Shimonoseki (下関) [1] is in Yamaguchi prefecture at the southwestern tip of the main island of Honshu, Japan.
The Shunpanro Hall [4] where the Treaty of Shimonoseki which ended the Sino-Japanese war was signed in 1895.
The old samurai houses of the Mori clan, Kozanji temple and General Nogi's shrine (Nogi Jinja) in Chofu which is a bus ride from JR Shimonoseki station.
An important port and fishing center on Shimonoseki Strait, it is opposite Kitakyushu, with which it is connected by bridge and tunnel.
Shimonoseki is a railroad and industrial center, with engineering works, shipyards, and metal and chemical plants.
In the city is Akamagu, a 12th-century shrine dedicated to Emperor Antoku and to the Taira clan, which was defeated at Shimonoseki by the Minamoto clan in the famous naval battle of Dan-no-ura.
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