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My train home at JR Yasugi Station. San'in Line.Oct 03, 2018
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Iwami Kagura train at JR Yasugi Station.Oct 03, 2018
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JR Yasugi Station on the San'in Line.Oct 03, 2018
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Inside JR Yasugi Station.Oct 03, 2018
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Took the free shuttle bus from Adachi Museum of Art to go back to JR Yasugi Station on the San'in Line.Oct 03, 2018
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Nice lunch.Oct 03, 2018
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Next to the theater is this restaurant.Oct 03, 2018
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Gift shop sells dojo loach confections.Oct 03, 2018
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Tsuzumi shoulder drums used in Yasugi-bushi.Oct 03, 2018
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About Yasugi-bushi.Oct 03, 2018
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Display hall for Yasugi-bushi.Oct 03, 2018
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Names of the performers from the Yasugi-bushi Preservation Society.Oct 03, 2018
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Afterward, they invited members of the audience on stage to try the loach scooping dance.Oct 03, 2018
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"Dojo-sukui" (Loach Scooping) also danced by women.Oct 03, 2018
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The most famous Yasugi-bushi song is "Dojo-sukui" (Loach Scooping) danced by a Hyottoko comical man. The dancer uses a basket scoop to catch the loaches.Oct 03, 2018
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Playing the tsuzumi shoulder drum.Oct 03, 2018
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Comfortable chairs.Oct 03, 2018
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Hanamichi in the theater.Oct 03, 2018
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Inside the Yasugi-bushi Engeikan Hall is a Japanese-style theater. They perform four times per day. Admission is ¥600 for adults, ¥300 for kids.Oct 03, 2018
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Giant loach in front of the hall in Yasugi, Shimane.Oct 03, 2018
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The hall includes a gift shop and restaurant. Yasugi-bushi Engeikan is next to Adachi Museum of Art. Easy to see both places.Oct 03, 2018
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Yasugi-bushi Engeikan Hall is a Japanese-style theater where they perform Yasugi-bushi, a local folk song and dance. Oct 03, 2018
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JR Yasugi Station welcomes visitors to the land of Yasugi-bushi.Oct 03, 2018
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JR Yasugi Station welcomes visitors to the land of Yasugi-bushi.Oct 03, 2018
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Yasugi is a rural city most famous for the Yasugi-bushi folk song and dance. It has JR Yasugi Station.Oct 03, 2018
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JR Yasugi Station welcomes visitors to the land of Yasugi-bushi.Oct 03, 2018
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Sculpture at Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.Oct 03, 2018
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.Oct 03, 2018
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.Oct 03, 2018
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.Oct 03, 2018
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Natural scroll next to a Buddhist altar.Oct 03, 2018
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Picture window with no glass.Oct 03, 2018
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Koi pondOct 03, 2018
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Adachi Museum of Art garden waterfall, Shimane Prefecture.Oct 03, 2018
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.Oct 03, 2018
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.Oct 03, 2018
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.Oct 03, 2018
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Adachi Museum of Art garden.Oct 03, 2018
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.Oct 03, 2018
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The museum has super clean picture windows for viewing the gardens.Oct 03, 2018
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Since it was New Year's 2018, kadomatsu at the museum entrance.Oct 03, 2018
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Mr. Adachi pointing the way to the garden.Oct 03, 2018
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Adachi Museum of Art is celebrated for its beautiful Japanese garden and superb artworks especially by Yokoyama Taikan. And in such a rural place. Amazing. Oct 03, 2018
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The museum was founded in 1970 by Adachi Zenko (1899–1990), a native of Yasugi. He was a successful local merchant as a textile wholesaler and real estate business.He collected Yokoyama Taikan paintings and he thought they went well with the museum's beautiful landscape garden. Free shuttle bus ride from JR Yasugi Station.Oct 03, 2018
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Adachi Museum of Art provides a free shuttle bus ride from JR Yasugi Station. The bus schedule is here, but this is not the bus. Also online: https://www.adachi-museum.or.jp/en/shuttle_bus.Oct 03, 2018
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This is the shuttle bus to Adachi Museum of Art. It is slightly behind the bus schedule sign.Oct 03, 2018
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The famous giant tortoise at Gesshoji Temple, Matsue.Oct 02, 2018
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The famous giant tortoise at Gesshoji Temple, Matsue. They put a stone pillar on its back so it wouldn't walk around at night and wreak havoc. Animal cruelty?Oct 02, 2018
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Stone lanternsOct 02, 2018
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Tomb of Matsudaira Harusato (Fumai), seventh lord of the Matsudaira clan.Oct 02, 2018
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Approaching the tomb of Matsudaira Harusato (Fumai), seventh lord of the Matsudaira clan.Oct 02, 2018
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Tea room.Oct 02, 2018
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Entrance to tea roomOct 02, 2018
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Go to the reception desk.Oct 02, 2018
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Raiden's handprints.Oct 02, 2018
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Entrance to Gesshoji Temple with numerous tombs for the Matsudaira clan who ruled the Matsue domain.Oct 02, 2018
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Sumo wrestler monument for Raiden Tameemon (雷電為右衛門).Oct 02, 2018
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From here, take the looping bus to the next sight.Oct 02, 2018
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Lafcadio Hearn's desk was set higher to his face so his nearsighted eyes could see better.Oct 02, 2018
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Lafcadio Hearn's desk.Oct 02, 2018
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Byobu folding screen.Oct 02, 2018
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Must've been a pleasant place to live. Very Japanese.Oct 02, 2018
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Inside Lafcadio Hearn's former residence fronting a nice garden.Oct 02, 2018
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Lafcadio Hearn's former residence is next door to the museum. 小泉八雲旧居Oct 02, 2018
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Lafcadio Hearn's hair memorial.Oct 02, 2018
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Lafcadio Hearn relief. Photography was not allowed inside the memorial museum.Oct 02, 2018
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Pillar of the school where Hearn taught.Oct 02, 2018
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Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum.Oct 02, 2018
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Entrance to Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum. 小泉八雲記念館Oct 02, 2018
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Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yakumo) is one of the most famous foreigners to have lived in Japan. He authored or translated books about Japanese ghost/horror stories ("Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan" and "Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things").Oct 02, 2018
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Entrance to Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum.Oct 02, 2018
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Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum and residence are next to each other on the same road on the fringe of Matsue Castle,Oct 02, 2018
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Jizo statue at Lake Shinji, Matsue.Sep 29, 2018
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Yomegashima island and Jizo statues, Lake ShinjiSep 29, 2018
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Lake ShinjiSep 29, 2018
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Shimane Art Museum rabbitsSep 29, 2018
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But there are outdoor sculptures.Sep 29, 2018
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Shimane Art Museum is on the shore of Lake Shinji. Too bad it was closed when I was there.Sep 29, 2018
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Mori Ogai Memorial Museum 森鴎外記念館Aug 02, 2018
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Kitchen of Mori Ogai's birth home. 森鴎外旧宅Aug 02, 2018
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Statue of Mori Ogai at his birth home. 森鴎外旧宅Aug 02, 2018
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Statue of Mori Ogai at his birth home. 森鴎外旧宅Aug 02, 2018
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Mori Ogai's birth home. 森鴎外旧宅Aug 02, 2018
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Mori Ogai's birth home. 森鴎外旧宅Aug 02, 2018
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Mori Ogai's birth home. 森鴎外旧宅Aug 02, 2018
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Mori Ogai's birth home. 森鴎外旧宅Aug 02, 2018
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Tsuwano has signs in English.Aug 02, 2018
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Taikodani Inari shrine can be seen.Aug 02, 2018
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Tsuwano Castle ruins in Shimane.Aug 02, 2018
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Tsuwano Castle ruins on this mountain.Aug 02, 2018
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Walked along the river...Aug 02, 2018
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This torii leads to Taikodani Inari shrine, Tsuwano's main attraction. (See the separate album).Aug 02, 2018
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End of Tonomachi road.Aug 02, 2018
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Beautiful restrooms in Tsuwano.Aug 02, 2018
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Sagimai statue in Tsuwano, Shimane.Aug 02, 2018
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This traditional builing was being renovated.Aug 02, 2018
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The famous koi carp in the roadside stream along Tono-machi road.Aug 02, 2018
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Inside Tsuwano Catholic Church. 津和野カトリック教会Aug 02, 2018
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Inside Tsuwano Catholic Church. 津和野カトリック教会Aug 02, 2018
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Stained glass inside Tsuwano Catholic Church. 津和野カトリック教会Aug 02, 2018
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Tsuwano Catholic Church dedicated to Saint Francis Xavier who visited Japan as a Christian missionary in 1549–50. 津和野カトリック教会Aug 02, 2018
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Another sight along Tono-machi road is the Tsuwano Catholic Church. 津和野カトリック教会Aug 02, 2018
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Tono-machi roadAug 02, 2018
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Red roof tiles are common in the San'in Region.Aug 02, 2018
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Tsuwano manhole Aug 02, 2018
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More traditional Japanese buildings on Tono-machi road.Aug 02, 2018
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White Heron is a symbol of Tsuwano.Aug 02, 2018
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About Sagimai White Heron Dance costumes.Aug 02, 2018
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Second floor of Tsuwano's Japan Heritage Center explained the local Sagimai White Heron Dance.Aug 02, 2018
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Inside Tsuwano's Japan Heritage Center.Aug 02, 2018
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Tsuwano's Japan Heritage Center is a small local museum.Aug 02, 2018
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Tono-machi road in early morning.Aug 02, 2018
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Even the Tsuwano Post Office looks fancy.Aug 02, 2018
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Entrance to Tono-machi road lined with traditional buildings. 殿町通りAug 02, 2018
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Library at Anno Art Museum.Aug 02, 2018
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Other parts of Anno Art Museum include an old-style classroom (from 1920s design) and planetarium.Aug 02, 2018
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First floor is the main exhibition space of Anno Art Museum. 安野光雅美術館Aug 02, 2018
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Lobby of Anno Art Museum.Aug 02, 2018
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Entrance to Anno Art Museum during New Year's.Aug 02, 2018
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Right across the street from the photo museum is another art museum dedicated to another local artist (illustrator) named Mitsumasa Anno.Anno Art Museum (opened in 2001), shows artworks by Mitsumasa Anno who was born and raised in Tsuwano. 安野光雅美術館Aug 02, 2018
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Shisei Kuwabara (b. 1936) is still alive and is originally from Tsuwano. He's a documentary photographer most famous for his Minamata disease photos (like W. Eugene Smith).Aug 02, 2018
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Inside Shisei Kuwabara Photographics Museum. It's a nice museum, but only one exhibition room, not huge, but it's large enough. Aug 02, 2018
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