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Susa Jinja
The shrine where Susanoo is said to have finally come to rest. The great cedar in its grounds is held to be 1,300 years old.
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Kamosu Jinja
Its main hall is a National Treasure, and is held to be the oldest surviving building in the taisha-zukuri style. It keeps an older form than Izumo Taisha.
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Miho Jinja
The head shrine of Ebisu, the deity Kotoshironushi. Custom is to pair a visit here with one to Izumo Taisha.
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Izumo Honden
Twenty-four metres tall. In ancient times it is said to have stood 48 metres, and the giant pillars of the older structure have been excavated.
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Oshimenawa
About 13 metres long and over five tonnes. Every few years the parishioners rehang it by hand.
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Inasa no Hama
Where the gods are welcomed. Held to be the stage of the ceding of the land.
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Sada Jinja
An unusual arrangement of three halls standing side by side. Sada Shin Noh is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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Sakusame no Mori
The forest holding the Mirror Pond. Said to be where Susanoo hid Kushinadahime.
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Sahimeyama Jinja
The guardian deity of the mine, enshrined at the heart of the Iwami silver mine.
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Mizuwakasu Jinja
Its main hall in the oki-zukuri style is an Important Cultural Property. Oki Island, to which Retired Emperor Gotoba and Emperor Godaigo were exiled.
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Taikodani Inari Jinja
It claims to be one of the five great Inari shrines of Japan. About a thousand torii cover the approach.
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Suga Jinja
It claims to be the first shrine of Japan. Where Susanoo composed the poem beginning with the rising clouds of Izumo.
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Kagami no Ike
You float a paper with a coin on it: the sooner it sinks, the sooner your match will come.
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Kumano Taisha
It claims to be the shrine where fire was first made in Japan. The rite of handing the fire drill to Izumo Taisha continues.
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Rokusho Jinja
The soja of Izumo Province, close to the site of the provincial government.
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Tachikuekyo
Columnar rocks stand in ranks, and it is called the Yabakei of the San'in coast. Five hundred rakan are enshrined here.
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