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The Top 17 Natural Monuments in the Chugoku Mountains

Chugoku Mountains’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 17

beautiful natural monuments in the Chugoku Mountains. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!

Last updated: November 14, 2025

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is one of the city's most famous attractions. Before the bomb, the area of today's Peace Park was the political and economic heart of the city. …

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Hijiyama Park and Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art

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An art park where you can enjoy art such as a modern art museum and a manga library. The night view is also brilliant.
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Shukkeien Garden

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The park has a long history dating back to 1620, shortly after the completion of Hiroshima Castle. The garden displays many features of the traditional aesthetics of Japanese gardens. Around …

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View of the Seto Inland Sea from Mount Misen

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Mount Misen, the sacred mountain on the holy island, is also the highest peak on Miyajima at 535 meters. On clear days, it offers spectacular views of the Seto Inland …

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Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims (Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park)

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This memorial forms an axis with the A-Bomb Dome and the Eternal Flame and points to the center of the detonation.

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Momijidani Park

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Awesome spot to experience Japan red maple in autumn.

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Makuiwa Rock (Curtain Rock)

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The "Makuiwa Rock" or "Curtain Rock" is a massive rock with a height of 30 m and a length of 150 m. It was called "Makuiwa Rock" (literally "curtain rock") because it resembles a stage curtain in a theater.

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Kuguri-iwa (Tunnel Rock)

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Head in, here leads the way through this created by nature bottleneck.

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Iwayataishiryuketsu Cave

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Beneath a massive rock face in Komagabayashi Forest is an enormous boulder known as "lwayataishido". In the rock there is a rather spacious cave where Kobo-Daishi, the propagator of Buddhism …

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View of the Seto Inland Sea from Mount Misen

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Great view of the inland bay.

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The Top 17 Natural Monuments in the Chugoku Mountains

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

Hijiyama Park and Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art

Shukkeien Garden

View of the Seto Inland Sea from Mount Misen

Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims (Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park)

Momijidani Park

Makuiwa Rock (Curtain Rock)

Kuguri-iwa (Tunnel Rock)

Iwayataishiryuketsu Cave

View of the Seto Inland Sea from Mount Misen

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