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Lawn outside Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo.
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New Year's kadomatsu at Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo.
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Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2018.
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Remains of the giant pillars of the ancient Izumo Taisha.
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The museum's centerpiece exhibit is this scale model of Izumo Taisha's Honden Hall from the 10th-century Heian Period.
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People believe that the original shrine was on high pillars accessible by this long, sloping wooden steps. Really awesome.
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The elevated shrine supposed to make it closer to gods.
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Little priests going up the many stairs.
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Wonder how resistant this was to typhoons and earthquakes.
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High wooden pillars supporting the Honden Hall so that it is closer to the gods.
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Very impressive model of the shrine.
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It is unknown exactly what Izumo Taisha's Honden Hall looked like during the 13th century Kamakura Period. Based on the evidence they could find, five researchers built their own scale models of what they thought the Honden Hall looked like.
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The five models look quite different although they are in agreement on some things like the number of pillars supporting the Honden.
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These two models are similar to the large model.
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Rear view of the shrine scale models.
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Rear view of the shrine scale models.
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Models of the different shrine building architencture in Japan.
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Pottery kiln
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Old tsuzumi shoulder drum and koto.
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Boat
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Pottery
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Other museum exhibits included many different ancient artifacts like dotaku bronze bells that are all National Treasures.
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Dotaku bronze bells that are all National Treasures in Shimane.
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Closeup of bronze bell design.
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Haniwa figures
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Iwami kagura dance costumes
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Iwami kagura dance masks
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Iwami kagura dance masks
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