Yamaguchi (å±±å£) is the capital of Yamaguchi prefecture, at the western tip of the island of Honshu, Japan.
Yamaguchi City is the seat of prefectural government, so it functions as the "capital" of this prefecture.
By a combination of bullet train and local train, Yamaguchi is about 60-70 minutes from Hakata in Fukuoka (¥5860 via Nozomi), about 2 1/2 hours from Osaka (¥12890 via Nozomi) and about 5 hours from Tokyo (¥20960 via Nozomi).