This is a beach on a small island with a circumference of about 700m and an area of about 8 hectares. Most of the island is made of lava that erupted from the seabed about 15 million years ago. On ...

Matsue Castle was built in 1611. It is one of the five original castles in Japan to have been designated as a National Treasure. The castle is famous for its cherry blossoms in spring and foliage i...

A famous mountain castle in Japan, the Gassan Toda Castle served as the seat of the powerful Amago clan from 1396 to 1566. It was regarded as the most impregnable castle in all of Japan, but in 156...

Tsuwano Castle was built on a mountain top overlooking the town in 1295. In the early 1600s, stone walls were added to the castle, but the main keep burnt down in 1686 after being struck by lightni...

Iwami Tatamigaura is a scenic spot that was designated a National Natural Monument in 1932. An immense flat terrain of rocks unfolds as one walks out of the cave, and various fossils can be seen am...

The Kumagai Residence is a home once owned by a wealthy merchant family. The social status of the merchant at the end of the Edo Period can be seen from the size and the decorative interior of the ...

The only hot spring district in Japan to be in an area designated as a Historic Streetscape Preservation District. The hot spring is also a part of the World Heritage Site Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine ...

Oni no Shita Burui is a large gorge stretching a little over 2 kilometers that was created by a rapidly flowing river carving out the mountainside over a long period of time. The V-shaped valley is...

The Itohara Family is one of the three Tesshi Houses that has lived in Okuizumo for nearly 400 years. Tesshi were the heads of the official ironworkers, who managed everything from collecting mater...

The shrine is the head shrine of all shrines dedicated to the god Ebisu. The main shrine building is built in the Miho-zukuri style and consists of two halls joined together. The Miko-mai (shrine m...