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When you get off the Lakeline bus, you will be near this moat and Otemon Gate.55 views
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Matsue Castle's Central Turret.55 views
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Besides Matsue Castle, the other four National Treasure castle towers are at Hikone Castle (Shiga Prefecture), Matsumoto Castle (Nagano), Inuyama Castle (Aichi), and Himeji Castle (Hyogo).55 views
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Shachi ornaments on Matsue Castle.55 views
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Side view of Matsue Castle.55 views
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Back of Matsue Castle's main tower.55 views
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Chairs55 views
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Within the Ninomaru of Matsue Castle, the Kounkaku was a guesthouse originally built in 1903 for Crown Prince Yoshihito (Emperor Taisho). 興雲閣55 views
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Kounkaku balcony.55 views
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Leaving Matsue Castle tower.55 views
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About Sagimai White Heron Dance costumes.55 views
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Tono-machi road55 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55 views
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Walked along the river...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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Thanks to a wealthy farmer and former Matsue samurai, Matsue Castle was saved and not destroyed like most other castles.54 viewsOne of the San'in Region's major sights and one of the major castles along the Sea of Japan coast.
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South Turret and plum blossoms.54 views
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Side view of Matsue Castle.54 views
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Corridor of Kounkaku.54 views
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Stairs to the upper floor.54 views
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Kounkaku balcony.54 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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The famous koi carp in the roadside stream along Tono-machi road.54 views
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Sagimai statue54 views
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End of Tonomachi road.54 views
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Tsuwano has signs in English.54 views
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Side view of Matsue Castle.53 views
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Opening to drop stones.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53 views
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Taikodani Inari shrine can be seen.53 views
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About Matsue Castle, noe of only 12 castles in Japan that retain the original building. Built by Horio Yoshiharu and first occupied by the Horio Clan 1600–1633.52 viewsCastle was also occupied by the Kyogoku Clan (Tadataka) and Matsudaira Clan (1638–1871).
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Statue of Lord Horio Yoshiharu who first built Matsue Castle.52 views
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First floor is the main exhibition space of Anno Art Museum. 安野光雅美術館52 views
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Library at Anno Art Museum.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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Inside Tsuwano Catholic Church. 津和野カトリック教会52 views
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Beautiful restrooms in Tsuwano.52 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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Tsuwano Castle ruins on this mountain.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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Lobby of Anno Art Museum.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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Mori Ogai's birth home. 森鴎外旧宅50 views
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Adachi Museum of Art provides a free shuttle bus ride from JR Yasugi Station. The bus schedule is here, but this is not the bus. Also online: https://www.adachi-museum.or.jp/en/shuttle_bus.49 views
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Shimane Art Museum is on the shore of Lake Shinji. Too bad it was closed when I was there.42 views
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Lake Shinji41 views
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Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yakumo) is one of the most famous foreigners to have lived in Japan. 40 viewsHe authored or translated books about Japanese ghost/horror stories ("Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan" and "Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things").
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Must've been a pleasant place to live. Very Japanese.40 views
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Lafcadio Hearn's desk was set higher to his face so his nearsighted eyes could see better.40 views
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Entrance to Gesshoji Temple with numerous tombs for the Matsudaira clan who ruled the Matsue domain.40 views
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But there are outdoor sculptures.39 views
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Entrance to Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum. 小泉八雲記念館39 views
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Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum.39 views
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Raiden's handprints.39 views
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Go to the reception desk.39 views
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Entrance to tea room39 views
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Lafcadio Hearn relief. Photography was not allowed inside the memorial museum.38 views
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Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum and residence are next to each other on the same road on the fringe of Matsue Castle,37 views
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Lafcadio Hearn's former residence is next door to the museum. 小泉八雲旧居37 views
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Byobu folding screen.37 views
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Pillar of the school where Hearn taught.36 views
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Lafcadio Hearn's hair memorial.36 views
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Inside Lafcadio Hearn's former residence fronting a nice garden.36 views
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Approaching the tomb of Matsudaira Harusato (Fumai), seventh lord of the Matsudaira clan.36 views
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.36 views
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Entrance to Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum.35 views
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Stone lanterns35 views
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Lafcadio Hearn's desk.34 views
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From here, take the looping bus to the next sight.34 views
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Tea room.34 views
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Tomb of Matsudaira Harusato (Fumai), seventh lord of the Matsudaira clan.34 views
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Yasugi is a rural city most famous for the Yasugi-bushi folk song and dance. It has JR Yasugi Station.34 views
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Picture window with no glass.33 views
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Sumo wrestler monument for Raiden Tameemon (雷電為右衛門).32 views
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Mr. Adachi pointing the way to the garden.32 views
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The museum has super clean picture windows for viewing the gardens.32 views
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.32 views
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Since it was New Year's 2018, kadomatsu at the museum entrance.30 views
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Adachi Museum of Art garden.29 views
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.29 views
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Adachi Museum of Art garden waterfall, Shimane Prefecture.29 views
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Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.29 views
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Hanamichi in the theater.29 views
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About Yasugi-bushi.29 views
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This is the shuttle bus to Adachi Museum of Art. It is slightly behind the bus schedule sign.28 views
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Natural scroll next to a Buddhist altar.28 views
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Playing the tsuzumi shoulder drum.28 views
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The most famous Yasugi-bushi song is "Dojo-sukui" (Loach Scooping) danced by a Hyottoko comical man. The dancer uses a basket scoop to catch the loaches.28 views
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"Dojo-sukui" (Loach Scooping) also danced by women.28 views
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Adachi Museum of Art is celebrated for its beautiful Japanese garden and superb artworks especially by Yokoyama Taikan. And in such a rural place. Amazing. 27 views
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Sculpture at Adachi Museum of Art garden, Shimane Prefecture.27 views
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JR Yasugi Station welcomes visitors to the land of Yasugi-bushi.27 views
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Yasugi-bushi Engeikan Hall is a Japanese-style theater where they perform Yasugi-bushi, a local folk song and dance. 27 views
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The hall includes a gift shop and restaurant. Yasugi-bushi Engeikan is next to Adachi Museum of Art. Easy to see both places.27 views
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Names of the performers from the Yasugi-bushi Preservation Society.27 views
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Tsuzumi shoulder drums used in Yasugi-bushi.27 views
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Nice lunch.27 views
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Comfortable chairs.26 views
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Afterward, they invited members of the audience on stage to try the loach scooping dance.26 views
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Display hall for Yasugi-bushi.26 views
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Inside JR Yasugi Station.26 views
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My train home at JR Yasugi Station. San'in Line.26 views
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The museum was founded in 1970 by Adachi Zenko (1899–1990), a native of Yasugi. He was a successful local merchant as a textile wholesaler and real estate business.25 viewsHe collected Yokoyama Taikan paintings and he thought they went well with the museum's beautiful landscape garden. Free shuttle bus ride from JR Yasugi Station.
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JR Yasugi Station welcomes visitors to the land of Yasugi-bushi.25 views
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Gift shop sells dojo loach confections.25 views
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