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出雲市駅 Little Farther Away Are Izumo Hinomisaki Lighthouse, Which Has Been IZUMOSHI Sta Check how to get from Izumoshi Getting there6 Station to tourist destinations! From this station, you can go to Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine, which is popular because it’ s said to provide good luck for getting married. A 出雲市駅 little farther away are Izumo Hinomisaki Lighthouse, which has been IZUMOSHI Sta. designated Japan Heritage, and other noteworthy places. Getting to The Izumoshi Station routes JR Timetable From Kansai International Airport 関西空港 新大阪 岡山 Kansai International Airport Express HARUKA Shin-OsakaShinkansen Okayama Limited (50 min.) (45 min.) Express Yakumo (2 hr. and 25 min.) 出雲市 From Yonago Airport Izumoshi 米子空港 米子 Yonago AirportJR Sakai Line (30 min.) or Yonago Limited Express Yakumo bus that stops at the airport (25 min.) (25 min.) Getting from the ticket gate to the bus terminal 1 2 3 4 Train station ticket gate Full view of the terminal Bus guidance map Boarding the bus After you exit the ticket gate, look at the When you go out the north exit, you will The Ichibata Bus runs as far as Board an Ichibata Bus bound for Izumo ground for instructions on how to get to the see the bus terminal right there. The Hinomisaki, which has a superb cape Taisha Grand Shrine and Hinomisaki at bus boarding area. Go straight ahead a short taisha-zukuri style roof of Izumo Taisha view, after a stop at Izumo Taisha Grand boarding area 1, and head for Izumo distance, then turn left and go out the north exit. Grand Shrine is impressive. Shrine. Taisha Grand Shrine. Getting to tourist spots 出雲市 出雲大社前 [Boarding area 1] Izumoshi Ichibata Bus Hinomisaki Route (20 min.)/ Izumotaisha-mae 5 min. walk 25 min. from Dentetsu Izumoshi Station 出雲大社 via Kawato Station Izumo Taisha Okuninushi, the Shinto deity of Grand Shrine marriage, is the enshrined deity, so this shrine is always crowded with visitors hoping to increase their luck in finding a spouse. The shimenawa (sacred straw There are rabbit rope) at the Kagura-den is one statues placed here of the largest in Japan! and there on the shrine grounds, so be sure to look for them. Timetables of 一畑バス buses and trains 日御碕線 一畑電車 departing from Ichibata Bus Ichibata Izumoshi Station Hinomisaki Route Electric Railway 22 Route Romantique San'in N 出雲市駅前バスターミナル 一畑百貨店 Izumoshi Station Bus Terminal Ichibata Dept. Ichibata Dept. Store Store Green space 緑地 一畑百貨店 緑地 P P Green space 3 北口 North exit 1 2 JR 出雲市駅 出雲市駅 JR Izumoshi Sta. Izumoshi Sta. Area map 出雲大社 Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine 大寺 Otera 431 431 川跡 28 276 Ichibata Electric Railway Kawato 出雲大社前 Taisha Line Izumotaisha-mae 一畑電車北松江線 一畑電車大社線 Ichibata Electric Railway 高浜 Kitamatsue Line 161 浜山公園北口 遙堪 Takahama Hamayama Koen-Kitaguchi Yokan 斐伊川161 161 278 Hii River 9 431 San-in Line 184 162 大津町 神戸川 Otsumachi 山陰本線 28 出雲市 277 26 9 Izumoshi Kando River 184 出雲科学館 162 パークタウン前 Izumo Science Center-Park Town-mae Getting to Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine 出雲市 大田市 大森代官所跡 Izumoshi JR San-in Line (45 min.) Odashi Iwami Kotsu Bus for Oe, Kawamoto and Omori Daikansho-ato Sekaiisan Center (35 min.) Getting to Oki Islands Oki Kisen Fast Ferry (1 hr. and 20 min.) /Ferry (4 hr.) 出雲市 米子 境港 境港 隠岐の島町 西郷港 Saigo Port, Izumoshi Limited Yonago JR Sakaiminato A short Sakai Port Okinoshima Town Express Super Sakai Line walk Oki, Yakumo, or (45 min.) 西ノ島町 別府港 Super Matsukaze Beppu Port, (55 min.) Oki Kisen Fast Ferry (2 hr.) /Ferry (2 hr. and 40 min.) Nishinoshima Town Connecting bus (1 hr.) Oki Kisen Fast Ferry (1 hr. and 10 min.) Getting to Tsuwano /Ferry (2 hr. and 25 min.) 隠岐の島町 西郷港 Saigo Port, 七類港 Okinoshima Town Shichirui Port 出雲市 津和野 西ノ島町 別府港 Izumoshi Limited Express Super Oki Tsuwano Beppu Port, (2 hr. and 20 min.) Oki Kisen Fast Ferry (2 hr.) Nishinoshima Town /Ferry (2 hr. and 35 min.) Bus boarding locations and fares are subject to change. Route Romantique San'in 23.
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