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Sagimai statue in Tsuwano, Shimane.112 views
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Tsuwano manhole 108 views
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Tsuwano Castle ruins in Shimane.100 views
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Kitchen of Mori Ogai's birth home. 森鴎外旧宅85 views
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Mori Ogai's birth home. 森鴎外旧宅84 views
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Mori Ogai's birth home. 森鴎外旧宅81 views
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I really liked Tsuwano. It's a small town surrounded by steep mountains. It feels like a Swiss resort in the Alps. It has traditional buildings and the famous Inari Shrine. Photogenic place.65 viewsTsuwano is also a National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).
JR Tsuwano Station
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In front of JR Tsuwano Station is the Shisei Kuwabara Photographics Museum that exhibits photos by documentary photographer Shisei Kuwabara who is from Tsuwano. 65 views
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Right across the street from the photo museum is another art museum dedicated to another local artist (illustrator) named Mitsumasa Anno.62 viewsAnno Art Museum (opened in 2001), shows artworks by Mitsumasa Anno who was born and raised in Tsuwano. 安野光雅美術館
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Shisei Kuwabara (b. 1936) is still alive and is originally from Tsuwano. He's a documentary photographer most famous for his Minamata disease photos (like W. Eugene Smith).61 views
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Inside Shisei Kuwabara Photographics Museum. It's a nice museum, but only one exhibition room, not huge, but it's large enough. 60 views
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Mori Ogai Memorial Museum 森鴎外記念館59 views
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Stained glass inside Tsuwano Catholic Church. 津和野カトリック教会58 views
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Tsuwano's Japan Heritage Center is a small local museum.57 views
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Entrance to Tono-machi road lined with traditional buildings. 殿町通り56 views
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Red roof tiles are common in the San'in Region.56 views
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Second floor of Tsuwano's Japan Heritage Center explained the local Sagimai White Heron Dance.55 views
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This traditional builing was being renovated.55 views
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Statue of Mori Ogai at his birth home. 森鴎外旧宅55 views
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Other parts of Anno Art Museum include an old-style classroom (from 1920s design) and planetarium.54 views
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Tono-machi road in early morning.54 views
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More traditional Japanese buildings on Tono-machi road.54 views
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Another sight along Tono-machi road is the Tsuwano Catholic Church. 津和野カトリック教会54 views
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Walked along the river...54 views
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Mori Ogai's birth home. 森鴎外旧宅54 views
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Statue of Mori Ogai at his birth home. 森鴎外旧宅54 views
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Entrance to Anno Art Museum during New Year's.53 views
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About Sagimai White Heron Dance costumes.53 views
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Tono-machi road53 views
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The famous koi carp in the roadside stream along Tono-machi road.53 views
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Tsuwano has signs in English.53 views
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Entrance to the photo museum in Tsuwano. The museum also houses the local tourist information office. 桑原史成写真美術館52 views
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Even the Tsuwano Post Office looks fancy.52 views
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Tsuwano Catholic Church dedicated to Saint Francis Xavier who visited Japan as a Christian missionary in 1549–50. 津和野カトリック教会52 views
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Inside Tsuwano Catholic Church. 津和野カトリック教会52 views
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Sagimai statue52 views
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This torii leads to Taikodani Inari shrine, Tsuwano's main attraction. (See the separate album).52 views
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Taikodani Inari shrine can be seen.52 views
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Inside Shisei Kuwabara Photographics Museum. The museum was originally a documentary photo museum and they asked Kuwabara if they could rename it in 2004. So it exhibits mainly his photos, although it does not preserve or possess his photos. So it's 51 views
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First floor is the main exhibition space of Anno Art Museum. 安野光雅美術館51 views
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Inside Tsuwano's Japan Heritage Center.51 views
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White Heron is a symbol of Tsuwano.51 views
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Inside Tsuwano Catholic Church. 津和野カトリック教会51 views
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End of Tonomachi road.51 views
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Tsuwano Castle ruins on this mountain.51 views
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Lobby of Anno Art Museum.50 views
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Library at Anno Art Museum.50 views
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Beautiful restrooms in Tsuwano.50 views
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Mori Ogai's birth home. 森鴎外旧宅50 views
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