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Shoka Sonjuku (Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture) Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Shoka Sonjuku was a private school opened by Yoshida Shoin during the late Edo period and is now preserved in Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It is a small wooden building with a thatched roof, and Yoshida Shoin personally instructed his patriots...

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) The ruins of Hagi Castle (Shizuki Castle Ruins) are the remains of a castle built on Mt. Shizuki in the center of Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. During the Edo period, it was the seat of the government of the Choshu Domain (Mori clan). The Mori clan, who entered Hagi after the Battle of Sekigahara, built the castle, and together with the castle town, it was the center of the domain's administration...