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The top floor of Matsue Castle has open windows on all four sides. 44 views
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View from the top of Matsue Castle overlooking the entrance area.44 views
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Matsue Castle roof corner.44 views
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Ceiling beams in Matsue Castle 44 views
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Openings in the castle wall to shoot weapons.44 views
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Inside the Central Turret.44 views
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South Turret pillar.44 views
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View from South Turret.44 views
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Within the Ninomaru of Matsue Castle, the Kounkaku was a guesthouse originally built in 1903 for Crown Prince Yoshihito (Emperor Taisho). 興雲閣44 views
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Kounkaku balcony.44 views
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Walked along the river...44 views
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Statue of Mori Ogai at his birth home. 森鴎外旧宅44 views
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Statue of Mori Ogai at his birth home. 森鴎外旧宅44 views
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Statue of Lord Horio Yoshiharu who first built Matsue Castle.43 views
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Side view of Matsue Castle.43 views
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Chairs43 views
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Models of castle bridges.43 views
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About the Ninomaru of Matsue Castle.43 views
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About the South Turret.43 views
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The South Turret has an upper floor.43 views
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Corridor of Kounkaku.43 views
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Stairs to the upper floor.43 views
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Leaving Matsue Castle tower.43 views
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Entrance to the photo museum in Tsuwano. The museum also houses the local tourist information office. 桑原史成写真美術館43 views
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Entrance to Anno Art Museum during New Year's.43 views
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First floor is the main exhibition space of Anno Art Museum. 安野光雅美術館43 views
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Other parts of Anno Art Museum include an old-style classroom (from 1920s design) and planetarium.43 views
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Tono-machi road in early morning.43 views
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More traditional Japanese buildings on Tono-machi road.43 views
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Tono-machi road43 views
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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43 views
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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43 views
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The famous koi carp in the roadside stream along Tono-machi road.43 views
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This traditional builing was being renovated.43 views
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Sagimai statue43 views
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Tsuwano has signs in English.43 views
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Opening to drop stones.42 views
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Door to the balcony.42 views
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Library at Anno Art Museum.42 views
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Inside Tsuwano's Japan Heritage Center.42 views
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Second floor of Tsuwano's Japan Heritage Center explained the local Sagimai White Heron Dance.42 views
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About Sagimai White Heron Dance costumes.42 views
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Inside Tsuwano Catholic Church. 津和野カトリック教会42 views
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Inside Tsuwano Catholic Church. 津和野カトリック教会42 views
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Tsuwano Castle ruins on this mountain.42 views
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Mori Ogai's birth home. 森鴎外旧宅42 views
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Inside Shisei Kuwabara Photographics Museum. The museum was originally a documentary photo museum and they asked Kuwabara if they could rename it in 2004. So it exhibits mainly his photos, although it does not preserve or possess his photos. So it's 41 views
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Entrance to Tono-machi road lined with traditional buildings. 殿町通り41 views
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Even the Tsuwano Post Office looks fancy.41 views
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White Heron is a symbol of Tsuwano.41 views
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End of Tonomachi road.41 views
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This torii leads to Taikodani Inari shrine, Tsuwano's main attraction. (See the separate album).41 views
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Taikodani Inari shrine can be seen.41 views
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Mori Ogai's birth home. 森鴎外旧宅40 views
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Lobby of Anno Art Museum.39 views
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Beautiful restrooms in Tsuwano.39 views
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Shimane Art Museum is on the shore of Lake Shinji. Too bad it was closed when I was there.28 views
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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.26 views
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Lake Shinji25 views
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Inside Lafcadio Hearn's former residence fronting a nice garden.25 views
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Must've been a pleasant place to live. Very Japanese.25 views
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Mr. Adachi pointing the way to the garden.25 views
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Picture window with no glass.25 views
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.24 views
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Entrance to Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum.23 views
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Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yakumo) is one of the most famous foreigners to have lived in Japan. 23 viewsHe authored or translated books about Japanese ghost/horror stories ("Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan" and "Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things").
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Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum.23 views
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Pillar of the school where Hearn taught.23 views
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Lafcadio Hearn relief. Photography was not allowed inside the memorial museum.23 views
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Lafcadio Hearn's hair memorial.23 views
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Lafcadio Hearn's desk was set higher to his face so his nearsighted eyes could see better.23 views
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From here, take the looping bus to the next sight.23 views
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Raiden's handprints.23 views
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Approaching the tomb of Matsudaira Harusato (Fumai), seventh lord of the Matsudaira clan.23 views
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This is the shuttle bus to Adachi Museum of Art. It is slightly behind the bus schedule sign.23 views
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Since it was New Year's 2018, kadomatsu at the museum entrance.23 views
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The museum has super clean picture windows for viewing the gardens.23 views
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.23 views
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.23 views
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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,22 views
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Entrance to Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum. 小泉八雲記念館22 views
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Lafcadio Hearn's former residence is next door to the museum. 小泉八雲旧居22 views
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Byobu folding screen.22 views
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Lafcadio Hearn's desk.22 views
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Entrance to Gesshoji Temple with numerous tombs for the Matsudaira clan who ruled the Matsue domain.22 views
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Go to the reception desk.22 views
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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. 22 views
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Adachi Museum of Art garden.22 views
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Koi pond22 views
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.22 views
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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.22 views
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Playing the tsuzumi shoulder drum.22 views
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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.22 views
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Names of the performers from the Yasugi-bushi Preservation Society.22 views
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Tsuzumi shoulder drums used in Yasugi-bushi.22 views
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Tea room.21 views
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Tomb of Matsudaira Harusato (Fumai), seventh lord of the Matsudaira clan.21 views
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Adachi Museum of Art garden waterfall, Shimane Prefecture.21 views
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Natural scroll next to a Buddhist altar.21 views
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Sculpture at Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.21 views
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JR Yasugi Station welcomes visitors to the land of Yasugi-bushi.21 views
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Yasugi-bushi Engeikan Hall is a Japanese-style theater where they perform Yasugi-bushi, a local folk song and dance. 21 views
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Comfortable chairs.21 views
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"Dojo-sukui" (Loach Scooping) also danced by women.21 views
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Afterward, they invited members of the audience on stage to try the loach scooping dance.21 views
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Display hall for Yasugi-bushi.21 views
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About Yasugi-bushi.21 views
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Next to the theater is this restaurant.21 views
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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.21 views
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My train home at JR Yasugi Station. San'in Line.21 views
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Sumo wrestler monument for Raiden Tameemon (雷電為右衛門).20 views
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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.20 viewsHe 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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JR Yasugi Station welcomes visitors to the land of Yasugi-bushi.20 views
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Yasugi is a rural city most famous for the Yasugi-bushi folk song and dance. It has JR Yasugi Station.20 views
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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.20 views
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Hanamichi in the theater.20 views
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