたび - 東京
常設展には写真家の林忠彦の記念室があって、これがとってもいい。画家や文人など有名人のポートレートといったコレクションは、その人の個性や人間性をズバリ捉えている。圧巻です。
8. Aozora Park
Overall Ratings
4 based on 3 reviews
9. Suonada Ferry
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By alooftrekker - 奈良市, 奈良県
以前、徳山を訪れた際にこのフェリーの存在を知り、いつか乗ってみようと思っていました。
以前は、徳山からフェリーで国東に渡り、バスで別府や大分に出ることができたのですが直通バスがなくなってしまったため、一般の路線バスでしか鉄道のある駅まで出られなくなってしまったようです。（豊後高田や宇佐駅行のバスがあります）
今回、竹田津から軽自動車で乗船しましたが、13,000円ほどかかり競争がない分割高との印象でしたが、人間だけであれば大人2,700円なので納得価格と思います。
所要時間2時間の航路を一隻だけでまかなったいるため一日5便のみ。
徒歩で利用される際には、しっかりと計画を立ててバスの時間を調べておかれるようお勧めします。
10. Dog Run at Kano Highway Rest Area
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 5 reviews
Reviewed By B822371 - Japan
我家の愛犬の社交場として時々行きます。
高速道路の外部からも無料で入れるので便利です。土日祭日の昼間なら大抵、他の犬が出入りしてきます。
木陰やベンチもあり、犬の社交場訓練に最適です。
水飲み場と水洗場もあって大満足です。
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