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Around Izumo Oyashiro

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Inasanohama Beach

Travel / Tourism

Shimane Pref. Izumoshi Taishachoukidukikita Inasa

A sandy beach located about a kilometer west of the Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine in Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture. The beach appears in the “Kuni-yuzuri,” a legend relating the transfer of the rulership of Japan to the gods of Heaven described in ancient texts such as the “Kojiki” and the “Nihonshoki,” as well as the legend of the “Kuni-biki” written in the “Izumo no Kuni Fudoki.” Highlights include a sheer cliff where the gods Okuninushi and Takemikazuchi negotiated for the transfer of the ownership of the land; and Bentenjima, an island where the goddess Toyotama-hime is enshrined. Two famous Shinto rituals are conducted on the beach—the Shiokumi Shinji, held early on the morning of the first day of every month; and the Kamimukae no Shinji, held on the 10th of October according to the old calendar. The beach’s waters are shallow and the coast is beautiful, and many people come here in summer to swim and enjoy beach going.
109 Yashiro

4.0

15 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Shimane Izumo-shi Taishacho Kizukihigashi 195

「じゅうくしゃ」と今まで聞いたことがない珍しいお名前と思いきや、八百万の神々のご宿泊所とお聞きし、出雲大社ならではのお社と納得しました。訪問時は当然閉まっており、知らないとただの板塀のように見えて素通りしてしまいます。
Soga Yashiro

4.0

13 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Shimane Izumo-shi Taishacho Kizukihigashi 195

大社訪問前に寄った稲佐の浜のお砂をこちらに納め、お社のお砂を有難く頂戴させて頂きました。お社の左右両脇に2か所ずつありますので訪問時は混雑はありませんでした。またお砂と同時に裏側にありますご霊山へも参拝させて頂きました。すれ違うのがやっとの狭い通路で参詣者も続くので邪魔にならないようにささっとお祈り致しました。
Nagahama Shrine

4.0

13 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Shimane Pref. Izumoshi Nishizonochou 4258

This shrine is the origin of the Kunibiki-shinwa myth and to attain victory. Also, it is famous as the shrine where Kato Kiyomasa and Katagiri Katsumoto worshipped for and was granted success when Toyotomi Hideyoshi ordered the invasion of Korea. The pine tree where they worshipped remains in the precinct of the temple. The large Izumo-style knotted straw made from 1,500 rice straws is also worth seeing.

国引き神社だという事で大阪から来て最初に参拝しました。土曜日の７時に長浜神社の駐車場に着いたときは入り口付近の整備がちゃんとされてなかったので廃れ感が否めませんでした。随神門までの参道も綺麗さは全く感じられず心配でしたが、境内に入ると授与所で御朱印・お守りが買えるちゃんとした神社なんだと思いました。御朱印の種類も豊富です。参拝までの心配な気持ちは無くなり帰りは清々しく駐車場まで戻れました。
Izumo Yayoinomori Museum

4.0

11 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Shimane Pref. Izumoshi Otsuchou 2760

During the Yayoi period, huge Yosumi burial mounds were created in the Izumo region, which involved a considerable expenditure of time and effort. Nishidani Tomb No. 3 is an example of the perfected form of the Yosumi burial mound; the Izumo Yayoinomori Museum, which is located near the Nishidani tombs, shows visitors how the Izumo rulers were buried, making effective use of large models. The Museums’ permanent exhibition showcases some of the large quantity of earthenware vessels that were excavated from Nishidani Tomb No. 3, and also has displays on Izumo in the Yayoi period. There is an experiential activity area where visitors can try their hand at making Yayoi-style clothing and necklaces, etc.

素晴らしいです！弥生時代の出雲の歴史を時系列、遺跡別に見ることができますし、発掘された物も、再現された模型なども様々あり、理解が深まります。そしてなんといっても無料なのがありがたい限りです。出雲の歴史に関する書籍も多くの種類があり、貸切で見ることができました。この博物館と、西谷墳丘墓をセットで見られることをおすすめします。
Izumo Science Center

4.0

11 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Shimane Pref. Izumoshi Imaichichou 1900-2

This interactive science center is located in Izumo city, Shimane prefecture. You can enjoy learning science from a variety of perspectives thanks to the extensively diverse facilities—science hall with large screens, infrared cameras and digital stereo microscope, digital planetarium, and an interactive display plaza where you can touch the mysteries of science directly. Events like open experiments and interactive classes are held periodically.

出雲市駅から歩いてすぐな場所に位置している君と笑顔の化学反応が発生している博物館です。小学校などなら研修にもおすすめです。
Shimane Hana no Sato

4.0

10 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Shimane Pref. Izumoshi Nishishinmachi 2-1101-1

Shimane Hana no Sato is a park filled with verdant greenery, where visitors can view beautiful seasonal flowers. Besides the wide variety of flowers in the park—which include cherry blossom, peonies, hydrangeas, cosmos, tulips, etc.—there is also a children’s play area with lots of play equipment, making the park very popular with families. Visitors are allowed to bring food and drink into the park, and on days when the weather is fine it is a great place for a picnic.

出雲市から一駅いった西出雲に位置している花と緑の楽園です。四季折々の変化をふんだんに楽しめますが、春がおすすめです。
Roadside Station Kirara Taki

Transportation

Shimane Pref. Izumoshi Takichoutaki 135-1

A roadside station standing along National Route 9 in Taki Town, Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture. Kirara Beach, a popular beach for swimming, sprawls behind the station. Visitors can view the cobalt blue ocean from the beach, free rest area, and restaurants, and the sunset in the area, selected as one of the one hundred best in Japan, is particularly superb. There's a shop selling local specialty products and a food court with local dishes you can enjoy in a street stall-like atmosphere, and the station is a convenient place for taking a break in between a scenic drive or day of leisure. The station's popular soft serve ice cream is made with Taki figs, a local specialty product.
Shimane Winery

Shopping

Shimane Pref. Izumoshi Taishachouhishine 264-2

A winery which first became operation in 1986 in Taisha, a town famed for its production of greenhouse grapes. At this popular tourism destination, visitors can enjoy Shimane Wine and other local wine brands. The winery offers a free tour course conducted in its wine fermentation hall where visitors can view the winery’s wine fermentation tanks and production process. The wine’s sampling and shop hall sells wine, sweets, and other souvenirs, and there’s also a sampling corner where you can try around 10 varieties of wines and juices. The winery’s barbecue house, where you can enjoy Shimane wagyu beef together with wine, is also popular. The nearest station is Hamayamakoen-Kitaguchi Station.
Izumo Folk Crafts Museum

4.5

6 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Shimane Pref. Izumoshi Chimiyachou 628

The Izumo Folk Craft Museum, opened in 1974, is housed within a renovated part of the traditional farmhouse of the Yamamoto family who are known to have been the wealthiest farmers in Izumo. The museum has on display a collection of pieces from all over the country with a particular focus on Shimane Prefecture which includes ceramics and lacquer ware used in people’s everyday lives, wooden items, textiles, dyed objects and metal works, etc. The Nagayamon Gate, built in the Edo period, was erected by the same master builder who constructed the Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine. The main building is currently used as a residence and the rice granary and timber store, now display rooms, are of high historical value. The nearest station is Nishi-Izumo Station.

河井寛次郎好きな方にはお勧めですが、私はまだ染物の方が興味を惹かれました。これという目玉がありません。おじいさんが一人でチケット販売と土産販売をしていました。
Archeological Museum of Kojindani

3.5

7 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Shimane Pref. Izumoshi Hikawachoukamba 873-8

The Archeological Museum of Kojindani is located adjacent to the Kojindani archeological site; the museum was completed in 2005 to serve as the site museum. The Museum has replicas of the bronze swords, bronze bells and bronze spearheads that were excavated at the Kojindani site, along with explanatory panels, and videos showing documentary footage of the excavations, etc. Besides the permanent exhibitions, the museum also hosts lectures and special thematic exhibitions, as well as other special events such as opportunities to experience planting and harvesting ancient rice strains, etc. The museum shop sells a range of souvenir gifts etc. with designs based on the ancient rice strains, lotus seeds and bronze artifacts discovered at Kojindani; there is an impressive range of gift items that cannot be purchased anywhere else.

博物館はあまり発見がありませんでした。荒神谷遺跡のことを深く知りたければ、古代出雲歴史博物館に行かれることをおすすめします。遺跡から発掘された銅鐸や銅剣、銅矛はそちらに展示されています。
Izumo Enmusubi Onsen Yurari

4.0

5 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Shimane Izumo-shi Hiratacho 7178

This hot spring bathhouse is one of the largest in the Chugoku region to offer 100% natural, free-flowing hot spring baths in which no water is re-heated or diluted. The bathhouse' 165-square-meter outdoor rock bath is like a veritable garden and is particularly popular, and prospective customers are particularly encouraged to bathe in it at night while gazing at the star-filled sky above. In the Yuan restaurant, customers can enjoy the seasonal tastes of Shimane, and savor delicate cuisine enwrapped in a relaxing Japanese atmosphere for both lunch and dinner.

温泉に入って、湯上りにビールを一杯飲み、その後夕食はこちらでいただきました。入口の看板には”-御前”のようなセットメニューしかなかったので、中で聞いたら一品料理もあるとのことなので4名で利用しました。カツカレー、海鮮丼、島根和牛、牛タン、その他1品料理を5品ほど頼み、皆でかなり飲みましたが1人2500円以内で済みました。観光地価格としては安いと思いましたし、湯上りで気楽に立ち寄れるのが何より...
Izumo Heisei Onsen

4.0

5 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Shimane Izumo-shi Heiseicho 2320-13

A hot spring bathhouse at Heisei Sports Park, an all-around health facility. It has a large, clean indoor bath, an herbal bath with seven types of medicinal herbs, a jet bath, and an outdoor bath. The sodium sulfate chloride spring rises from 1,200 meters underground. It's said to help alleviate nerve pain, muscle soreness, frozen shoulders, motor paralysis, and chronic digestive diseases. The bathhouse is five minutes by car from Izumo Interchange on the San'in Expressway. The sports park has a baseball field, tennis courts, and a gateball court, so many people drop in at the baths after working up a sweat at the park.

日帰り温泉でよく利用します。まず毎日新しいお湯に入れ替えているので綺麗で清潔。外にある露天風呂と薬草の湯が個人的にはお勧めです。また玄関にある食堂の纏さんの唐揚げが美味しいですよ！
Taki Ichijiku Onsen

3.0

6 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Shimane Pref. Izumoshi Takichoukumura 654

Taki Ichijiku Onsen is a hot springs bathing facility for day-trip visitors, located in Kumura, Taki Town, Izumo City. What makes Taki Ichijiku Onsen special is that visitors can enjoy bathing in water from two different hot spring sources, with a continuous flow of water to the Hime-no-yu pool (sulfate hot spring water) and the Kaijin-no-yu pool (saltwater hot spring); each pool is open for use by male bathers (only) at certain times and by female bathers (only) at other times. Hot spring bathing facilities that the elderly or disabled can use with full peace of mind are also available for rental.

源泉掛け流しでいいお湯でした。お食事があればもう少しゆっくり出来るのですが、そこが残念なマイナス１です。駄菓子屋コーナーがあり楽しい雰囲気でした。ヨガ教室があるようなので、合わせてまた来たいと思います。
Tezen Museum

4.0

5 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Shimane Pref. Izumoshi Taishachoukidukinishi 2450-1

The Tezen Museum is an art museum located in a converted rice storehouse (dating from the Edo period) and sake storehouse. The Museum has displays of Rakuzan-ware ceramics and Fujina-ware ceramics associated with Matsudaira Harusato, the seventh lord of the Matsue domain and commonly called Fumaiko, as well as lacquer ware featuring the work of several generations of the Kojima family of lacquer-painters, several hundred examples of Izumo region handicrafts, Edo period hanging scrolls and folding screens, and other precious historical materials such as ancient documents, etc.

こちらは2022年から手錢美術館と改称されています。静かな通りに、かつての酒造家のきれいな蔵造りの建物が美しい。中には、不昧公によって育てられた、楽山焼、布志名焼、歴代小島漆壺斎、小林如泥、そして難読で作品数も少ない伝説的な勝軍木庵（ぬるであん）。質の高いコレクションですし、人は少なくゆっくり拝見できます。参道の賑わいに疲れたら、こちらもお勧めしたいです。
Kokokuji Temple Garden

5.0

4 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

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。
Tebikigaoka Park, Kazenoko Gakushukan

4.5

4 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Shimane Izumo-shi Takicho Kuchitagi 458-1

Tebikigaoka Park is located about five kilometers west of Roadside Station Kirara Taki on National Route 9. Overlooking the Sea of Japan, there is a roller slide, athletic equipment, and a kids' play area. The community park is crowded with many families on weekends. The adjacent Kazenoko Learning Center was built in conjunction with the introduction of wind power generation to Taki Town. They hold various experiential programs that appeal to everyone from kids to adults including hand crafting workshops and nature walks.

国道９号線をＪＲ駅の横から上がった小高い丘の上に公園が有りました。何の気なしに大田からの仕事帰りに初めて寄ってみました。日本海の眺めが良かったです。
Kenjo Soba Haneya Main Shop

4.5

216 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Shimane Pref. Izumoshi Imaichichou 549

A long-standing Izumo soba restaurant founded at the end of the Edo period. This famous restaurant has served several emperors starting with Emperor Taisho. The restaurant’s legendary soba, flavorful and superb in texture, is made with local ingredients, and the buckwheat is ground with the husk using a stone mortar. The restaurant hand makes its soba noodles twice a day, ensuring diners can enjoy fresh made, fresh cooked soba whenever they visit. One of the most popular items on the menu is the warigo soba, soba noodles served with a three tier wooden warigo lunch box, a style characteristic of Izumo soba. The restaurant’s set meal options and the soba course, only offered here at the honten flagship location, are also well reviewed. The nearest station is Izumoshi Station.

When in Izumo, you must try soba. I did just that, I came here later in the evening and there was a waiting list, which can be a good thing, the wait wasnt long. My wife and I both ordered the cold...
Mii-jinja Shrine

4.5

2 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Shimane Pref. Izumoshi Hikawachounaoe 2518

The Mii Shrine, which is mentioned in some of Japan’s oldest historical records, including the Kojiki (“Records of Ancient Matters”) and the Fudoki (local gazetteers), is dedicated to the worship of Konomata-no-kami, a deity who is also mentioned in these ancient records. Konomata-no-kami is the god of childbirth and water, and so the Mii Shrine became famous as a place to come to pray for a safe and trouble-free birth. There are three wells at the Shrine which are said to be among the oldest in Japan: the Iku-i Well, dedicated to the water god of safe childbirth, the Saku-i Well, dedicated to the water god of children’s wellbeing, and the Tsunaga-i Well, dedicated to the water god of children’s longevity.

日曜日の午後に参拝。駐車場も広く社務所も有人なので、境内は清浄。ご祭神は木俣姫。口伝では、この姫は八千矛王と八上姫の子で下照姫という。鳥取県の倭文神社のご祭神にもなっている。勿論こちらも安産の神様。古事記にあるように、木の又に子を挟んで出て行く母なんているはずがないので、こちらの方が信憑性がある。神社は水田に囲まれたのどかなところにあり水気も多く、境内の古木さえも生命力を感じる所だった。
Shittori Tsurutsuru Kitayama Onsen

3.5

2 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Shimane Izumo-shi Nishihayashigicho 61-1

A natural hot spring about eight minutes by car from Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine. Enjoy the soft geothermal water while taking in the scenery of the Kitayama Mountains, which appear in Izumo mythology. A simple hypotonic alkaline hot spring, the high-quality water is gentle on the skin. It assists with nerve pain and aiding recovery from fatigue and is known for making the skin moist and smooth. Japanese-Western private rooms at the facility have table seating. An ample food and drink menu includes items like a grilled Shimane Wagyu beef set, simmered fish meal set, and Shokado boxed lunch (reservation required by the day before). A kids' lunch is also available.

地元の人が多かった、田畑が目立つエリアにある「北山温泉」です。源泉はアルカリ性単純天然温泉です。他には露天風呂として「人工高濃度炭酸泉露天風呂」がありました。どちらも癒されました。この「しっとりつるつる北山温泉」は、観光客っぽい人はおらず、農作業帰りの地元の人が多かったイメージですね。それほど大きな施設ではないけれど、全体的に小ぎれいで好印象でした。

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Shimane Areas

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.