Tanoura Kaigan

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World Peace Pagoda

Buddhist temple

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World Peace Pagoda is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 1½ km southwest of Tanoura Kaigan.

Ruins of Shimonoseki Maeda-daiba of Choshu Clan

Fort

Photo: Felice Beato, Public domain.

The Chōshū Domain Shinomoseki Maeda Battery was a Bakumatsu period coastal artillery battery erected by Chōshū Domain in the Kanmon Strait separating the islands of Honshu and Kyushu. Ruins of Shimonoseki Maeda-daiba of Choshu Clan is situated 2 km northwest of Tanoura Kaigan.

Kanmonkaikyō Mekari Station

Railway stop

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Kanmonkaikyō Mekari Station is a train station in Moji ward of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is on the Mojikō Retro Scenic Line, a heritage railway operated by the Heisei Chikuhō Railway. Kanmonkaikyō Mekari Station is situated 1½ km west of Tanoura Kaigan.

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Moji-ku

Suburb

Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Moji-ku is a Japanese ward of the city of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture. It is the former city of Moji which was one of five merged to create Kitakyūshū in 1963. Moji-ku is situated 3 km southwest of Tanoura Kaigan.

Karato

Quarter

Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.

Karato is the downtown area of the city of Shimonoseki, Japan. Located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, it is known for its fish market. Karato is situated 4 km west of Tanoura Kaigan.

Shimonoseki

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Shimonoseki is a city in Yamaguchi prefecture and the westernmost municipality on Honshu, home to a quarter million inhabitants. The city has been at the center of Japanese history for centuries, but it's best known to culinary daredevils as the home of fugu, a pufferfish as cute looking as it is potentially lethal.

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