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Kintai Bridge. Iwakuni city center. Iwakuni (岩国市, Iwakuni-shi) is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 June 2023, the city had an estimated population of 127,512 in 65182 households and a population density of 157 persons per km 2. [1] The total area of the city is 873.72 square kilometres (337.35 sq mi).
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni or MCAS Iwakuni (岩国飛行場, Iwakuni hikōjō) (IATA: IWK, ICAO: RJOI) is a joint Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces and United States Marine Corps air station located in the Nishiki river delta, 1.3 NM (2.4 km; 1.5 mi) southeast of Iwakuni Station [1] in the city of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
Kintai Bridge. Coordinates: 34.167603°N 132.178367°E. Kintai Bridge. The bridge is lit up every day after sunset. The Kintai Bridge (錦帯橋, Kintai-kyō) is a historical wooden arch bridge in the city of Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The pedestrian bridge was built in 1673, spanning the Nishiki River in a series of five wooden ...
The famous Kintai Five Bow Bridge can be seen over the Nishiki River. Yamaguchi Prefecture (山口県, Yamaguchi-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. [2] Yamaguchi Prefecture has a population of 1,377,631 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 6,112 km 2 (2,359 sq mi). Yamaguchi Prefecture borders ...
Kikkawa Historical Museum (吉川史料館, Kikkawa Shiryōkan) is a private museum of artefacts handed down by the Kikkawa clan, daimyō of Iwakuni Domain, in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Located between Kintai-kyō bridge and Iwakuni Castle and opened by the Kikkawa Hōkōkai Society (吉川報效会) in 1995, [1] the museum's ...
Iwakuni Station was opened on 25 September 1897 as a station on the San'yo Railway with the extension of the line from Hiroshima to Tokuyama. The San'yo Railway was nationalized in 1906 and the line renamed the San'yo Main Line in 1909. The station name was changed to Marifu Station (麻里布駅) on 2 February 1929, but reverted to its ...
Iwakuni Chōkokan (岩国徴古館) is a public museum in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.Constructed between 1942 and March 1945 for the storage and display of the works of art and craft and historical materials donated by the Kikkawa family, former lords of Iwakuni Domain, the facility first opened in April 1944, [3] operating fully as a museum from the beginning of the 1950s.
Opened. 15 October 1963. Website. Official website. Kashiwabara Museum (柏原美術館, Kashiwabara Bijutsukan) (formerly known as Iwakuni Art Museum) is a museum of traditional Japanese art in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. [1] [2] The museum opened in 1963. [3] The collection includes a National Treasure sword (of the Nanboku-chō ...