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島根県 · Tourism

Kuniga Coast

西ノ島町松江・隠岐

Matengai cliff, 257 metres high. Cattle and horses graze on the clifftop.

島根県 · Tourism

Yunotsu Onsen

大田市石見

A spa town that was also the port from which silver was shipped. The only hot spring town designated a preservation district.

島根県 · Tourism

Tamatsukuri Onsen

松江市松江・隠岐

The Izumo Fudoki records that one bathing here makes the face fair.

島根県 · Tourism

Horikawa Cruise

松江市松江・隠岐

You circle the castle moat by small boat. At the low bridges the roof comes down.

岡山県 · Tourism

Osafune

瀬戸内市備前

A great centre of Japanese swordmaking. It produced many National Treasure and Important Cultural Property blades.

岡山県 · Tourism

Fukiya

高梁市備中

A village that grew rich on bengara red pigment. The whole town is red.

岡山県 · Tourism

Kinojo

総社市備中

An ancient mountain fortress. Held to be the stronghold of Ura, the model for the ogre in the Momotaro tale.

岡山県 · Tourism

Korakuen

岡山市備前

One of the three great gardens of Japan. The lord named it for taking his pleasure after his people.

岡山県 · Tourism

Bikanchiku

倉敷市備中

Goods gathered here as a territory ruled directly by the shogunate. White-walled storehouses line the canal.

岡山県 · Tourism

Narukama Shinji

岡山市備前

Fortune is read from the sound of a ringing cauldron. It became the subject of a tale in Ueda Akinari's Ugetsu Monogatari.

岡山県 · Tourism

Okayama-jo

岡山市備前

The black weatherboarding gives it the name Crow Castle. It pairs with Korakuen across the river.

岡山県 · Tourism

Eyo

岡山市備前

Thousands of naked men contend for the sacred wands. One of the three strange festivals of Japan.

岡山県 · Tourism

Shizutani Gakko

備前市備前

Among the oldest public schools for commoners anywhere in the world. Its lecture hall is a National Treasure.

岡山県 · Tourism

Bitchu Matsuyama-jo

高梁市備中

A surviving keep, standing higher than any other in Japan. It floats on a sea of cloud.

岡山県 · Tourism

Korakuen

岡山市備前

One of the three great gardens of Japan. The lord named it for taking his pleasure after his people.

岡山県 · Tourism

Kurashiki Bikan

倉敷市備中

White-walled storehouses of a shogunal territory. The Ohara Museum stands on the same street.

岡山県 · Tourism

Ohara Museum

倉敷市備中

The first museum of Western art in Japan. It holds El Greco's Annunciation.

岡山県 · Tourism

Washuzan

倉敷市備中

The birthplace of the Inland Sea National Park. Scattered islands, and a very long bridge.

岡山県 · Tourism

Bizen Ware

備前市備前

One of the six ancient kilns of Japan. No glaze: the colour comes from clay and flame alone.

岡山県 · Tourism

Hiruzen

真庭市美作

Pasture for Jersey cattle. Part of the Daisen-Oki National Park.

岡山県 · Tourism

Kibiji

総社市ほか備中

The Tsukuriyama mound is the fourth largest in Japan. A five-storey pagoda stands in the fields.

岡山県 · Tourism

Saidaiji Eyo

岡山市備前

Thousands of naked men contend for the sacred wands. One of the three strange festivals of Japan.

広島県 · Tourism

Genbaku Dome

広島市安芸

A World Heritage site of the negative kind. It keeps the memory of 6 August 1945 exactly as it is.

広島県 · Tourism

Shinroku

廿日市市安芸

The deer of the island are held to be messengers of the gods, and hunting them has long been forbidden.