Shimonoseki

Population 252,844 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Japan

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Japan
Daylight 9 h 55 in Dec, dark by 17:08 · 14 h 24 in Jun
  1. January: 10 h 08 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 58 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 55 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h of daylight
  5. May: 13 h 54 of daylight
  6. June: 14 h 24 of daylight
  7. July: 14 h 13 of daylight
  8. August: 13 h 27 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 25 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 23 of daylight
  11. November: 10 h 25 of daylight
  12. December: 9 h 55 of daylight

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Kaikyo Festival

    May

    With re-enactments of naval battles and other historical intrigues

  2. Bakan Festival

    August

    The Bakan Festival takes over the city in the last weekend of August, with food and night markets lining the streets between JR Shimonoseki Station and the Karato area, culminating in a group dance.

  3. Kanmon Straits Fireworks Festival

    August

    Kanmon Kaikyo Fireworks Festival (Japanese: 関門海峡花火大会, Hepburn: Kanmon Kaikyō Hanabi Taikai), also known as the Asiaport Festival in KANMON, is the annual fireworks display held at the Kanmon Strait every August 13.

    Official site Wikipedia

3 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Shimonoseki); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Karato Wholesale Market

    Karato Wholesale Market

    唐戸市場

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    1.4 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Mojikō 2.6 km, Kyushutetsudo-Kinenkan 2.8 km, Norfork Hiroba 2.9 km, Idemitsu Bijutsukan 3.0 km, Kanmonkaikyo Mekari 3.4 km, Hatabu 3.5 km, Komorie 3.9 km, Moji 5.1 km

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