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- Former Taisha Station (旧大社駅) Reopened in 2026 after 5 years of restoration: the only Japanese-style station that is a cultural property.
- Hinomisaki Lighthouse (出雲日御碕灯台) 43.65 metres: the tallest stone lighthouse in Japan, lit since 1903 and still in use.
- Inasa no Hama (稲佐の浜) This is where, the myth says, the gods of Japan come ashore: already in the Kojiki, in 712.
- Isemiya The neighbourhood of bars and restaurants a short walk from Matsue Station takes its name from an Ise shrine founded in 1644 by the domain…
- Iwami Ginzan (石見銀山) Only one tunnel, 600 metres long, can be visited out of the roughly 700 shafts dug over four centuries.
- Izumo Taisha (出雲大社) The shimenawa of the Kagura-den: 5.2 tonnes, 13 metres, remade by hand elsewhere.
- Jōzan Inari Jinja — Horan Enya (城山稲荷神社) Every ten years, a hundred boats form a one-kilometre procession for its spirit.
- Matengai, Kuniga Coast (摩天崖・国賀海岸) 257 metres sheer to the sea: the highest coastal cliff in Japan, with cows roaming free.
- Matsue Castle (松江城) Its shachihoko, the largest of any Japanese castle, is almost 2 metres tall.
- Matsue Vogel Park — flower and bird park (松江フォーゲルパーク) 8,000 m² of greenhouse held at 20°C: over 10,000 begonias and fuchsias in bloom all year round.
- Miho Jinja (美保神社) 846 musical instruments donated over the centuries: among them, the oldest music box in Japan.
- Shimane AQUAS (しまね海洋館アクアス) The only aquarium in western Japan with belugas: the bubble show has recently been suspended.
- Shimane Art Museum (島根県立美術館) Twelve bronze rabbits on the lawn: touching the second one is said to bring luck.
- Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo (島根県立古代出雲歴史博物館) In the lobby, the triple pillar found in 2000: three trunks bound together, 1.35 m across.
- Taikodani Inari Jinja (太皷谷稲成神社) A thousand vermilion torii over 263 steps: the only shrine in Japan written 稲成 instead of 稲荷.
- Tamatsukuri-yu Jinja, Tamatsukuri onsen (玉作湯神社・玉造温泉) You touch a sacred stone three times with one you have bought, for a wish to take away.
- Tonomachi-dori, Tsuwano (津和野・殿町通り) Carp swim in the street's canal among 198 historic buildings with red Sekishu roofs.
- Yaegaki Jinja (八重垣神社) You float a sheet of paper with a coin on it: if it sinks within 15 minutes, love will be near.
- Yomegashima, Lake Shinji (嫁ヶ島・宍道湖) When the lake is low, a guide rope crosses 220 metres of water to the island.