Japan Midokoro / Shimane Prefecture / Heritage

Shimane Prefecture

Cultural properties and heritage

72 places with photos.

Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine

World Heritage Site, Historic Site, Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings

Matsue Castle

Historic Site, National Treasure

Izumo Taisha

National Treasure

Hinomisaki Shrine

Important Cultural Property

Gassantoda Castle

Historic Site

Yunotsu Onsen

Part of a World Heritage Site, Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings

Tsuwano Castle

Historic Site

Mizuwakasu Shrine

Important Cultural Property

Important Cultural Property

Fumishima

Natural Monument

Tamawakasu-mikoto Jinja Kofun Cluster

Prefectural Historic Site

Tamawakasu-no-Mikoto Shrine

Important Cultural Property

Izumo-Hinomisaki Lighthouse

Registered Tangible Cultural Property, Important Cultural Property

Tsuwano Old Street

Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings

Tachikue Gorge

Natural Monument, Place of Scenic Beauty

Mihonoseki Lighthouse

Heritage of Industrial Modernization, Registered Tangible Cultural Property, Important Cultural Property

Mihokan

Registered Tangible Cultural Property

Meotoiwa Site

Prefectural Historic Site

Nishidani Tumulus Cluster

Historic Site

Kamienya Jizōyama Kofun

Historic Site

Kinzaki Kofun Cluster

Historic Site

Kamienya Tsukiyama Kofun

Historic Site

Tangean Kofun

Historic Site

Iwami Silver Mine Museum

Part of a World Heritage Site

Yamashiro hōfun

Historic Site

Kunidomi-Nakamura Kofun

Historic Site

Mizawa Castle

Prefectural Historic Site

Sanbe Azukihara Buried Forest

Natural Monument

Oki Kokubun-ji Temple

Historic Site

Izumo Taisha-mae Station

Registered Tangible Cultural Property

Tsuwano Kyōdokan

Registered Tangible Cultural Property

Sahimeyama Shrine

Part of a World Heritage Site

Ōbaniwatorizuka Tumulus

Historic Site

Arashima Kofun Cluster

Historic Site

Iwayaato Kofun

Prefectural Historic Site

Oki Kokubun-niji

Prefectural Historic Site

Yōrōkan

Prefectural Historic Site

Hamada Castle

Prefectural Historic Site

Important Cultural Property

Imaichi Dainenji Kofun

Historic Site

Lafcadio Hearn's Former Residence

Historic Site

Yamashiro Futagozuka Kofun

Prefectural Historic Site

Shimane University Old Okudani Lodging

Registered Tangible Cultural Property

Hei-jinja Kofun

Prefectural Historic Site

Daikonjima Island No. 1 Lava Tube Tunnel

Special Natural Monument, Natural Monument

Taisha Station

Important Cultural Property

Tomogaura

Part of a World Heritage Site

Yomegashima

Registered Monument

Okidomari

Part of a World Heritage Site

Matsue Castle Keep Tower

Important Cultural Property, National Treasure

Honden of Izumo Taisha

Important Cultural Property, National Treasure

Izumo Kokubun-ji Temple

Historic Site

Manpuku-ji garden

Historic Site, Place of Scenic Beauty

Former Residence of Nishi Amane

Historic Site

Former Residence of Mori Ōgai

Historic Site

Kasen Shuzo

Registered Tangible Cultural Property

Photos (Wikimedia Commons)　Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine: 663highland (CC BY-SA 4.0), Matsue Castle: 663highland (CC BY 2.5), Izumo Taisha: MaedaAkihiko (CC BY-SA 4.0), Hinomisaki Shrine: Naokijp (CC BY-SA 4.0), Gassantoda Castle: by monado (CC BY-SA 2.5), Yunotsu Onsen: 663highland (CC BY-SA 4.0), Tsuwano Castle: Mocchy (Public domain), Mizuwakasu Shrine: Saigen Jiro (CC0), Yōmei-ji Temple: Jack serow (CC BY-SA 3.0), Kamosu Shrine: Mister99 (CC BY-SA 3.0), Sada Shrine: by Monado (CC BY-SA 2.5), Fumishima: Naokijp (CC BY-SA 4.0), Tamawakasu-mikoto Jinja Kofun Cluster: Saigen Jiro (CC0), Tamawakasu-no-Mikoto Shrine: ChiefHira (CC BY-SA 3.0), Izumo-Hinomisaki Lighthouse: 663highland (CC BY 2.5), Tsuwano Old Street: Naokijp (CC BY-SA 4.0), Tachikue Gorge: Tatsuya Sakai (CC BY-SA 3.0), Mihonoseki Lighthouse: Flow in edgewise (CC BY 3.0), Mihokan: Pｒ365 (CC BY-SA 3.0), Meotoiwa Site: Saigen Jiro (CC0), Nishidani Tumulus Cluster: Saigen Jiro (CC0), Kamienya Jizōyama Kofun: Saigen Jiro (CC0), Kinzaki Kofun Cluster: Takafka (CC BY-SA 4.0), Kamienya Tsukiyama Kofun: Saigen Jiro (CC0), Tangean Kofun: Saigen Jiro (CC0), Iwami Silver Mine Museum: 663highland (CC BY-SA 4.0), Yamashiro hōfun: Saigen Jiro (CC0), Kunidomi-Nakamura Kofun: 運動会プロテインパワー (CC BY-SA 4.0), Mizawa Castle: Kuma83 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Sanbe Azukihara Buried Forest: 立志堂 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Oki Kokubun-ji Temple: Saigen Jiro (CC0), Izumo Taisha-mae Station: Nesnad (CC BY 4.0), Tsuwano Kyōdokan: そらみみ (CC BY-SA 4.0), Sahimeyama Shrine: Horiuchi (Copyrighted free use), Kōjindani Site: by Reggaeman (CC BY-SA 3.0), Takarazuka Kofun: Saigen Jiro (CC0), Abedani Kofun: MChew (CC BY-SA 4.0), Ōbaniwatorizuka Tumulus: Saigen Jiro (CC0), Arashima Kofun Cluster: Aimaimyi (CC BY-SA 3.0), Iwayaato Kofun: Saigen Jiro (CC0), Oki Kokubun-niji: Saigen Jiro (CC0), Yōrōkan: VanishingDuck (CC BY-SA 3.0), Hamada Castle: 上条ジョー (CC0), Sukumozuka Kofun: あるふぁるふぁ at Japanese Wikipedia (CC BY 3.0), Gakuen-ji Temple: by Monado (CC BY-SA 2.5), Washibara Hachimangū: Naokijp (CC BY-SA 4.0), Imaichi Dainenji Kofun: Saigen Jiro (CC0), Lafcadio Hearn's Former Residence: 663highland (CC BY 2.5), Yamashiro Futagozuka Kofun: Saigen Jiro (CC0), Okadayama Kofun: 小池隆 (CC BY 3.0), Maruyama Castle: Kuma83 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Shimane University Old Okudani Lodging: Hasec (CC0), Hei-jinja Kofun: Saigen Jiro (CC0), Iwafune Kofun: Saigen Jiro (CC0), Izumo Kokufu: Saigen Jiro (CC0), Kamo-Iwakura Site: Sapphire123 (CC BY-SA 3.0), Ishiya Kofun: 運動会プロテインパワー (CC BY-SA 4.0), Ageshima Kofun: 運動会プロテインパワー (CC BY-SA 4.0), Daikonjima Island No. 1 Lava Tube Tunnel: さかおり (CC BY-SA 4.0), Taisha Station: 663highland (CC BY 2.5), Tomogaura: Indiana jo (CC BY-SA 4.0), Yomegashima: Bernard Gagnon (CC BY-SA 3.0), Okidomari: Indiana jo (CC BY-SA 4.0), Matsue Castle Keep Tower: 663highland (CC BY 2.5), Honden of Izumo Taisha: Blue Lotus (CC BY 2.0), Tokurenba Kofun: MChew (CC BY-SA 4.0), Iwayajiato Kofun: MChew (CC BY-SA 4.0), Izumo Kokubun-ji Temple: MChew (CC BY-SA 4.0), Manpuku-ji garden: **jpg (CC BY-SA 2.0), Former Residence of Nishi Amane: そらみみ (CC BY-SA 4.0), Former Residence of Mori Ōgai: そらみみ (CC BY-SA 4.0), Kasen Shuzo: そらみみ (CC BY-SA 4.0)