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  • Yuushien Garden
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    4.5
    282 Reviews
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    Shimane Pref. Matsueshi Yatsukachouhanyu 1260-2
    The largest Japanese garden surrounding a pond in the San’in region, which opened in 1975, is located on Daikonshima Island in a lake called Nakaumi (Middle Sea) in Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture. It is an idyllic garden of a simple and subdued refinement with its black pine, a waterfall, and Yukimi (snow viewing) lanterns in the center of the pond. It is famous for its peony and other seasonal flowers. In addition to the interior garden Peony Hall, where you can appreciate peony throughout the year, a Spring Peony Festival is held from late April to mid-May when about 20,000 trees of 250 species of peony color the garden. There are also places to eat and shops available. Goods using the special product Ginseng are popular.

    Just outside Matsue, is Yuushien Garden. I drove here, there is a large parking lot across the street. You enter an interesting building with a shop, café, and ginseng displays. There is a fee to...

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  • Hori Teien Garden
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    4.5
    17 Reviews
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    Shimane Kanoashi-gun Tsuwanocho Muraki 795
    "A garden that includes the main house of Hori Tojuro, an Edo period copper mine official called the ""Mining King of Western Honshu."" The roughly 6.5-hectare grounds consist of the main garden from the Edo period, the Meiji period Rakuzan-so reception hall, and the Warakuen garden from the Taisho period. It's been recognized as a National Place of Scenic Beauty. Created in 1897, Rakuzan-so's grounds feature a pond-centered strolling garden with a waterfall and a three-legged stone lantern against a rocky mountain back drop. It has 17 lanterns of different sizes and a small shrine, as well as maple trees, azaleas, and satsuki rhododendrons. Lots of visitors come when the leaves turn colors in fall."

    津和野駅から車で１５分くらいの場所にあります。 津和野駅周辺特に何もなく堀庭園オススメします。 紅葉の名所としても有名です。 津和野に来たら立ち寄るべ。

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  • Manpukuji Temple
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    4.5
    14 Reviews
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    Shimane Masuda-shi Higashimachi 25-33
    A temple built in the Heian period as the Masuda training facility for the Jishu school of Buddhism. At that time it was called Anfukuji Temple and was near the mouth of Masuda River. It was washed away by an enormous tsunami in 1026. The temple was rebuilt at its current location in 1374 and given the name it has today. The main hall consists of an about 13-meter-square single-story building that preserves architectural features from the Kamakura period. Although the main gate was burned down in the Masudaguchi War, the main hall and the temple kitchen were left intact and remain as they were when the temple was founded. The temple features many cultural assets important to medieval Masuda culture, including a garden created by Sesshu, a Niga Byakudo-zu painting showing the teachings of Buddhism, and a Kanan-sansai vase acquired through pre-modern European trade.

    鎌倉時代の七尾城主益田氏の建立だそうです。外観は本当にシンプルですが 屋根のしなりなどに 素朴な美しさがあります。拝観できるので 本堂の中を見ると 柱などに時代が感じられます。裏手の 雪舟の作庭による庭は 医光寺程の華やかさは有りませんが 素朴な美しい庭だと思いました。

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  • Kokokuji Temple Garden
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    5.0
    4 Reviews
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    Shimane Izumo-shi Kunidomicho 1301
    Daiunzan Kokokuji belongs to the Myoshinji school of Rinzai Zen Buddhism. It's about a five-minute drive from Tabushi station on the Ichibata Electric Railway. The temple was built in 1322 by the Zen priest Koho Kakumyo with contributions from the Yasukuni clan who ruled locally. The rock garden to the north of the study was created from the middle to late Edo period. It is a quaint garden that incorporates the scenery of the reservoir at Mt. Tabushi and a traditional dry landscape garden characteristic of Zen temples. Trees growing around the pond give the viewer even more of a sense of brightness and grandeur. The garden has appeared time and again in the American publication Journal of Japanese Gardening.

    出雲市からそこそこいった場所にある落ち着いた寺に位置している庭園です。古き良き歴史観も感じられます。

  • Unjuji Temple
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    3.5
    5 Reviews
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    Shimane Yasugi-shi Kiyoicho 281
    A Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple that is counted among of the oldest Zen temples in the Izumo region. It was founded in 1322 by the priest Koho Kakumyo who had earned the trust of Emperor Godaigo and Emperor Gomurakami. The precious large shikyakumon four-pillared gate at the end of the pine tree lined approach dates from the 1300s and escaped fires, helping it survive to the present day. The precincts are also home to one of the prefecture's few Korean bells. The temple is also a popular spot for viewing azaleas; the site of hundreds of them blooming together is superb.

    清水寺に行く途中で立ち寄りました。駐車場がやや貧弱でしたが、手書きの案内に従って進むと素晴らしい楼門や庭園がありました。本堂も予想以上に立派でした。中国観音霊場なので観音様の像もありました。社務所で御朱印をいただくことができました。

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  • Peony Garden Daikonshima-Honjin
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    Shimane Pref. Matsueshi Yatsukachounyukou 441-1
    This is where visitors can enjoy viewing peony flowers and also see Tottori goldfish (Izumo nankin), known as swimming jewels and designated as a Natural Monument. The garden sells peony pot plants and Izumo nankin goldfish. Various other seasonal flowers can be enjoyed as well. The season for peonies is between mid-April to mid-May and between October and January.
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  • Ogawa-ke Sesshu Garden
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    Shimane Gotsu Wakicho 165
    A garden at the former Ogawa family residence in Waki -cho, Gotsu City. It is said that the original garden was created in the middle of the Muromachi period, but was redesigned by the master painter Sesshu, who stayed with the Ogawa family. The roughly 363 square meter garden can be viewed from the study. Combining many standing stone slabs of various sizes with a triad of stones at the center, the two-tiered viewing garden with a pond is incorporated into the hillside. At first glance, the layout of the stones looks random, but it's meant to represent the mythical landscape of Horai Sansui. It looks like the garden's been taken from an ink painting; one of the most famous in the San'in region, it's been designated a Shimane Prefecture Cultural Property.
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  • Karakuen Garden
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    Shimane Kanoashi-gun Tsuwanocho Ushiroda Ha 17-1
    A Japanese garden on the west bank of the Tsuwano River. The name was given by Yamaguchi Kagenori, the first head of the Yorokan School. The Kamei clan, Tsuwano feudal lords, had their palace in surrounding area. The former clan residence that was built in 1628 and stood for roughly 240-years; today all that's left is a structure called the Babasaki Yagura. Nowadays, it's a local leisure spot and with its many cherry and maple trees is a good place for viewing cherry blossoms and colorful fall foliage. The stone monument at the corner of the garden is dedicated to the former Tsuwano castle lord, Kamei Koremi. The garden has been designated as a prefectural Historic Site along with the turret marking the Tsuwano Castle Ruins.
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  • Adachi Museum of Art Garden
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    Shimane Yasugi-shi Furukawacho 320
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What Shimane prefecture lacks in size and population, it makes up for in scenery and ancient mythology. Izumo-taisha, in the middle of the prefecture, is said to be Japan’s oldest Shinto shrine, where stories that delve into the creation of the Japanese race have been passed down over centuries. The 180 Oki Islands, a 40-minute ferry ride north of Sakaiminato, offer an undiscovered paradise well off the beaten track.

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