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Around Iwami Ginzan

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Iwami Ginzan World Heritage Center

4.0

118 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Shimane Pref. Odashi Omorichou A) 1597-3

This is a museum located in Omori Town, Ota City, Shimane Prefecture, introducing the history and mining technology of Iwami Silver Mine, a World Heritage site. The exhibition content is arranged in a way that is easy for both adults and children to understand, focused mainly on models, images and replicas. The permanent exhibit also features a diorama of the entire silver mine and actual silver ore that can be held. A limited guided walking tour of the mine’s largest tunnel “Okubomabu” is also popular.

Expect for unexpected Omori -cho a town of 400 people wa given a world heritage status by Unesco for its still remaining abundant nature together with its history the most active silver mines in the...
Nima Sand Museum

3.5

56 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Shimane Pref. Odashi Nimachouamagouchi 975

"This is a museum that displays the largest hourglass in the world. There is also a replica of a sand calendar, art works of sand objects as well as a science corner where there is a singing sand map of the world and sand samples from around the world. Many events are held and visitors can also experience glass craft. Many people visit on the 31st of December for the ""Time Festival"". "

世界最大らしい砂時計、砂暦「「一年計砂時計」がありますよ。それだけかなぁー。「鳴り砂」で知られる「琴ヶ浜」の近くということで、作られたらしい「仁摩サンドミュージアム」。「砂」に関する展示の数々、体験コーナーなどもあります。家族連れには良いかもです。一つだけ言いたいことは、「仁摩サンドミュージアム」全体の建物の作りですね。「駐車場」から「施設」へ離れすぎているかな。なんとかしてもらいたいな。
Gohyakurakan Rakan-ji Temple

3.5

68 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Shimane Pref. Odashi Omorichou A) 804

A Koyasan Shingon Buddhist temple located in Omori Town, Ohda City, Shimane Prefecture which enshrines a total of 500 statues of arhats split evenly between two caves. The figures were created over a 20-some year period starting in the Genbun period (1736-1740) and are said to memorialize ancestors and people who died in the Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine. The temple is registered as part of the Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape UNESCO World Heritage Site and is also designated a National Historic Site.

A World Heritage Site which is clearly indicated by a (too) huge sign in front of it. You have to pay (500 Yen) to enter which has to be done across the street at the entrance of the Rakanji...
Mononobe-jinja Shrine

4.0

28 Reviews

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Shimane Pref. Odashi Kawaichou Kawai 1545

This shrine, a prefecture designated cultural asset, is the largest built nationally using the Kasukabe-zukuri method. The enshrined deity is Umashimaji-no-Mikoto the first god of priesthood, fortune telling, charms and prayers. In the precincts is the main hall constructed with the Kasukabe method, tombstones, Kachi-ishi stones, Kusabi-ishi wedge shaped stones, Higashi Gosha (seven generations of gods), Sugami-jinja Shrine, and Otomi-jinja Shrine etc. There is plenty to see and do.

日曜日の午後に車で向かう。駐車場はそれなりに広い。ポツポツと参拝者もいる。ご由緒は「鶴に乗って〜」と良くわからないが、一の宮だけあって境内はキレイに整備されている。本殿の千木を見ると、なんと縦削ぎ。物部を冠する神社なのに。神社の元になったであろう古墳も境内裏にあった。他にパーソロン号の銅像、夜泣き椨や聖天さんなどの御神木、柿本神社があり見所も多い。また大きな神社だが、ちゃんと自分の...
Sanbe Azukihara Maibotsurin Park

4.5

35 Reviews

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Shimane Pref. Odashi Sambechou Tane B 58-2

"This is a submerged forest exhibition of an area that was once covered by a volcanic eruption about 4000 years ago. The underground exhibit room is an excavated room of a circle shape of 30 meters in diameter and depth of 13.5 meters. Visitors can see the excavation of the Buried Forest in the ""Jomon Forest Excavation Preservation Exhibition Building"" and the ""Building Exhibiting the Pit for Excavation of Buried Forest Specimens"". In July every year visitors can also enjoy the ancient lotus flowers known as ""Oga hasu"" that are an Ota City Designated Natural Monument."

ロマン溢れる「三瓶小豆原埋没林公園」です。かなりお勧めです。4000年前、縄文時代の森がよみがえる！？この小豆原の森は、縄文時代、「三瓶火山」によって、「密閉状態」で地中に埋もれたままだったらしいです。そして時は流れ、1983年それを発見し、現在、「三瓶小豆原...
Restoration of KUMAGAI Residence, Important Cultural Properties

4.0

30 Reviews

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Shimane Pref. Odashi Omorichou Ha 63

This is the private residence of the Kumagaya family who were prominent traders working as government officials attached to the silver mine. The architecture of this large scale residence which consisted of a main house, five outhouses and storehouses on a plot of about 1,500 meters squared exemplifies the social status of this trader at the end of the Edo period. As a result of there being many household implements from the Edo through the Showa period on display, it is a place where you can experience the beauty and profundity of a Japanese residence. You can also get to experience cooking rice on a stove after chopping firewood.

大きな商家で部屋が沢山あります。当時は客人がたくさん来たのでしょう、大きな台所、たくさんの食器など、生活に根ざした展示物がたくさんあり、何時間でもいられそうでした。
Iwami Silvermine Museum (Ruins of the Oomori prefectural governor’s office)

3.5

33 Reviews

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Shimane Pref. Odashi Omorichou Ha 51-1

Iwami Silver Mine was controlled by the “Bakufu” (Shogunate) prefectural governor in the Edo period. The museum sits on the ruins of the Oomori local governor’s office. The building which was built in 1902 was used just as it was as the Nima district office, and opened as a museum in 1976. You can learn the history of the Iwami Silver Mine with pictorial scrolls, archives and mining tools on display.

入り口にはいも代官の屋敷と表示されていました。もとの代官屋敷のようです。飢饉に備え芋の栽培を奨励したということで、いも代官と言われたようです。
The Shimane Nature Museum of Mt Sanbe - Sahimel

4.0

17 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Shimane Pref. Odashi Sambechou Tane 1121-8

At this well-equipped facility visitors can view planned exhibitions and a planetarium. The astronomical observatory has a 60 cm reflex telescope and Coude type 20 centimeters refraction telescope, and astronomical observation sessions are held every Saturday night. Reservations are unnecessary and reception starts 30 minutes prior.

手作り感のある「三瓶自然館サヒメル」でした。こちらにも「三瓶小豆原埋没林」が展示されてあります。家族連れには良い感じの、分かりやすい説明の「三瓶自然館サヒメル」だと思います。私は「三瓶小豆原埋没林」目的で訪れましたが、「三瓶小豆原埋没林」だけでなく、「自然系の博物館」として面白く観覧することが出来ました。お勧めです。
The Former Kawashima Family (local officials) Residence

3.5

12 Reviews

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Shimane Pref. Odashi Omorichou Ha 118-1

After being recruited in the early Edo period by the Okubo family, the governors of Iwami region who also supervised production at the local silver mine, the Kawashima family served as mine supervisors for several generations. The Kawashima family residence is believed to have been built in the early 1800s. The main building, which appears at first glance to be a single-storey building, actually has a second storey above the earthen-floored part of the ground floor and the storeroom; the Zashiki room where guests were entertained faces onto the garden. As it embodies so many of the features characteristic of the residences of silver mine supervisors, the Residence has been designated a Historic Site by Ohda City government.

河島家は銀山開拓と運営のために集められた人材だそうで、武士待遇だったようです。商家であった熊谷家とは違い、質素剛健を地で行くようなお宅でした。
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine World Heritage Site

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Shimane Pref. Odashi Omorichou

A silver mine once one of the largest in Japan and the world, today the Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine is registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a tourism destination located in Ohda City, Shimane Prefecture. The mine’s prime extended from the late Warring States period to the early Edo period, and the facility played an important role in the trade of East Asia. A portion of the mine’s tunnels are open to the general public for viewing. Nearby, the Iwami Ginzan World Heritage Center and the Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine Museum present historical materials relating to the mine.
Kigami Jinja Shrine

Travel / Tourism

Shimane Pref. Odashi Omorichou Lee 1477

This shrine located in Ota City’s Omori town in Shimane Prefecture enshrines Okuninushi, the guardian deity of the town. The shrine which was in Umaji’s Kigamiyama was moved by the Ouchi clan to Oomorimachi Atagosan in 1434, and the Mori clan moved it to its present location in 1577. One of the sights to see is inside the haiden (worship hall). Sitting at the center of the wooden floor, you can find a colorful “crying dragon” painted above on the ceiling, and clapping your hands together creates an echo as if the dragon was howling. The shrine is famous as a place for matchmaking and there are many offerings of heart-shaped wooden plaques.
Ruins of Shimizudani Smelting Works

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Shimane Pref. Odashi Omorichou

During the Meiji period, using the slopes at the foot of the mountain, the “Shimizudani Smelting Works” was built with cutting-edge technology at the time. However, as the quality of the ore deposits worsening and became unprofitable than originally anticipated, in 1896 after only a year and a half, the operation of the smelting works were suspended. Nowadays, the historic ruins of stone masonry are all that remain.
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine & Ryugenji Mabu

Travel / Tourism

Shimane Pref. Odashi Omorichou

The only such tunnel that is open to the public is among the remains of the Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine which has been designated as a World Heritage Site. This is a tunnel which was developed in the middle of the Edo period and was one of five silver mine tunnels which were directly managed by the Edo period prefectural governor. The tunnel has an overall length of 600 meters, and out of this total, 273 meters are open to the public; only the traces left by the miners at that time remain on the walls of the tunnel. Remembering back the severity of the work at that time, it is said that “Horiko” (a mining worker) could dig only about 30 centimeters in a day. In 2007, it was registered as Asia’s first World Culture and National Heritage site as a mining site.
Sahimeyama-jinja Shrine

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Shimane Pref. Odashi Omorichou

Sahimeyama-jinja Shrine is located in the area of the world heritage site, Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine in Omori Town, Ohda City, Shimane Prefecture. The enshrined deity is Kanayamahiko, protector of the mine. It is a mountain shrine located about 200 meters from the Ryugenji Mabu mine shaft which has the largest shrine building in the whole country. It is said that the Ouchi clan of the Suo Province built the shrine. Two competing theories claim that it was built either in 1434 or during the 16th century. Locally referred to as Sanjin-san (shrine of the mountain god), it is an old shrine revered by mountaineers, miners and refinery workers.
Ginzan Village wadachinmiwamiginzanten riyoukan Arata

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Shimane Pref. Odashi Omorichou C
Seisuiji

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Shimane Oda-shi Omoricho
Tatsunogozen-jinja Shrine

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Shimane Oda-shi Yunotsucho Yunotsu Ro 156

This shrine looks down on the onsen town from the rocky mountain. Stories say it was transferred to this area some 400 years in the past, during the reign of Emperor Gonara. Yunotsu was once a prosperous outport town where silver was mined from Iwami Ginzan silver mine. This shrine gathered those revering the guardian deities who watched over the Kitamaebune cargo ships that docked at Yunotsu port. Behind the shrine is a massive boulder that resembles the open jaws of a great dragon. Long ago, the boulder itself was believed to be the incarnation of a descended deity, making this place sacred. The Yokagura sacred dance, which is believed to be the original ritual kagura that became Iwami Kagura, is a solemn and majestic traditional performing art of the Iwami area.
Shogen-ji Temple

Travel / Tourism

Shimane Oda-shi Omoricho I430-1

This is a Jodo-shu sect temple that's head temple is Chion-in Temple in Kyoto. After climbing the stone stairs, you'll find a Sanmon main gate in the Romon tower gate architectural style, the graves of the Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine magistrates, and a Buddhist mortuary tablet for the Tokugawa clan. This temple is said to date back to 1601, and was built by the first magistrate of the Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine, Okubo Nagayasu, and second magistrate Takemura Michikiyo as principal supporters. Later, the Toshogu Shrine was built on the back mountain to enshrine Tokugawa Ieyasu, and it now holds the Buddhist mortuary tablets of 11 generations of Tokugawa clan leaders, from Ieyasu to Ienari. The graves of the magistrates, starting with Takemura, and the wooden Amitabha Buddha (Amida Nyorai) standing statue are prefectural Cultural Properties.
Okubo Iwami no Kami Grave

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Shimane Oda-shi Omoricho Ginzan Chiku-ku

This is the gravesite of Okubo Nagayasu, the first magistrate of the Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine. The grave, built in 1613, lies at the end of a 10-minute walk through bamboo forest along the Ginzan river, starting at the old Omori magistrate office. Nagayasu took up his post here in 1601, and was tasked with surveying the silver mine territory, as well as building roads and the town. As such, he was integral in building the mine shafts, or mabu, that led to huge increases in silver productivity here. The Okubo Mabu shaft was named after him is the largest shaft in the mine. In 1794, his successes were recognized with a monument and five-tiered gravestone, but these were lost along with Daian-ji temple, the family temple.
Yakushiyu Onsen Shinyu gallery

4.5

36 Reviews

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Shimane Pref. Odashi Yunotsuchouyunotsu

平日の昼時に行ったら独り占めでした。コロナ対策はきちんとしています。先ずは脱衣所にある水道のイオン水を一杯飲んでから入りましょうという案内通りに従います。次に掛け湯をして温泉に浸かり思いっきり空気を吸い込んでまったりします。湯の温度は42度くらいでしょう。初めにイオン水を飲んだからでしょうか、湯に浸かっていてものぼせることなく気持ち良く浸かっていられます。独占からか50分くらい滞在しました...

Shimane Around Iwami Ginzan

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