Drink

Bar Manatee Dining

マナティー

Good bar with a great menu of snacks, particularly crepes and other desserts.

Listing from Wikivoyage: Iwakuni, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Naka-dōri
中通り
A covered shopping arcade
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White Snake Museum
白蛇資料館, Shiryōkan
Dedicated to the white snakes that are native to the Iwakuni area (not the hair metal band.) As they are messengers of Benten, the Japanese goddess of wealth, an encounter with the white snakes is considered good luck.
Closed · opens 9 amfree, but zealous attendants tend to ensure that foreign guests make the ¥100 donation for an English pamphlet
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Marine Corps Exchange
MCX
If you're on an extended trip and you miss something from home that you can't find overseas, the Marines know how you feel — there's a store on base with American brands of daily essentials like deodorant and toothpaste, along with electronics, Japanese souvenirs, and CDs/DVDs. However, it's only open to U.S. active duty personnel, reservists, and retired members of all service branches; everyone else will have to make a friend on the base to get in.
Mon-Sat 10:00-20:00, Sun 10:00-18:00
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Hangetsuan
半月庵
Built in 1869 to serve as an Officer's Club of the Japanese Navy, this restaurant specializes in ayu, a kind of sweet fish that's often caught by the cormorant fishermen of Iwakuni. If you enjoy the food and the atmosphere, ask about overnight lodgings.
Closed · opens 10:30 amLunch sets from ¥2500, dinner ¥4000