Mankusen Shrine
Mankusen Shrine in Izumo is said to be the last stop for the gods of Japan before they return home.
Izumo · ShimanePlaces worth the detour
Shrines, museums, parks, and the spots in between, with the access details worked out.
Shrines, museums, parks, and the spots in between, with the access details worked out.
Mankusen Shrine in Izumo is said to be the last stop for the gods of Japan before they return home.
Izumo · ShimaneBeach on the Japan Sea west of Izumo Taisha, setting of the Kojiki myth of the land handover and the shore where the gods of Japan are welcomed each year.
Izumo · ShimaneShrine near Matsue with three halls side by side, where the gods gather each November to remember Izanami, and home of the UNESCO-listed Sada Shinno dance.
Matsue · ShimaneA hot spring town on the Tamayu River, praised in the Nara-period Izumo Fudoki for water that beautifies the skin, and once a centre of magatama making.
Matsue · ShimaneMuseum of sand near the singing-sand beach Kotogahama, home to Sunagoyomi, a 5.2-meter hourglass that runs for one year and is turned over each New Year's Eve.
Oda · ShimaneA prefectural art museum by Kikutake Kiyonori on the shore of Lake Shinji, with about 1,600 works by Hokusai and a rooftop terrace facing the lake.
Matsue · ShimaneOne of Japan's oldest Shinto shrines, dedicated to Okuninushi no Okami, deity of nation-building, agriculture and relationships, with a huge shimenawa rope.
Izumo · ShimaneArt museum in Yasugi, Shimane, known for its Yokoyama Taikan collection and for gardens ranked first in Japan for 23 consecutive years.
Yasugi · ShimaneIwami Ginzan, Japan's largest silver mine, ran from 1526 to 1923 and produced a third of the world's silver at its peak. UNESCO World Heritage since 2007.
Oda · ShimaneOriginal wooden fortress built 1607-1611, one of Japan's few surviving castles and one of the Three Great Lake Castles in its architectural category.
Matsue · ShimaneTwo shrines on one site at the western tip of the Shimane Peninsula, rebuilt in the 1630s and holding a National Treasure suit of armour.
Izumo · ShimaneShrine near Matsue known as Izumo's birthplace of fire, holding sacred fire-drills, a rice-cake ritual and Susanoo's comb festival for Princess Inada.
Matsue · Shimane
