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Hagi, located in the northern part of Yamaguchi Prefectureof Japan and is surrounded by mountains on three sides. It is a town where the atmosphere of a typical Edo-period castle town still remains. At the end of the Edo period, the famous Meiji Restoration vanguards; Shoin Yoshida, Shinsaku Takasugi, Genzui Kusaka, Takayoshi Kido, and Hirobumi Ito all hailed from Hagi, so this city gained popularity for tourists as an epoch-making city of the Meiji Restoration.Remains of Hagi CastleHagi Castle was built by a feudal lord, Terumoto Mori, in 1604. In 1874, all the buildings such as the donjon or watchtower were destroyed and now only a part of stone walls and moats remain. Today, this well-preserved castle ruin is a well-known place for beautiful cherry blossom viewing with about 500 trees of Somei Yoshino (a variety of cherry tree) in spring. In 2015, it was designated Yamaguchi Prefecture, faces the Sea on the World Heritage List as a part of the Site of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution.Castle Town of HagiThe area which developed as a castle town around Hagi Castle has been designated as a National Historic Site. The streets were set out neatly in a grid pattern and old samurai residences and machiya (traditional house) stood in rows, the remains of which are now a relic of 6030Hagi City