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Ube (宇部市 Ube-shi) is a city in Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan. There is a prefectural airport (Yamaguchi Ube Airport) in the city.
Understand
[edit | edit source]If you come to Yamaguchi prefecture by air, your first destination will be Ube. This city is full of sculptures and parks.
Tourist information site
[edit | edit source]The local tourist association has a Japanese-only guide site with integrated machine translation.
Get in
[edit | edit source]By plane
[edit | edit source]- 1 Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ IATA, 山口宇部空港), Okiube 625. This is Yamagauchi's main airport.
By train
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Ube is served by three different JR Lines, the Sanyo Main Line, the Ube Line, and the Onoda Line. By Shinkansen, from anywhere east (Hiroshima to Tokyo) get off at Shin-Yamaguchi Station. From there, you can transfer to either the Sanyo Line or the Ube Line. From Kyushu, depending on the time and your destination within Ube, Shin-Shimonoseki, Asa, and Shin-Yamaguchi are all viable options. The Onoda Line can be accessed from the Ube Line by transferring at Ubeshinkawa Station (typically the best option) or at Onoda Station on the Sanyo Main Line.
Most of the tourist sites are located along the Ube Line near Tokiwa Station and UbeShinkawa Station.
Get around
[edit | edit source]See
[edit | edit source]- 1 Sorinji Temple (宗隣寺庭園), Kogushi 210.
- 2 Tokiwa Park (常盤公園), Norisada 3-4-1, ☏ +81 836-54-0551.
Do
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[edit | edit source]Sleep
[edit | edit source]- 1 Crowne Plaza ANA Ube (ANAクラウンプラザホテル宇部), ☏ +81 836-32-1112.
Go next
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| Routes through Ube |
| Shimonoseki ← Onoda ← | W  E | → Yamaguchi → Hiroshima |
E  W Junction ← Onoda ← | W  E | → END |