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Red roof tiles are common in the San'in Region.74 views
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Stained glass inside Tsuwano Catholic Church. 津和野カトリック教会74 views
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Mori Ogai's birth home. 森鴎外旧宅74 views
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When you get off the Lakeline bus, you will be near this moat and Otemon Gate.73 views
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Shachi ornaments on Matsue Castle.73 views
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Side view of Matsue Castle.73 views
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Side view of Matsue Castle.73 views
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Chairs73 views
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South Turret (Minami Yagura). Reconstructed in 2000.73 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73 views
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Stairs to the upper floor.73 views
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Tsuwano's Japan Heritage Center is a small local museum.73 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73 views
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The famous koi carp in the roadside stream along Tono-machi road.73 views
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Statue of Mori Ogai at his birth home. 森鴎外旧宅73 views
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South Turret and stone wall.72 views
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Side view of Matsue Castle.72 views
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Kounkaku balcony.72 views
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Kounkaku balcony.72 views
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Entrance to Anno Art Museum during New Year's.72 views
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Entrance to Tono-machi road lined with traditional buildings. 殿町通り72 views
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This traditional builing was being renovated.72 views
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Statue of Mori Ogai at his birth home. 森鴎外旧宅72 views
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Thanks to a wealthy farmer and former Matsue samurai, Matsue Castle was saved and not destroyed like most other castles.71 viewsOne of the San'in Region's major sights and one of the major castles along the Sea of Japan coast.
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About Matsue Castle, noe of only 12 castles in Japan that retain the original building. Built by Horio Yoshiharu and first occupied by the Horio Clan 1600–1633.71 viewsCastle was also occupied by the Kyogoku Clan (Tadataka) and Matsudaira Clan (1638–1871).
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Statue of Lord Horio Yoshiharu who first built Matsue Castle.71 views
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Back of Matsue Castle's main tower.71 views
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Corridor of Kounkaku.71 views
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Even the Tsuwano Post Office looks fancy.71 views
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Tono-machi road in early morning.71 views
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About Sagimai White Heron Dance costumes.71 views
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More traditional Japanese buildings on Tono-machi road.70 views
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Tono-machi road69 views
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Sagimai statue69 views
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End of Tonomachi road.69 views
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Taikodani Inari shrine can be seen.69 views
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Tsuwano has signs in English.69 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68 views
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Other parts of Anno Art Museum include an old-style classroom (from 1920s design) and planetarium.68 views
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Inside Tsuwano Catholic Church. 津和野カトリック教会68 views
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Tsuwano Castle ruins on this mountain.68 views
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First floor is the main exhibition space of Anno Art Museum. 安野光雅美術館67 views
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Inside Tsuwano's Japan Heritage Center.67 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67 views
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Inside Tsuwano Catholic Church. 津和野カトリック教会67 views
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Beautiful restrooms in Tsuwano.67 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 66 views
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Library at Anno Art Museum.66 views
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This torii leads to Taikodani Inari shrine, Tsuwano's main attraction. (See the separate album).66 views
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Mori Ogai's birth home. 森鴎外旧宅66 views
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Lobby of Anno Art Museum.65 views
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White Heron is a symbol of Tsuwano.64 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.52 views
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Must've been a pleasant place to live. Very Japanese.50 views
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Shimane Art Museum is on the shore of Lake Shinji. Too bad it was closed when I was there.49 views
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Lake Shinji49 views
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Pillar of the school where Hearn taught.48 views
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Lafcadio Hearn's desk was set higher to his face so his nearsighted eyes could see better.48 views
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Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum.47 views
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Entrance to Gesshoji Temple with numerous tombs for the Matsudaira clan who ruled the Matsue domain.47 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,46 views
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Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yakumo) is one of the most famous foreigners to have lived in Japan. 46 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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But there are outdoor sculptures.45 views
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Entrance to Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum. 小泉八雲記念館45 views
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Lafcadio Hearn's former residence is next door to the museum. 小泉八雲旧居45 views
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Raiden's handprints.45 views
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Entrance to tea room45 views
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Lafcadio Hearn relief. Photography was not allowed inside the memorial museum.44 views
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Lafcadio Hearn's hair memorial.44 views
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Inside Lafcadio Hearn's former residence fronting a nice garden.44 views
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Go to the reception desk.43 views
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Entrance to Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum.42 views
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Byobu folding screen.41 views
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Tomb of Matsudaira Harusato (Fumai), seventh lord of the Matsudaira clan.41 views
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Lafcadio Hearn's desk.40 views
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From here, take the looping bus to the next sight.40 views
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Approaching the tomb of Matsudaira Harusato (Fumai), seventh lord of the Matsudaira clan.40 views
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Stone lanterns40 views
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Tea room.38 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.38 views
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Sumo wrestler monument for Raiden Tameemon (雷電為右衛門).37 views
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.37 views
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The museum has super clean picture windows for viewing the gardens.34 views
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Picture window with no glass.33 views
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.33 views
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Mr. Adachi pointing the way to the garden.32 views
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Hanamichi in the theater.32 views
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"Dojo-sukui" (Loach Scooping) also danced by women.32 views
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Since it was New Year's 2018, kadomatsu at the museum entrance.31 views
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.31 views
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About Yasugi-bushi.31 views
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Adachi Museum of Art garden.30 views
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Adachi Museum of Art garden waterfall, Shimane Prefecture.30 views
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Koi pond30 views
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This is the shuttle bus to Adachi Museum of Art. It is slightly behind the bus schedule sign.29 views
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.29 views
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Sculpture at Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.29 views
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JR Yasugi Station welcomes visitors to the land of Yasugi-bushi.29 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. 29 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.29 views
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Playing the tsuzumi shoulder drum.29 views
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Names of the performers from the Yasugi-bushi Preservation Society.29 views
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Nice lunch.29 views
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My train home at JR Yasugi Station. San'in Line.29 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. 28 views
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Natural scroll next to a Buddhist altar.28 views
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JR Yasugi Station welcomes visitors to the land of Yasugi-bushi.28 views
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Comfortable chairs.28 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.28 views
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Display hall for Yasugi-bushi.28 views
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Inside JR Yasugi Station.28 views
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Tsuzumi shoulder drums used in Yasugi-bushi.27 views
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Afterward, they invited members of the audience on stage to try the loach scooping dance.26 views
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Next to the theater is this restaurant.26 views
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