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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.
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This is the shuttle bus to Adachi Museum of Art. It is slightly behind the bus schedule sign.
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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.
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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.
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Since it was New Year's 2018, kadomatsu at the museum entrance.
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Mr. Adachi pointing the way to the garden.
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The museum has super clean picture windows for viewing the gardens.
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.
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Adachi Museum of Art garden.
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.
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Adachi Museum of Art garden waterfall, Shimane Prefecture.
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Koi pond
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Picture window with no glass.
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Natural scroll next to a Buddhist altar.
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.
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Sculpture at Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.
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Yasugi is a rural city most famous for the Yasugi-bushi folk song and dance. It has JR Yasugi Station.
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JR Yasugi Station welcomes visitors to the land of Yasugi-bushi.
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JR Yasugi Station welcomes visitors to the land of Yasugi-bushi.
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JR Yasugi Station welcomes visitors to the land of Yasugi-bushi.
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Yasugi-bushi Engeikan Hall is a Japanese-style theater where they perform Yasugi-bushi, a local folk song and dance.
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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.
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Giant loach in front of the hall in Yasugi, Shimane.
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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.
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Hanamichi in the theater.
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Comfortable chairs.
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Playing the tsuzumi shoulder drum.
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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.
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"Dojo-sukui" (Loach Scooping) also danced by women.
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Afterward, they invited members of the audience on stage to try the loach scooping dance.
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Names of the performers from the Yasugi-bushi Preservation Society.
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Display hall for Yasugi-bushi.
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About Yasugi-bushi.
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Tsuzumi shoulder drums used in Yasugi-bushi.
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Gift shop sells dojo loach confections.
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Next to the theater is this restaurant.
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Nice lunch.
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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.
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Inside JR Yasugi Station.
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JR Yasugi Station on the San'in Line.
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Iwami Kagura train at JR Yasugi Station.
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My train home at JR Yasugi Station. San'in Line.
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