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Tsuwano Castle Ruins
A castle site on a summit 362 metres high, looking down on the streets of Tsuwano.
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Izumo Hinomisaki Lighthouse
A lighthouse at Hinomisaki in Izumo, the tallest stone lighthouse in Japan.
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Hanamomo, the Village Closest to Heaven
Flowering peaches planted in the Kawasumi hamlet of Onan, put in year after year by residents on fallow land.
ShimaneCulture & HistoryShimane
Matsue Castle
One of the twelve surviving castle keeps, named a national treasure in 2015.
ShimaneNature & SceneryShimane
Matsue Vogel Park
A flower and bird theme park in Matsue, with greenhouses on a hill above Lake Shinji.
ShimaneExperiencesShimane
Matsue Horikawa Sightseeing Boat
A 50-minute boat around the moats of Matsue Castle. The roof lowers to pass beneath the low bridges.
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Mihonoseki Lighthouse
A lighthouse at the eastern tip of the Shimane peninsula, completed in 1898, looking over the Sea of Japan.
ShimaneNature & SceneryShimane
Oni-no-shitaburi
A gorge about 2.3 kilometres long in Okuizumo, cut through rock by a swift river.
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Rosoku-jima
A small island off Okinoshima. The setting sun lines up beyond a 20-metre rock.
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Mimata Onsen Kokumin Hoyo Center
A hot-spring facility in Hamada, closed on 31 March 2026.
ShimaneCulture & HistoryShimane
Tsuwano Tonomachi-dori
A street in Tsuwano, with the white walls of samurai houses and carp swimming in the channel.
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Izumo-Yumura Onsen Shitsujin-no-Yu
A public bath in Unnan, a cure resort on the middle Hii River.
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Kitaura Beach
A swimming beach on the Shimane peninsula in Matsue, with clear shallow water and fishing.
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San-in Godo Bank Headquarters Observation Floor
The tallest building in the prefecture, in Matsue, with its 14th-floor viewing deck open to the public.
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Kabeya Shuseikan Museum and Sakurai Residence and Garden
A house and garden in Okuizumo, home of the Sakurai family, who worked in tatara ironmaking.
ShimaneHistoric DistrictsOda - Iwami Ginzan
Kotogahama
A 1.4-kilometre beach in Oda, known for sand that sings when you walk on it.
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Onan-cho Seishonen Ryokomura
A lodging and camping centre in Onan, with a pool open in summer.
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Hii River Cherry-Tree Promenade
Cherry trees along the Hii River in Unnan, chosen among Japan's hundred finest cherry sites.
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Tamatsukuri Onsen Yuyu
A drop-in bathhouse on the Tamatsukuri hot-spring street, shaped to suggest a magatama bead.
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Izumo-Ekimae Onsen Lamp-no-Yu
A day-use hot spring in front of Izumoshi Station, drawing water from 1,800 metres down.
ShimaneCulture & HistoryShimane
Gassan Toda Castle Ruins
A castle site in Yasugi, seat of the Warring States house of Amago.