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Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo
Three hundred and fifty-eight bronze swords from one pit, ranged along a wall - more than had been found in all Japan before.
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Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum
For Lafcadio Hearn, who wrote Japan's ghost stories in English; the samurai house he lived in stands next door.
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Kojindani Site
Three hundred and fifty-eight swords buried in four neat rows on one slope; nobody knows why.
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Kamo Iwakura Site
Thirty-nine bronze bells buried nested one inside another - the largest such find in Japan.
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Mori Ogai Memorial Museum
For the army surgeon and novelist; the house he lived in until he was ten stands beside it.
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Wako Museum
On tatara ironmaking, which produced the steel for Japanese swords using only iron sand and charcoal.
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Okuizumo Tatara and Sword Museum
The only place still smelting tamahagane for swords, in a furnace fired continuously for three days and nights.
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Fudoki no Oka
The places named in an 8th-century gazetteer are still where it says they are - text and ground still matching.
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Proterial Metallurgical Research Laboratory
A metallurgical research laboratory in Yasugi. It researches specialty steel materials.
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Shimane Software Research and Development Center
A software research and development center in Matsue. It works in IT in the birthplace of the programming language Ruby.
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Shimane Prefectural Mountainous Region Research Center
The prefecture's mountainous region research center. It researches forests and hilly and mountainous areas.
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Shimane University Estuary Research Center
Shimane University's Estuary Research Center. It researches brackish-water areas. It is the only one of its kind in Japan.