Kurayoshi
Fukutomi Shrine
A shrine in Kurayoshi, one of the eight shrines of the good-fortune circuit.
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FIRST VISIT GUIDE
Before tracing culture and history — how shrines and temples differ, and how to pay respects
Many of Japan's cultural properties are found at shrines or temples. The two belong to different religions, and their entrances and ways of worship differ. Start with the differences and the etiquette.678 entries / page 20 of 29
Kurayoshi
Kamo Shrine
A shrine in Kurayoshi, once the town's tutelary shrine, busy at the New Year.
TottoriCulture & HistoryYurihama
Shitori Shrine (Hoki Ichinomiya)
The first shrine of Hoki province, in Yurihama. Known as a god of safe birth, it has a birthing stone.
Hino
Kanemochi Shrine
A shrine in Hino, which draws worshippers from across Japan praying for fortune.
TottoriCulture & HistoryDaisen
Daisen-ji Temple Main Hall
A temple partway up Mount Daisen, with pilgrim lodgings scattered around it.
TottoriCulture & HistoryNanbu
Aka-iwa Shrine
A shrine in Nanbu, tied to the myth in which Okuninushi was brought back to life.
Nichinan
Rakuraku-fuku Shrine
A former prefectural shrine in Nichinan Town. With Emperor Korei as its principal deity, it was revered in old times as the ancestral deity of iron making. It is one of the Eight Shrines of Good Fortune.
TottoriCulture & HistoryNichinan
Fukunari Shrine
A shrine in Nichinan Town. From the shrine building, Mount Okura is seen straight ahead. Kojin kagura is said to have been handed down from here.
TottoriCulture & HistoryDaisen
Nawa Shrine
A shrine in Daisen with halls among the largest in the prefecture, known for cherry and azalea.
Daisen
Juun-ji Temple
A temple in Daisen, known for its wisteria and so called the wisteria temple.
Nichinan
Fukusakae Shrine
A shrine in Nichinan Town. It stands in a land of tatara ironworks that produced Inga steel. The Fukusakae Kashira-uchi of the autumn festival is a prefectural Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
Shimane
Tsuwano Castle Ruins
A castle site on a summit 362 metres high, looking down on the streets of Tsuwano.
ShimaneCulture & HistoryShimane
Matsue Castle
One of the twelve surviving castle keeps, named a national treasure in 2015.
ShimaneCulture & HistoryShimane
Tsuwano Tonomachi-dori
A street in Tsuwano, with the white walls of samurai houses and carp swimming in the channel.
ShimaneCulture & HistoryShimane
Gassan Toda Castle Ruins
A castle site in Yasugi, seat of the Warring States house of Amago.
Shimane
Jozan Inari Shrine
A shrine beside Matsue Castle, said to have been built by the lord of the domain after a dream.
Shimane
Tsuwano Castle Ruins Sightseeing Lift
A lift up to the Tsuwano castle site, boarded near Taikodani Inari Shrine.
ShimaneCulture & HistoryShimane
Miyagashima Ebisu Shrine
A shrine on Kohama beach in Masuda. A path of sand leads out to the island only at low tide.
ShimaneCulture & HistoryShimane
Yuhi Park Hamada Roadside Station
A roadside station in Hamada facing the Sea of Japan, with Iwami kagura performed on some days.
ShimaneCulture & HistoryShimane
Karakoro Art Studio
A centre in Matsue in the former Bank of Japan Matsue branch building.
Shimane
Kanayago Shrine
A shrine in the hills of Yasugi, honouring the deity of tatara ironmaking.
ShimaneCulture & HistoryShimane
Mizuwakasu Shrine
The first shrine of Oki province, in Okinoshima, a leading shrine since the Heian period.