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島根県 · Shrines & temples

Izumo Taisha

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Across Japan the tenth lunar month is called kannazuki, the month without gods, because the gods are away. In Izumo alone it is called kamiarizuki, th…

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Yaegaki Jinja

松江市松江・隠岐

It enshrines Susanoo and Kushinadahime. Known for the paper fortune floated on the Mirror Pond in its grounds.

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Hinomisaki Jinja

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If Ise Jingu guards the daylight of Japan, this shrine is said to guard its night. It is made up of two halls, the Kami-no-miya and the Hishizumi-no-m…

島根県 · Shrines & temples

Susa Jinja

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The shrine where Susanoo is said to have finally come to rest. The great cedar in its grounds is held to be 1,300 years old.

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Kamosu Jinja

松江市松江・隠岐

Its main hall is a National Treasure, and is held to be the oldest surviving building in the taisha-zukuri style. It keeps an older form than Izumo Ta…

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Miho Jinja

松江市松江・隠岐

The head shrine of Ebisu, the deity Kotoshironushi. Custom is to pair a visit here with one to Izumo Taisha.

島根県 · Shrines & temples

Gakuenji

出雲市出雲

Said to be where Benkei trained. Famous for autumn colour, it carries the mountain worship of Izumo.

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Izumo Honden

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Twenty-four metres tall. In ancient times it is said to have stood 48 metres, and the giant pillars of the older structure have been excavated.

島根県 · Shrines & temples

Oshimenawa

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About 13 metres long and over five tonnes. Every few years the parishioners rehang it by hand.

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Inasa no Hama

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Where the gods are welcomed. Held to be the stage of the ceding of the land.

島根県 · Shrines & temples

Sada Jinja

松江市松江・隠岐

An unusual arrangement of three halls standing side by side. Sada Shin Noh is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

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Gesshoji

松江市松江・隠岐

The funerary temple of the Matsudaira of Matsue. Lafcadio Hearn wrote a ghost story about its huge stone tortoise.

島根県 · Shrines & temples

Sakusame no Mori

松江市松江・隠岐

The forest holding the Mirror Pond. Said to be where Susanoo hid Kushinadahime.

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Rakanji

大田市石見

Five hundred rakan were placed in rock caves to mourn those who died at the silver mine.

島根県 · Shrines & temples

Sahimeyama Jinja

大田市石見

The guardian deity of the mine, enshrined at the heart of the Iwami silver mine.

島根県 · Shrines & temples

Mononobe Jinja

大田市石見

First shrine of Iwami Province. It preserves the chinkonsai rite.

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Arifuku Onsen

江津市石見

An old spring of Iwami. It enshrines the buddha who guards the water.

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Mizuwakasu Jinja

隠岐の島町松江・隠岐

Its main hall in the oki-zukuri style is an Important Cultural Property. The island to which the retired emperors Gotoba and Godaigo were exiled.

島根県 · Shrines & temples

Taikodani Inari Jinja

津和野町石見

It claims to be one of the five great Inari shrines of Japan. About a thousand torii cover the approach.

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Suga Jinja

雲南市出雲

It claims to be the first shrine of Japan. Where Susanoo composed the poem beginning with the rising clouds of Izumo.

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Kagami no Ike

松江市松江・隠岐

You float a paper with a coin on it: the sooner it sinks, the sooner your match will come.

島根県 · Shrines & temples

Manai Jinja

松江市松江・隠岐

An old shrine recorded in the Izumo Fudoki. One of the six shrines of Ou.

島根県 · Shrines & temples

Kumano Taisha

松江市松江・隠岐

It claims to be the shrine where fire was first made in Japan. The rite of handing the fire drill to Izumo Taisha continues.

島根県 · Shrines & temples

Rokusho Jinja

松江市松江・隠岐

The soja of Izumo Province, close to the site of the provincial government.