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Yuushien Garden
A Peony Garden on a Lake Island
A beautiful Japanese garden on Daikonshima island in Lake Nakaumi, famous for its large peony dis...
Matsue Castle
A National Treasure known as the 'Black Castle', one of only 12 original castles and the sole sur...
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Izumo Taisha
Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine
One of Japan's oldest Shinto shrines. Dedicated to Okuninushi, god of marriage, so couples come h...
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Tsuwano
Tsuwano - Little Kyoto of San'in
A well-preserved castle town in a mountain valley, known as the Little Kyoto of San'in for its Ed...
Tamatsukuri Onsen
An Ancient Beauty Hot Spring with 1,300 Years of History
One of Japan's oldest hot springs, praised for its beautifying waters since the Nara period. The ...
Adachi Museum of Art
Art museum whose Japanese gardens have been ranked best in Japan by the Journal of Japanese Garde...
Oki Islands
UNESCO Global Geopark in the Sea of Japan
A remote archipelago designated as a UNESCO Global Geopark, featuring dramatic sea cliffs, unique...
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
A UNESCO World Heritage Silver Mine in a Forest Setting
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, this historic silver mine once produced a third of the world's silv...
Eshima Ohashi Bridge
The "Beta-Bumi Zaka" Bridge That Looks Like a Wall and Climbs at 6.1 Percent
A 1,446-meter road bridge over Lake Nakaumi between Matsue and Sakaiminato that a 2013 Daihatsu c...
Michi-no-Eki Kirara Taki
Fig soft serve above a sunset beach
A Nordic-looking station on a terrace above the Sea of Japan, on Route 9 west of Izumo. Taki figs...
Rakan-ji Gohyaku Rakan
Five Hundred Stone Arhats in Rock-Cut Caves, Carved for the Silver Miners of Iwami Ginzan
Two caves cut into a rock face across the stream from Rakan-ji in Omori, each holding 250 small s...
Matsue Vogel Park
Begonias, owls and a penguin walk under glass by Lake Shinji
A flower and bird park on the north shore of Lake Shinji, built around a heated greenhouse of abo...
Michi-no-Eki Yuhi Park Hamada
Port views and Donchicchi fish above Hamada
A hilltop station on the Route 9 Hamada Bypass that looks over Hamada's fishing port to the Sea o...
Yunotsu
Yunotsu, the Old Silver Port of Iwami Ginzan Where Two Public Baths Face Each Other Across One Street
A one-street onsen town running down a narrow valley to a small Sea of Japan harbour, once the po...