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Sunset at Shinji-ko Lake

In the evening in the lake city, the deep red setting sun dyes Shinji-ko Lake with the same color as itself while the sky changes its color from blue to orangey gold. The beauty of such a magical view becomes an unforgettable memory for all who visit the lake. MATSUE

Published by: Planning Division, Ichibata Electric Railway Co., Ltd MATSUE In cooperation with: Matsue City Printed by: Watanabe Printing Co., Ltd Tourist Guidebook Photos by: Masanobu Ito Model: JENNIFA 2012.1 Matsue & Izumo free train & bus excursion ticket “Enmusibi Perfect Ticket” User’s Guide - Lake and River City Matsue - the way to enjoy the every corner of Matsue using trains and buses its history and culture Use buses as much as you want for 3 days!! A city that once thrived as a Castle Town and still retains its look in the old days. Ticket with a variety The city that lies amid the calm waterside landscape is dubbed “Lake and River City”. of special deals!! Stroll around in the historic streets and, after a day of walking, Hand this slip to sit by the lake and watch it reflect the color of the setting sun. the attendant on the train to You will surely encounter breathtaking scenery you have never seen before! get Lake Line Free Ticket.

Discounts See how much available at Pay fares you could save more than 30 smart! in 3 days! facilities! The public transportation is indispensable for fully enjoying Matsue & Izumo! Furthermore, you can enjoy You only need to produce your Enmusubi Enmusubi Perfect Ticket enables you to use several advantageous Perfect Ticket to bus/ train attendants trains and buses as much as you want for 3 days special deals at facilities in Matsue & Izumo. when getting on or getting off. and save your money! See P.24 for more details on the facilities Use your time effectively and thoroughly enjoy your journey. Adult 3,000yen that the deals apply to. Child 1,500yen

Map of area around JR Matsue Station Matsue Shinji-ko Onsen Station Map

8 ● ●9 ■Taxi ranks 1 Matsue Ichibata ● TERRSA 7 Department Ichibata Electric Train Matsue Shinji-ko Onsen Station ■Bus stop ● Matsue Store Ashiyu ●2 6 5 4 10 International ●3 ●4 ● ● ● ● Tourist ■ To City Office Matsue Station 3 2 1 Information Cycle park ■ police box ● ● ● ●11 Office ■Taxi ranks 1 South Circular Line (anti-clockwise, clockwise), 1 Matsue City Bus (Lake Line, North Circular Line, etc), Yaegaki Jinja North Circular Line (anti-clockwise, clockwise) 2 Matsue Station, Messe, Tamatsukuri Onsen 2 University/ Kawatsu, Mihonoseki terminal 3 Yakumo 3 Matsue Shinji-ko Onsen Station 4 Highway Bus, Airport connection bus, Yonago, Sakaiminato direct bus 4 Kanbe-no-Sato (Kamosu Jinja)/ Yakumo, Yaegaki Jinja(Shrine) 5 Tamatsukuri Onsen, Yonago The following are valid with the ticket; 6 Etomo, Hokki Loop, Yatsuka-cho ● All zones of Ichibata Electric Train, Ichibata Bus and Matsue City Bus 7 Lake Line ●Izumo Ichibata Kotsu, Matsue Ichibata Kotsu, Izumo/ Yonago Air Port connection 8 Highway Bus bus of Hinomaru Hire 9 Highway bus, Airport connection bus, Oki Kisen connection bus Tickets valid on the date indicated on it and the day before and two days before the date only (Shichirui-ko/ Sakaiminato), Sakaiminato direct bus *Discounts and special deals are applicable only during the period when your ticket is valid. The following are not valid with the ticket; 01 How to use your Enmusubi Perfect Ticket 10 Arrivals only 11 To Kunibiki Messe/ Sogo Taiikukan Highway Bus (to Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Okayama, Hiroshima, Fukuoka)/ community bus 02 Model Courses - Historic & Traditional Scenery courses Enmusubi Perfect Ticket is a money-saver ticket that enables you to use all lines of 06 Introduction of sightseeing spots Ichibata Electric Train/ fixed-route bus (Ichibata Bus, City Bus), and Izumo Airport connection bus/ Yonago Airport connection bus, Sakaiminato direct bus/ Oki-Kisen connection bus as much as you like for 3 days. 08 Model Course - Food Culture -

12 Model Course - Onsen Spa -

16 Example Itinerary - Shopping -

20 Introduction of sightseeing spots in the area Yonago Airport Izumo Airport Izumo Airport Ichibata Ichibata Bus Matsue City Bus Lake Line Sakaiminato connection bus connection bus connection bus Electric Train direct bus 22 Central Matsue map (Hinomaru Hire) (Matsue Ichibata Kotsu) (Izumo Ichibata Kotsu)

24 Enmusubi Perfect Ticket Map * Refer to P.24 and 25 for the details of the ticket offices and the facilities the special deals apply to.

Matsue Tourist Guidebook ｜ 1 123 Welcome to the city of history, tradition and myths.

456 Model courses by bus & train, and on foot A tour to visit the origin of the myths, Izumo Taisha Shrine, and the castle town of Matsue ～Historical and Traditional Scenery Tour～ 1.Matsue Castle surrounded by fresh Icons appearing in this Guidebook greenery This tour highlights Shimane Prefecture’s history, the origins 2.Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo P 3.One of the three famous Japanese of Japan, and Matsue, developed by the Shogunate. View Special deals are available Soba noodles, Izumo Soba 'Matsue' through the eyes of the foreigner Patrick Lafcadio 4.Meimei-an 5.Bus crossing a bridge across Hearn, known in Japan as 'Yakumo Koizumi'. Facilities at which promotional Facilities where special specials are available with the deals are available when Shinjiko Lake at sunset International Tourist Enmusubi Perfect Ticket a passport is presented 6.An Ichibata Electric Train running By train By bus On foot Information Office ※Refer to P.25 for more details. along the north side of Shinjiko Lake

2 ｜ Matsue Tourist Guidebook Matsue Tourist Guidebook ｜ 3 Matsue All-day Tour International for an Ichibata Electric Train Genuine Tourist Information Izumotaisha-mae All-encompassing Izumo Soba Experience Office MAP d-2 Station 1 Ichibata Electric Train Model Course for lunch! Leaflets and videos on tourism in the prefecture Ichibata Electric Train are available. Izumo Taisha-mae Station ☎0852-21-4034●9am-6pm →Ichibata Electric Train Matsue A tour to visit the origin of the myths, Shinji-ko Onsen Station

Izumo Taisha Shrine, Ichibata Electric Train and the castle town of Matsue Matsue Soba Restaurant Ichibata Electric Train Shinjiko-Onsen Arakiya Matsue ～Historical and Traditional Scenery Tour～ Station Shinjiko-Onsen Start Arakiya is a Soba restaurant located on the Fixed-route bus MAP a-2 road leading to the Izumo-Taisha Shrine. Station With its 220-year long history, Arakiya still Matsue Shinjiko-Onsen Fixed-route bus 4 makes their Soba carefully by traditional Station methods handed down to them. →Shimane Prefectural Matsue Station Bus Stop ③ Government Office →Matsue Shinjiko-Onsen ☎0853-53-2352●11am-5pm●Business Station Holidays／Wednesdays Ichibata Electric Train 01 Ichibata Electric Train Matsue Special deals Shinji-ko Onsen Station are available →Ichibata Electric Train Kawato Station 03 04 05 2 Special deals Special deals Ichibata Electric Special deals Izumo Taisha are available are available are available Train The shrine is dedicated to the god 5 Kawato Okuninushi-no-mikoto, famous as the Station Shinto deity of marriage. The annual Kamiari-sai Festival is held in October of Ichibata Electric Train P P P the lunar calendar when it is believed that Ichibata Electric Train the Shinto deities gather at the Izumo Kawato Station →Ichibata Electric Train Taisha shrine. Izumo Taisha-mae Station Buke Yashiki Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Former Residence MAP b-1 Museum MAP b-1 of Yakumo Koizumi 27 P Former residences of upper class Lafcadio Hearn who introduced the MAP b-1 Shimane Special deals Bushi in the Edo era. The residence culture, customs and literature includ- are available Ichibata Electric Train of Shiomi clan is open to public for ing ghost stories to the rest of the Lafcadio Hearn who introduced the Museum of Izumotaisha-mae viewing. Visitors can find out about world, had a Japanese name, Yakumo culture, customs and literature includ- Station the life of Bushi clans between 1600s Koizumi. residence which stores 820 ing ghost stories to the rest of the Matsue Castle MAP b-1 Ancient Izumo of items including articles Hearn left world, had a Japanese name, and 1900s. This 400 years old castle is the symbol of the city of Matsue and 3 behind and photographs of him. The Yakumo Koizumi. In 1890, he was ap- The museum explains the history of Ancient Izumo. Permanent displays ☎0852-22-2243●8.30am-6.3pm(Oct what the people are proud of. It is the only castle in San-in Region desk he had specially made because pointed to the position as an English include 358 copper swords unearthed from Hikawa Town, a model of the to Mar -5pm)●Admission／¥300 that retains the castle tower. he was blind on his left eye, his favor- teacher at Matsue Junior High 0852-21-4030●8.30am-6pm(Oc to Mar -4.30pm)●Admission Izumo Taisha's shrine believed to have been 46m tall approximately 1,300 ite pipe and so on are displayed. School. The museum displays the ☎ ¥550 years ago, and an old giant tree believed to have been used as the main post To 4 ☎0852-21-2147●8.30am-6.30pm(Oct house Hearn lived with his wife Setsu. ／ of the main hall of Izumo Taisha built in 1248. ☎0853-53-8600●9am-6pm to Mar -5pm)●Admission／¥300 0852-23-0714●8.30am-6.30pm P ☎ (Nov to Feb -5pm)●Business Holidays／The 3rd Tuesday●Admission／¥600 (Oct to Mar -5pm)●Admission／¥300 ●Credit cards accepted 06 08 02 The Tanabe 7 Special deals Special deals Special deals Izumo Taisha Kaguraden ● Izumo Taisha 7 Former Residence of Museum of Art 7 7 Rihaku Shuzo Model Course are available are available are available ● 2 Yakumo Koizumi Buke ● ● ● ●Yashiki Meimeian Izomo Soba Route Map ● Lafcadio Hearn ● Kigaru Isumotaisha Memorial Museum ● Izumo Soba Restaurant 7 YAKUMO-AN ● Tourism Center Iuzumo ● Lafcadio Hearn P 6 Kamiyo Soba ● Memorial Museum 5 Shimane ● 7 Hearn-no- 6 Matsue Horikawa ● Museum of ● komichi Matsue Castle Ancient Izumo Jibiru-kan ● ●Matsue History Museum Matsue Horikawa Otemae-hiroba Boat b-1 Shiominawate Boarding Area ● ● Shimane Furusatokan The Tanabe Meimeian MAP ● Fureai-hiroba Boat 3 Boarding Area Museum of Art tea room was designed and built by Route 4 Soba Restaurant Matsue Castle(Otemae) Kenminkaikan Public Hall Lord Fumei in 1779. One can enjoy a P ● Arakiya Seimon-mae MAP b-1 Gesshouji stunning view of Matsue Castle and ・ Meimeian Kamimukae-no-michi Museum of Shimane Prefectural Ancient Izumo Temple Government Office ● Horai Kichijitsu-an Karakoro-hiroba Boat The museum mainly displays tea the city around it from this tea room Buke Yashiki ● Soba Restaurant Tanakaya Boarding Area ・ Funatsu ● Shijuken Borikawa ● Isshikian ceremony utensils among the craft and Minamitono-machi on the top of a hill. Green tea and ● Karakoro Furyudo art itmes collected through the time of ・ The Tanabe Museum of Art Gesshoji-mae Karakoro Art Studio Kyobashi Branch sweet set is available. Homemade Iuzumo Soba Enishi ● Kyobashi Kobo ● Matsue History Bridge 25 heads of Tanabe clan of Yoshida- 0852-21-9863●8.30am-6.30pm Former Residence of Ichibata Electric Train ☎ ・ Shinmonmae-dori ● Nihon Zenzai ● ● ● Shugyoku Do mura, Izumo-shi, who were called the b-1 Shinmonmae-dori Matsue Shinji-ko Onsen (Oct to Mar -5pm)●Admission／¥400 Yakumo Koizumi Museum MAP Ichiba-dori Gakkai Nigo-ten ● ● ● Kotsu-hiroba Station Ichirikido Forest King. ● Lafcadio Hearn Memorial ● ☎0852-26-2211●9am-5pm●Admission ・ The building of Matsue History Museum, which Matsue Shinjiko Onsen Spa Kurashikku-kan ● Suetsugu Yamamoto Shikki-ten Dentetsu Taisha-mae Shrine kokki Agate ／¥600●Business Holidays／Mondays Museum opened in 2011, is designed after residences of Matsue Lake Shinji Garden Sencha-so Chidori ● Hot Spring Resort "Ashiyu" Shop upper class Bushi - warriors - in the Edo era. Town Tea House Kawashima Start ● Chidori Minami Park The museum consists of exhibition rooms that Dentetsu Taisha Station MINAMI Finish Tourist Information present the history of the castle city Matsue, a Ichibata Electric Railway Office Lake Line Izumotaisha-mae Shinjiko Lake Freshwater Clam Matsue large hall that looks out on a Japanese garden. Waraku Station Information Center： ● Lafcadio Hearn 0852-32-1607●8.30am-6.30pm(Oc to Mar -5pm) Matsue Station ☎ Matsue Local Product Center 1 Memorial Museum ●Admission／¥500 (Free admission except for Matsue's Kitchen Konekkoya ● JR →Matsue Station Finish exhibition rooms) ●Business Holidays／The 3rd Shinji-ko Lake JR Matsue Station Matsue Station Thursday●Credit cards accepted (Museum Shop) Horikawa Prefectural Art Museum 〕〔 Shimane Art Museum ●

4 ｜ Matsue Tourist Guidebook ※￥= Japanese yen Matsue Tourist Guidebook ｜ 5 Stroll in fascinating Matsue. From buildings that retain their old look, Japanese sweets to the facilities where visitors can learn the history of the city, there are many things to see in the city of Matsue that once thrived as a castle town of the domain of Matsue. Beautiful peonies come into full bloom in the garden and please the eye of visitors.

Yuushien 20 Special deals 3 mins on foot from are available Yatsuka-cho Chuo

A 33000㎡ garden where visitors can enjoy a variety of flowers such as peonies that bloom in end April to mid May and maple trees. Enjoy the garden as you stroll along the paths.☎0852-76- 2255●8.30am-5.30pm●Admission／￥600●Credit cards accepted P (at restaurant)

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Short walk from 07 b-1 Matsue Castle Masue Castle(Otemae) MAP Special deals Visiting the area are available This 400 years old castle is the symbol of the city of Matsue and what the people are proud of. It is the only castle in San-in Region that retains the castle tower.☎0852-21-4030●8.30am-6pm(Oct to Horikawa Short walk from Mar -4.30pm)●Admission／¥550 Horikawa sightseeing MAP b-1,c-2 around Matsue Yuransen boat boardng area "Horikawa Yuransen" is a small excursion boat that takes you to a Sightseeing spot journey on the moat around the castle. Enjoy the beautiful riverside landscapes of each season - the green of the trees and the flowers No.1 in spring to summer, the colors of the maple trees in fall and snow in winter.☎0852-27-0417●Every 15 mins 9am - 5pm(may change Shiominawate sesonally）●Admission／¥1200(Day ticket)●Business Holidays／ Short walk from Lafcadio Hearn P Subject to weather Memorial Museum

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A street where upper class Bushi lived 400 years ago. The old buildings from those days are still preserved here, making this area a Tamatsukuri Onsen sightseeing spot where visitors can enjoy the most characteristic castle Short walk from city landscapes in Matsue. Tamatsukuriyu Onsen

In Tamatsukuri Onsen, one of the most popular hot spring resorts in the country, a Matsue History number of hot spring inns stand side by 3 mins on foot from Matsue side attracting many tourists. At some of MAP b-1 Museum Castle(Otemae) 02 such inns, hot spring spa facilities are available also for nonresidents. Tariffs and The building of Matsue History Museum, which opened in 2011, is designed after Special deals the hours they are open for nonresidents residences of upper class Bushi - warriors - in the Edo era. The museum consists of are available may vary, so visitors should check them in exhibition rooms that present the history of the castle city Matsue, a large hall that advance. The area is dotted with Ashiyu spots, and looks out on a Japanese garden.☎0852-32-1607●8.30am-6.30pm(Oct to Mar P there are also a variety of other spots, so -5pm)●Admission／¥500(Admission free escept for exhibition rooms)●Business stroll around the every corner of the hot Holidays／The 3rd Thursday●Credit cards accepted (at museum shop) spring resort and fully enjoy it.

6 ｜ Matsue Tourist Guidebook ※￥= Japanese yen Matsue Tourist Guidebook ｜ 7 ｜01 Itineraries by category ｜ Food Culture Tour Onsen Spa Tour Shopping Tour

Funatsu (Chugoku Mountains 09 a-1 Special deals Soba Factory Funatsu) MAP are available All-day Tour The restaurant which uses only buckwheat produced in for an Chugoku Mountains and Matsue buys buckwheat seeds All-encompassing from farmers in Izumo Region contracted with them. The Experience shopkeeper stone-mills the seeds and makes soba 6 noodles with the flour. His soba noodles are highly rated Genuine for their texture, aroma and smoothness.☎0852-22-2361 a-1 P ●11am-8pm●Business Holidays／Mondays Izumo Soba Gesshouji Temple MAP for lunch! The tombs of the Lords of Matsue of Matsudaira clan, from the first to the ninth, are located at this Itinerary for temple. Each tomb has curious characteristics such as a engraved gate and a stone turtle carrying a 7 large stone monument on its back. enjoying the food ☎0852-21-6056●8.30am-5.30pm(Nov to Mar -5pm) Matsue Lake Shinji ●Admission／¥500●Business Holidays／Tea Room Hot Spring Resort 5 closed mid Dec to end Mar culture of Matsue, "Ashiyu" MAP a-2 This free foot bath facility is located at the old castle town the back of Ichibata Electric Railway Matsue Shinji-ko Onsen Station. You Lake Line may warm only your feet in this bath Nihon Zenzai Gesshoji-mae whose hot water is taken from a hot →Matsue Shinji-ko spring source. Towels are sold at the Gakkai Onsen Station station kiosk.●Cleaning hours:Tue, Thu, Matsue Castle Nigo-ten Sat 6am-8am MAP b-2 MAP b-1 Try some 01 "Zenzai", sweet stew of This 400 years old castle is the symbol of Japanese sake! adzuki beans with small the city of Matsue and what the people are Special deals pieces of rice cake, is a type Lake Line proud of. It is the only castle in San-in are available 1 of Japanese snack. The Region that retains the castle tower. Matsue Shinji-ko Matsue 2 Karakoro Kobo MAP b-1 shop specializes in "Zenzai". Onsen Station ☎0852-21-4030●8.30am-6pm(Oct to Mar Lake Line ☎0852-22-7027●9am-6pm Suetsugu Shrine -4.30pm)●Admission ¥550 At this workshop, visitors can experience sweets → International ／ ●Business Holidays／Tues- Matsue Station making (booking required) and other handicrafts 8 days●Credit cards accepted MAP b-2 Tourist Information Bus Stop ⑦ such as accessory making , glass sculpting, metal Kurashikku-kan kokki →Matsue Castle Office carving and beads making. There are also places They brew Sake in the storehouse granted to a Lord MAP d-2 (Otemae) for shopping and dining in the building. As it was of Matsue by Matsudaira clan. The storehouse built Leaflets and videos on tourism in used as a bank in the Meiji era, the style of the 9 in 1805 has a distinctive character and solemn the prefecture are available. building is also worth examining.☎0852-20-7000 atmosphere. Tasting of 30 varieties of Sake is 0852-21-4034●9am-6pm ☎ ●Workshop:9.30am-6.30pm,Food&drinks available.☎０８５２-２５-０１２３●8am-7pm●Credit card available:11am-6.30pm●Business Holidays／ sccepted P Vary depending on each shop

The Tanabe 4 Former Residence of Museum of Art 4 Rihaku Shuzo Model Course Yakumo Koizumi ● Buke ● ● ●Yashiki Meimeian Izomo Soba Route Map 02 ● Lafcadio Hearn ● Kigaru Memorial Museum ● Izumo Soba Restaurant Special deals 03 ● YAKUMO-AN Lafcadio Hearn are available 3 Kamiyo Soba ● Memorial Museum Shiominawate Special deals 2 are available Horai Hearn-no- ● 3 Matsue Horikawa ● ● Matsue Castle 10 ● komichi Jibiru-kan ●Matsue History Museum 4 MAP b-1 Otemae-hiroba Boat Kichijitsu-an Matsue Horikawa ● MAP b-1 Fureai-hiroba Boat Boarding Area ● Shimane Furusatokan Buke Yashiki A traditional Japanese restaurant where guests Boarding Area Former residences of upper class Bushi can experience premium Japanese cuisine Matsue Castle(Otemae) 6 Kenminkaikan Public Hall in the Edo era. The residence of Shiomi while enjyoing its adorable historic building and clan is open to public for viewing. Visitors To Gesshouji 5 Shimane Prefectural 5 Japanese garden. Delicate and meticulous Temple Government Office ●Horai Kichijitsu-an Karakoro-hiroba Boat 11 Boarding Area can find out about the life of Bushi clans technique and ideas typical of Japanese people Funatsu● Shijuken Borikawa ● Isshikian between 1600s and 1900s. ● Karakoro Minamitono-machi Furyudo are found everywhere at the restaurant. Gesshoji-mae 10 P Kyobashi Kobo● Karakoro Art Studio Kyobashi Branch ☎0852-22-2243●8.30am-6.3pm (Oct to Mar ☎0852-28-1358●11am-2pm、5pm-9pm●Busi- Bridge Ichibata Electric Train ● -5pm)●Admission／¥300 ness Holidays／The 2nd Tuesday●Credit cards Matsue Shinji-ko Onsen Nihon Zenzai● ● ● Shugyoku Do P Station 9 Gakkai Nigo-ten ● ● ● Ichirikido accepted ● ● Lake Line Matsue Shinjiko Onsen Spa Kurashikku-kan ● Yamamoto Shikki-ten 06 7 Suetsugu Shrine kokki Agate MAP b-1 Matsue Lake Shinji Garden Sencha-so Special deals The Tanabe Lafcadio Hearn Chidori ● Hot Spring Resort "Ashiyu" Shop Town Tea House Kawashima Start Matsue History Museum are available Memorial Museum Chidori Minami Park Museum of Art ● 8 MINAMI Finish Tourist (Café KIHARU) →Shijuken Information MAP b-1 The museum mainly displays tea ceremony uten- Borikawa Office Shinjiko Lake Freshwater Clam Matsue sils among the craft and art itmes collected through Fixed route bus Waraku This café is located in the admission-free area of the Information Center： ● the time of 25 heads of Tanabe clan of Yoshida- Kenminkaikan Matsue Local Product Center Matsue Station 1 Matsue History Museum. Enjoy their original ● mura, Izumo-shi, who were called the Forest 11 Public Hall JR Matsue's Kitchen Konekkoya Japanese cakes and Maccha green tea and dry con- King.☎0852-26-2211●9am-5pm●Admission／ →Matsue Station fectionaries or other sweets with coffee. Matsue Station Shinji-ko Lake JR Matsue Station ¥600●Business Holidays／Mondays Prefectural Art Museum ☎0852-32-1607●9am-6.30pm●Business Holidays／ Shimane Art Museum ● The 3rd Thursday

8 ｜ Matsue Tourist Guidebook ※￥= Japanese yen Matsue Tourist Guidebook ｜ 9 ｜01 Itineraries by category ｜ Food Culture Tour Onsen Spa Tour Shopping Tour

Lake Line Matsue Station Bus Stop ⑦ →Lafcadio Hearn 01 Memorial Museum Shiominawate Special deals 5-hour Matsue 2 are available 2 3-hour International Tourist Lake Line Easy-going 03 06 Quick Tour Matsue Station Bus Stop ⑦ Matsue Special deals Special deals Information Office →Matsue Castle Tour are available are available (Otemae) International Tourist 1 MAP d-2 MAP d-2 Information Office Leaflets and videos on tourism in Leaflets and videos on tourism in the prefec- P the prefecture are available. 1 ture are available.☎0852-21-4034●9am-6pm ☎0852-21-4034●9am-6pm P 08 Buke Yashiki MAP b-1 The Tanabe MAP b-1 Matsue Horikawa 16 Special deals Special deals Former residences of upper class Bushi Museum of Art Jibiru-kan MAP b-1 are available are available b-1 in the Edo era. The residence of Shiomi The museum mainly displays tea ceremony utensils b-1 Meimeian MAP It is a facility where the five local Matsue beers Matsue Castle MAP clan is open to public for viewing. Visi- among the craft and art itmes collected through the "Beer Hern" are brewed. Visitors can also drink the tea room was designed and built by tors can find out about the life of Bushi time of 25 heads of Tanabe clan of Yoshida-mura, This 400 years old castle is the symbol of the city of beers here. About 800 items of specialties of Shi- Lord Fumei in 1779. One can enjoy a clans between 1600s and 1900s. Izumo-shi, who were called the king of forests. Matsue and what the people are proud of. It is the only mane Prefecture are displayed on the 1st floor. The stunning view of Matsue Castle and the ☎0852-22-2243●8.30am-6.3pm(Oct to 0852-26-2211●9am-5pm●Admission ¥600● castle in San-in Region that retains the castle tower. ☎ ／ restaurant on the 2nd floor serves Shimane beef, city around it from this tea room on the 3 Mar -5pm)●Admission／¥300 Business Holidays／Mondays ☎0852-21-4030●8.30am-6pm(Oct to Mar -4.30pm)● "Gentan Soba" produced in Shimane, shijimi clam top of a hill. Green tea and sweet set is Admission／¥550 available. P soup, etc. ☎0852-55-8877●Reataurant:11am-5pm, ☎0852-21-9863●8.30am-6.30pm(Oct Kiosk:9am-6pm (Dec to Feb -5pm) ●Credit cards to Mar -5pm)●Admission／¥400 04 05 accepted Special deals Special deals Dango are available are available Genuine at the shop fronts Izumo Soba are popular! for lunch! 4 P P Izomo Soba Kigaru MAP b-1 A long established Soba restaurant founded in Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Former Residence of 4 1930. Located in Ishibashi-cho which retains its MAP b-1 MAP b-1 character as a castle town. The shopkeeper makes Museum Yakumo Koizumi soba noodle with stone-milled soba produced in Lafcadio Hearn who introduced the culture, Lafcadio Hearn who introduced the cul- 3 Japan. Two types of soba - "Hikigurumi" , original customs and literature including ghost stories ture, customs and literature including Izumo soba made from wholegrain buckwheat, and to the rest of the world, had a Japanese name, ghost stories to the rest of the world, had Hearn-no-komichi "Tokusen" , premium soba made from hull-free Yakumo Koizumi. residence which stores 820 a Japanese name, Yakumo Koizumi. In b-1 buckwheat flour - are available. of items including articles Hearn left behind 1890, he as appointed to the position as MAP ☎0852-21-3642●11am-7pm●Business Holidays／ and photographs of him. The desk he had spe- an English teacher at Matsue Junior A Japanese style tea room located in a street that Rihaku Shuzo MAP c-1 Tuesdays cially made because he was blind on his left High School. The museum displays the Genuine connects Matsue Castle to Shiomi Nawate. The eye, his favorite pipe and so on are displayed. house Hearn lived with his wife Setsu. shop offers a Matsuyama Specialty "Bote-bote Founded in 1882, this longestablished ☎0852-21-2147●8.30am-6.30pm(Oct ☎0852-23-0714●8.30am-6.30pm(Oct Izumo Soba cha". Their skewered dumplings are nice too. shop has been engaged in sake brew- to Mar -5pm)●Admission／¥300 to Mar -5pm)●Admission／¥300 for lunch! ☎0852-23-2008●10am-5pm(Dec to Feb -4pm) ing for 130 years. Their Sake was given its current named by a statesman from 5 Shimane Prefecture, Reijiro Wakatsuki The Tanabe The Tanabe who took office as the Prime Minister Former Residence of 2 3 Former Residence of 2 Museum of Art 2 Rihaku Shuzo 5 Model Course Museum of Art Rihaku Shuzo Model Course twice, after a Chinese poet Rihaku who Yakumo Koizumi ● Buke ● Yakumo Koizumi ● Buke ● ● ●Yashiki Meimeian 4 Izomo Soba Route Map ● ● Yashiki Meimeian Izomo Soba Route Map loved Sake. Tasting is available at the ● ● Lafcadio Hearn ● Kigaru Lafcadio Hearn ● Kigaru shop attached to the cellar.☎0852-26- 2 Memorial Museum ● Izumo Soba Restaurant Memorial Museum ● Izumo Soba Restaurant ● YAKUMO-AN ● YAKUMO-AN 5555●8.30am-5pm(Sat & Sun, national Lafcadio Hearn 5 Lafcadio Hearn Kamiyo Soba ● Kamiyo Soba ● holidays 10am -)●Business Holidays／ Memorial Museum 6 Memorial Museum 2 Hearn-no- ● Hearn-no- ● Matsue Horikawa ● Matsue Horikawa ● 1/1～1/3 ● komichi Matsue Castle ●komichi Matsue Castle Jibiru-kan ● ● Matsue History Museum Jibiru-kan ● ● Matsue History Museum Otemae-hiroba Boat Otemae-hiroba Boat Matsue Horikawa ● Matsue Horikawa ● Fureai-hiroba Boat Boarding Area ● Shimane Furusatokan Kamiyo 5 Fureai-hiroba Boat Boarding Area ● Shimane Furusatokan 4 Boarding Area Boarding Area MAP b-1 3 01 Matsue Castle(Otemae) Soba Matsue Castle(Otemae) Kenminkaikan Public Hall Kenminkaikan Public Hall Special deals Gesshouji A soba restaurant located at the west end Gesshouji Shimane Prefectural of Buke Yashiki. They stone-mill do- Shimane Prefectural are available Matsue Temple Government Office ● Horai Kichijitsu-an Karakoro-hiroba Boat Temple Government Office ● Horai Kichijitsu-an Karakoro-hiroba Boat Funatsu ● Shijuken Borikawa ● Isshikian Boarding Area mestically grown buckwheat into flour, Funatsu ● Shijuken Borikawa ● Isshikian Boarding Area b-1 Minamitono-machi Minamitono-machi MAP ● Karakoro Furyudo with which the shopkeeper himself makes ● Karakoro Furyudo Castle Gesshoji-mae Karakoro Art Studio Kyobashi Branch Gesshoji-mae Karakoro Art Studio Kyobashi Branch 6 Kyobashi Kobo ● Kyobashi Kobo ● soba noodles. This 400 years old castle is the symbol of Ichibata Electric Train Bridge Ichibata Electric Train Bridge ● 0852-21-4866●11am-5pm●Business ● the city of Matsue and what the people are Matsue Shinji-ko Onsen Nihon Zenzai ● ● ● Shugyoku Do ☎ Matsue Shinji-ko Onsen Nihon Zenzai ● ● ● Shugyoku Do Station Gakkai Nigo-ten ● ● ● Ichirikido Holidays Wednesdays Station Gakkai Nigo-ten ● ● ● Ichirikido proud of. It is the only castle in San-in ／ ● ● ● ● Region that retains the castle tower. Matsue Shinjiko Onsen Spa Kurashikku-kan ● Matsue Shinjiko Onsen Spa Kurashikku-kan ● Suetsugu Yamamoto Shikki-ten Suetsugu Yamamoto Shikki-ten P ☎0852-21-4030●8.30am-6pm(Oct to Mar Shrine kokki Agate Shrine kokki Agate Matsue Lake Shinji Garden Sencha-so Matsue Lake Shinji Garden Sencha-so Chidori ● Hot Spring Resort "Ashiyu" Shop Chidori ● Hot Spring Resort "Ashiyu" Shop -4.30pm)●Admission／¥550 Town Tea House Kawashima Start Town Tea House Kawashima Start Chidori Minami Park Chidori Minami Park ● MINAMI Finish Tourist ● MINAMI Finish Tourist Information Information Office Office Shinjiko Lake Freshwater Clam Matsue Lake Line Shinjiko Lake Freshwater Clam Matsue Waraku Waraku Information Center： ● Information Center： ● Matsue Local Product Center Matsue Station 1 Lafcadio Hearn Matsue Local Product Center Matsue Station 1 JR Matsue's Kitchen Konekkoya ● Memorial Museum JR Matsue's Kitchen Konekkoya ● Lake Line →Matsue Station Matsue Station Shinji-ko Lake JR Matsue Station Matsue Station Shinji-ko Lake JR Matsue Station Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum Prefectural Art Museum Prefectural Art Museum →Matsue Station Shimane Art Museum ● Shimane Art Museum ●

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Many hands-on Denshokan - Place for tours are 01 available. Izumo Ancient Curved Matsue Castle MAP b-1 Special deals Beads are available All-day Tour This 400 years old castle is the Feel the power of the ancient jewels symbol of the city of Matsue for an 3 of Izumo, the ancient curved beads 4 and what the people are proud All-encompassing known as Magatama. Try creating of. It is the only castle in San-in Experience your own beads using polishing and P Region that retains the castle shaving techniques. tower. 0852-62-2288●8am-5.30pm(Magatama ☎0852-21-4030●8.30am-6pm(Oct ☎ Lake Line Making Course Booking:8.30am-4pm) to Mar -4.30pm)●Admission／¥550 ●Credit cards accepted Matsue Castle (Otemae) Tour to visit the →Chidori Town Lake Line Matsue Station Onsen Spas in Fixed route bus Bus Stop⑦ JR →Matsue Castle 17 Matsue Municipal (Otemae) Office Tamayu Matsue Station Special deals Matsue, the old Shisho Bus Stop are available →Matsue Station 5 castle town Shinji-ko Lake Freshwater The Tanabe Former Residence of Museum of Art Rihaku Shuzo Model Course Clam Information Center: Yakumo Koizumi ● Buke ● ● ● Yashiki Meimeian Izomo Soba Route Map Lafcadio Hearn ● ● Kigaru Matsue Local Product Center MAP a-2 Memorial Museum ● Izumo Soba Restaurant ● YAKUMO-AN Lafcadio Hearn This facility has two separate functions: the 'Shinji-ko Lake Freshwater Clam Infor- Kamiyo Soba ● Memorial Museum 4 mation Center!' with its displays and videos from which you can learn about Yamato Hearn-no- ● Matsue Horikawa ● Matsue ● komichi Matsue Castle Shijimi Freshwater Clams of Shinji-ko Lake, and 'Matsue Meisan Center' where a Jibiru-kan ● ● Matsue History Museum Matsue Horikawa Otemae-hiroba Boat wide selection of Matsue products are available. A foot spa using 100% spring ● ● Shimane Furusatokan International Tourist MAP d-2 Fureai-hiroba Boat Boarding Area ○hot spring spa for nonresidents Hotel Gyokusen Boarding Area water is also very popular.☎0852-21-5252●8.40am-6pm(9am-5pm between December and February)●Business Holidays／12/31-1/1Credit cards accepted Information Office In Tamatsukuri Onsen, one of the most popular hot spring ☎0852-62-0021●3pm-8pm●Admission／¥1500●Bath- Matsue Castle(Otemae) Leaflets and videos on tourism in the prefecture are ing in swimming costume not permitted. Kenminkaikan Public Hall resorts in the country, a number of hot spring inns stand Gesshouji available.☎0852-21-4034●9am-6pm Shimane Prefectural Matsue's Kitchen 1 Temple Government Office ● Horai Kichijitsu-an Karakoro-hiroba Boat side by side attracting many tourists. At some of such Boarding Area Funatsu ● Shijuken Borikawa ● Isshikian MAP a-2 inns, hot spring spa facilities are available also for non- Minamitono-machi Konekkoya Shiraishi-ya ● Karakoro Furyudo residents. Tariffs and the hours they are open for nonresi- Gesshoji-mae Karakoro Art Studio Kyobashi Branch ☎0852-62-0521●12pm-8pm●Admission／¥1000● Kyobashi Kobo ● Enjoy an authentic Japanese meal of local fresh dents may vary, so visitors should check them in advance. Ichibata Electric Train Bridge Bathing in swimming costume not permitted. ● seafood and vegetables in a relaxed atmosphere Matsue Shinji-ko Onsen Nihon Zenzai ● ● ● Shugyoku Do Station Gakkai Nigo-ten ● ● ● Ichirikido overlooking Shinjiko Lake. ☎0852-28-7511●11 ● am-2.30pm, 5pm-10pm●Business Holidays Fixed route bus ● ／ Izumokamigami Matsue Shinjiko Onsen Spa Kurashikku-kan ● Yamamoto Shikki-ten Suetsugu Year end to New Year season●Credit cards Shrine kokki Agate Matsue Station Matsue Lake Shinji Garden Sencha-so Chidori ● Hot Spring Resort "Ashiyu" Shop accepted (excluding JCB, Amex, Life Card) Bus Stop Enmusubi-no-yado Konya Town Tea House Kawashima Start ⑤ Chidori Minami Park ● MINAMI Finish Tourist →Tamatsukuri 0852-62-0311●9am-10pm Last check-in:9pm ●Admis- Onsen ☎ ( ) Information sion ¥1000●Bathing in swimming costume not permit- Office ／ Shinjiko Lake Freshwater Clam Matsue Waraku ted. Information Center： ● Matsue Local Product Center Matsue Station 1 Matsue's Kitchen Konekkoya ● JR Tamatsukuri Tamatsukuri Onsen Yuuyu Matsunoyu Fixed route bus 5 Shinji-ko Lake JR Matsue Matsue Station ☎0852-62-1000●10am-10pm(Last check-in:9.20pm)● ☎0852-62-0611●11.30am-9pm(Last check-in:8.30pm)● Prefectural Art Museum 2 Station Matsue Shinji-ko Onsen Shimane Art Museum ● to Admission／¥600●Business Holidays／Mondays●Bathing Admission／¥1000●Bathing in swimming costume not Onsen Station 2 in swimming costume not permitted. permitted. →Matsue Station Try a traditional Kitchen Kanon Japanese meal from Tamatsukuriyu The chef who specializes in Japanese and fish after a dip in an 1 Shrine dishes focuses on ingredients from the sea Onsen Spa. ● Wakatakezushi ● Former Ochaya site and the mountains of San-in Region. Premium ● Japanese beef produced in in Shimane Pre- Hotel Gyokusen Takashima ● Himegami-hiroba Tamatsukuri fecture is used for beef stakes. Their lunchtime Magatama Bridge Yuyakushi ● Shokudo Shiraishi-ya Ashiyu No.3 Onsen Yuuyu set menu is very popular. The dinner menu is Yuyakushi-hiroba Taraiyu ● Seiganji ● ● ● ● ● nice too.☎0852-62-2774●11.30am-1.30pm, Temple 6pm-11.30pm(Oct to Mar -4.30pm)●Admis- ● ● Tamatsukuri Hot Ashiyu No.1 sion ¥550 Ashiyu ／ No.2 Spring Resort "Ashiyu" ● ● ● Kitchen Kanon Izumokamigami Matsunoyu There are many different ways to enjoy ● To Enmusubi-no-yado Konya Tamatsukuri Japan's oldest spa, Tamatsukuri Onsen. The 3 Izakaya Tamatsukuriyu Shrine ● Soba Tomi Ryuzu Onsen Spa public bath facility is located at Tamatsukuri Fixed route bus An ancient shrine that appears in a book written 1300 years Yuyu and foot spas are available at three (16 mins on foot from Matsue Municipal ago. The shrine is popular among young people these days locations: in front of Tamatsukuri Yuyu, on the Office Tamayu Branch Bus Stop) or use Masue Municipal as a place to encounter their future partners. According to a side of the Magatama (ancient curved beads) Magatama Densho-kan Office Tamayu Branch Bus Stop legend, the power of the wish making stones makes your Bashi Bridge and Himegami Hiroba Park. free shuttle bus service San-in Expressway dream come true. It's a popular power spot. Enjoy a hand spa at Yuyakushi Hiroba Park. （0852-62-2288） Denshokan - 3 Place for Izumo 2 Tamatsukuri Onsen ● Ancient Curved Beads

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○hot spring spa for nonresidents Shiraishi-ya Matsue International 5-hour In Tamatsukuri Onsen, one of the most popular hot spring ☎0852-62-0021●3pm-8pm●Admission／¥1500● Tourist Information resorts in the country, a number of hot spring inns stand Bathing in swimming costume not permitted. 3-hour Office MAP d-2 Easy-going side by side attracting many tourists. At some of such Fixed route bus inns, hot spring spa facilities are available also for non- Quick Tour Matsue Station 1 Leaflets and videos on tourism in the prefec- Izumokamigami ture are available. 0852-21-4034●9am-6pm Tour residents. Tariffs and the hours they are open for nonresi- Bus Stop ⑤ ☎ dents may vary, so visitors should check them in advance. →Tamatsukuri Enmusubi-no-yado Konya Onsen Tamatsukuri Onsen Yuuyu ☎0852-62-0311●9am-10pm(Last check-in:9pm)● Admission／¥1000●Bathing in swimming costume ☎0852-62-1000●10am-10pm(Last check-in:9.20pm)● not permitted. Admission／¥600●Business Holidays／Mondays●Bath- ing in swimming costume not permitted. Matsunoyu Hotel Gyokusen ☎0852-62-0611●11.30am-9pm(Last check-in:8.30pm)● 2 ☎0852-62-0021●3pm-8pm●Admission／¥1500● Admission／¥1000●Bathing in swimming costume not Fixed route bus Bathing in swimming costume not permitted. permitted. Tamatsukuri Onsen Matsue Station Bus Stop 2 ⑤ →Tamatsukuri Onsen Tamatsukuri Tamatsukuriyu Shrine Tamatsukuriyu Shrine Onsen An ancient shrine that appears in a book An ancient shrine that ap- written 1300 years ago. The shrine is 1 pears in a book written 1300 popular among young people these days Fixed route bus years ago. The shrine is popu- as a place to encounter their future part- Matsue International lar among young people these ners. According to legend, the power of the Tamatsukuri Onsen days as a place to encounter wish making stones makes your dream →Matsue Station Tourist Information their future partners. Accord- come true. It's a popular power spot. Office MAP d-2 ing to legend, the power of the wish making stones makes Leaflets and videos on tourism in the prefec- your dream come true. It's a Tamatsukuri Hot ture are available.☎0852-21-4034●9am-6pm popular power spot. Try a traditional Kitchen Kanon Japanese meal Spring Resort "Ashiyu" The chef who specializes in Japa- Tamatsukuri Hot after a dip in an Onsen Spa. There are many different ways to enjoy nese and fish dishes focuses on Spring Resort "Ashiyu" Kitchen Kanon Japan's oldest spa, Tamatsukuri Onsen. ingredients from the sea and the mountains of San-in Region. Pre- There are many different ways to enjoy The chef who specializes in Japanese and fish The public bath facility is located at mium Japanese beef produced in in Japan's oldest spa, Tamatsukuri Onsen. dishes focuses on ingredients from the sea Tamatsukuri Yuyu and foot spas are Shimane Prefecture is used for beef The public bath facility is located at Tamat- and the mountains of San-in Region. Premium available at three locations: in front of stakes. Their lunchtime set menu is Fixed route bus sukuri Yuyu and foot spas are available at Japanese beef produced in in Shimane Pre- Tamatsukuri Yuyu, on the side of the Try a traditional very popular. The dinner menu is three locations: in front of Tamatsukuri fecture is used for beef stakes. Their lunchtime Magatama (ancient curved beads) Bashi JR Tamatsukuri Onsen Japanese meal nice too.☎0852-62-2774●11.30am- Yuyu, on the side of the Magatama set menu is very popular. The dinner menu is Bridge and Himegami Hiroba Park. Enjoy JR →Matsue Station after a dip in an 1.30pm, 6pm-11.30pm(Oct to Mar Matsue Station (ancient curved beads) Bashi Bridge and nice too.☎0852-62-2774●11.30am-1.30pm, a hand spa at Yuyakushi Hiroba Park. Onsen Spa. Matsue Station -4.30pm)●Admission／¥550 Himegami Hiroba Park. Enjoy a hand spa 6pm-11.30pm(Oct to Mar -4.30pm)●Admis- at Yuyakushi Hiroba Park. sion／¥550

The Tanabe Former Residence of Museum of Art Rihaku Shuzo Model Course from 1 Izumo Tamatsukuri Reference Library ● Yakumo Koizumi ● Buke ● ● ● Yashiki Meimeian Izomo Soba Route Map Lake Line Lafcadio Hearn ● Tamatsukuri Onsen ● Kigaru 2 01 Memorial Museum ● Izumo Soba Restaurant Matsue Station ● YAKUMO-AN Bus Stop Lafcadio Hearn ⑦ Special deals Kamiyo Soba ● Memorial Museum 3 →Matsue Castle are available Hearn-no- ● Matsue Horikawa ● ● komichi Matsue Castle (Otemae) Jibiru-kan ● ● Matsue History Museum Matsue Horikawa Otemae-hiroba Boat ● ● Shimane Furusatokan 3 Fureai-hiroba Boat Boarding Area Tamatsukuriyu Matsue Castle Boarding Area Shrine Matsue Castle(Otemae) ● Kenminkaikan Public Hall b-1 Wakatakezushi ● MAP Gesshouji Former Ochaya site Shimane Prefectural ● Temple Government Office ● Horai Kichijitsu-an Karakoro-hiroba Boat Hotel Gyokusen This 400 years old castle is the symbol Funatsu ● Shijuken Borikawa ● Isshikian Boarding Area ● Minamitono-machi Takashima Himegami-hiroba Tamatsukuri of the city of Matsue and what the ● Karakoro Furyudo Magatama Bridge Yuyakushi ● Gesshoji-mae Karakoro Art Studio Kyobashi Branch Shokudo Shiraishi-ya Ashiyu No.3 Onsen Yuuyu people are proud of. It is the only Kyobashi Kobo ● ● Seiganji Bridge ● Yuyakushi-hiroba Taraiyu ● Ichibata Electric Train ● ● ● Temple castle in San-in Region that retains ● Matsue Shinji-ko Onsen Nihon Zenzai ● ● ● Shugyoku Do P the castle tower. Station Gakkai Nigo-ten ● ● ● Ichirikido ● ● Ashiyu Ashiyu No.1 ● ☎0852-21-4030●8.30am-6pm(Oct ● Matsue Shinjiko Onsen Spa Kurashikku-kan ● No.2 Suetsugu Yamamoto Shikki-ten to Mar -4.30pm)●Admission／¥550 Shrine kokki Agate ● ● Matsue Lake Shinji Garden Sencha-so ● Kitchen Kanon Chidori ● Hot Spring Resort "Ashiyu" Shop Matsunoyu Town Tea House Kawashima Start Izumokamigami Chidori Minami Park ● ● MINAMI Finish Tourist Enmusubi-no-yado Konya Izakaya Tamatsukuri Information ● Soba Tomi Onsen Spa Office Ryuzu Shinjiko Lake Freshwater Clam Matsue Waraku Information Center： ● Lake Line Matsue Station Matsue Local Product Center 1 Matsue Castle(Otemae) JR Matsue's Kitchen Konekkoya ● Masue Municipal →Matsue Station Office Tamayu Matsue Station Shinji-ko Lake JR Matsue Branch Bus Stop San-in Expressway Prefectural Art Museum 2 Station Shimane Art Museum ● to Denshokan - Place for Izumo ● Ancient Curved Beads

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07 16 Special deals Special deals are available 6 are available 7 All-day Tour Horikawa Yuransen MAP b-1,c-2 for an All-encompassing "Horikawa Yuransen" is a small excursion boat that Experience takes you to a journey on the moat around the castle. Enjoy the beautiful riverside landscapes of each season - the green of the trees and the flowers in P spring to summer, the colors of the maple trees in fall Matsue Horikawa and snow in winter.☎0852-27-0417●Every 15 mins Jibiru-kan MAP b-1 9am-5pm(may change sesonally)●Admission／¥1200 Horikawa sightseeing boat Enjoy shopping (Day ticket)●Business Holidays／Subject weather On board at Matsue Horikawa It is a facility where the five local Matsue beers Fureai-hiroba "Beer Hearn" are brewed. Visitors can also drink →Disembark at Karakoro-hiroba the beers here. About 800 items of specialties of in the old castle Shimane Prefecture are displayed on the 1st floor. The restaurant on the 2nd floor serves Shi- Kyomise Shotengai MAP c-2 mane beef, "Gentan Soba" produced in Shi- A shopping arcade located between River Ohashi and River Kyobashi that flow mane, shijimi clam soup, etc. town of Matsue through the central part of the cit of Matsue. It is named "Kyomise" because of its ☎0852-55-8877●Reataurant:11am-5pm, Kiosk:9am- calm Kyoto-like atmosphere. Have a walk and enjoy shopping and dining at Kara- 6pm(Dec to Feb -5pm)●Credit cards accepted 8 koro Hiroba, Heart-no-Ishidatami and in the allays. Agate Shop Kawashima MAP c-2 Ichirikido MAP c-2 Established in 1877, Kawashima is the oldest shop selling Izumo Agate, A long-established Japanese confectionary with history of 250 years. It is Matsue Castle Shimane curved Magatama beads, and other minerals.☎0852-21-2996●9.30am- said to have made confectionary for the Lords of Matsue in old days. Even MAP b-1 6.30pm●Business Holidays／Tuesdays●Credit cards accepted now, one of such products "Himekosode"is popular among the people in Furusatokan the city..☎0852-28-5300●9.30am-7pm●Business Holidays／1/1 This 400 years old castle is the symbol of MAP b-1 9 MAP c-2 Matsue the city of Matsue and what the people Shugyoku Do Here, you make your own curved Magatama beads. Staff members here will Furyudo Kyobashi Branch MAP c-2 International are proud of. It is the only castle in San-in 23Specialties of Shimane Pre- 1 Lake Line Region that retains the castle tower. fecture are sold here. With teach you how to make the beads with an easy process so that even beginners The confectionary was founded in 1890. "Yamakawa" that was can be successful. Make beads as a souvenir or as a present for someone you revived in the Taisho era is one of the three most excellent Japa- Tourist Matsue Station ☎0852-21-4030●8.30am-6pm(Oct to most of the specialties avail- Karakoro Kobo MAP b-1 Bus Stop Mar -4.30pm)●Admission／¥550 able, from foods to craft love. ☎0852-25-6687●9am-4pm(may change sesonally)●Closed when Hori- nese sweets. "Asashio" and "Wakakusa" are also well-known. ⑦ At this workshop, visitors can experience sweets Information →Matsue Castle products, t's an ideal place kawa sightseeing boats are not in operation.●Credit cards accepted ☎0852-21-5563●9am-6pm●Credit card accepted (Otemae) for buying souvenirs. making (booking required) and other handicrafts such MAP d-2 01 14 c-2 Office ☎0852-22-5758●9am-6pm as accessory making , glass sculpting, metal carving Sencha-so MAP c-2 Yamamoto Shikki-ten MAP Leaflets and videos on tourism in Special deals ●Business Holidays／12/31- Special deals and beads making. There are also places for shopping They offer opportunities to experience powdered green tea and leaf green The shop offers one of Matsue's specialties, "Yakumo" japanese the prefecture are available. are available 1/1●Credit cards accepted are available and dining in the building. As it was used as a bank in tea. Authentic Japanese tea making methods are taught here. Japanese lacquerware. The beauty of the smooth surface of the ware coated with the Meiji era, the style of the building is also worth ☎0852-21-4034●9am-6pm P sweets are also served with green tea.☎0852-24-0703●9.30am-6pm●Busi- multiple layers of japanese lacquer is second to none.☎0852-23-2525 examining.☎0852-20-7000●Workshop:9.30am-6.30 ness Holidays／The 1st & 3rd Sundays●Credit cards accepted ●9am-7pm●Business Holidays／1/1-1/3●Credit cards accepted pm,Food&drinks available:11am-6.30pm●Business Holidays／Vary depending on each shop

Shiominawate 03 02 The Tanabe 5 Try the popular Former Residence of Museum of Art 5 5 Rihaku Shuzo Model Course Special deals Special deals Yakumo Koizumi ● Buke ● are available ● ●Yashiki Meimeian Izomo Soba Route Map 'Kamo Nanban' are available ● Lafcadio Hearn ● Kigaru Buke Fixed route bus Matsue Memorial Museum ● Izumo Soba Restaurant 5 YAKUMO-AN for lunch! ● MAP b-1 Minamitono-machi MAP d-2 Lafcadio Hearn Yashiki Waraku Kamiyo Soba ● Memorial Museum 2 →Matsue Station This Japanese restaurant spe- Hearn-no- ● 4 10 Matsue Horikawa ● ● Matsue Castle Former residences of upper class Jibiru-kan ● komichi ●Matsue History Museum cializes in seafood from the Otemae-hiroba Boat Bushi in the Edo era. The residence Matsue Horikawa ● Sea of Japan, especially crabs. 6 Fureai-hiroba Boat Boarding Area ● Shimane Furusatokan of Shiomi clan is open to public for P 7 Boarding Area They offer the taste of San-in viewing. Visitors can find out about Matsue Castle(Otemae) 3 Region such as squid dishes P the life of Bushi clans between Kenminkaikan Public Hall 4 and Shimane beef steaks as Gesshouji Shimane Prefectural 1600s and 1900s. Temple Matsue History well as crab hot-pot dishes. Government Office ● Horai Kichijitsu-an Karakoro-hiroba Boat ☎0852-22-2243●8.30am-6.3pm(Oct Funatsu ● Shijuken Borikawa ● Isshikian Boarding Area Minamitono-machi b-1 Guests can choose live fish or ● Karakoro Furyudo to Mar -5pm)●Admission／¥300 Museum MAP Gesshoji-mae shellfish from the fish tank on 9 Kyobashi Kobo● Karakoro Art Studio Kyobashi Branch Bridge The building of Matsue History Museum, which opened in the first floor and have them Ichibata Electric Train ● Matsue Shinji-ko Onsen Nihon Zenzai ● ● ●Shugyoku Do 2011, is designed after residences of upper class Bushi - cooked for them.。 Station Gakkai Nigo-ten ● ● ● Ichirikido 8 MAP b-1 warriors - in the Edo era. The museum consists of exhibition ☎0852-21-0029●11.30am-2.30pm、 ● Meimeian Matsue Shinjiko Onsen Spa Kurashikku-kan ● ●Yamamoto Shikki-ten rooms that present the history of the castle city Matsue, a 5.30pm-10pm●Credit card accepted Suetsugu Izumo Soba Shrine kokki Agate tea room was designed and built by Matsue Lake Shinji Garden Sencha-so large hall that looks out on a Japanese garden. ☎0852-32- Chidori ● Hot Spring Resort "Ashiyu" Shop Town Tea House Kawashima Start Lord Fumei in 1779. One can enjoy Restaurant Chidori Minami Park 1607●8.30am-6.30pm(Oct to Mar -5pm)●Admission／¥500 ● MINAMI Finish Tourist a stunning view of Matsue Castle b-1 (Free admission except for exhibition rooms)●Business Information YAKUMO-AN MAP Office and the city around it from this tea Holidays The 3rd Thursday●Credit cards accepted (at Shinjiko Lake Freshwater Clam Matsue ／ 10 Waraku room on the top of a hill. Green tea Their 'Izumo Soba' and 'Kamo Nanban' Information Center： ● P Museum Shop) Matsue Station tastes even better when eaten at this Matsue Local Product Center 1 08 and sweet set is available. JR Matsue's Kitchen Konekkoya ● traditional Japanese restaurant with Special deals ☎0852-21-9863●8.30am-6.30pm To are available (Oct to Mar -5pm)●Admission／¥400 those colorful carps swimming in the 6 Matsue Station Shinji-ko Lake JR Matsue Station Prefectural Art Museum pond.☎0852-22-2400●10am-3.30pm Shimane Art Museum ●

16 ｜ Matsue Tourist Guidebook ※￥= Japanese yen Matsue Tourist Guidebook ｜ 17 ｜03 Itineraries by category ｜ Food Culture Tour Onsen Spa Tour Shopping Tour

Karakoro Kobo MAP b-1 At this workshop, visitors can experience sweets making (booking required) and other handicrafts such as acces- 01 5-hour Lake Line sory making , glass sculpting, metal carving and beads making. There are also places for shopping and dining in Special deals Matsue Station 3-hour Lake Line are available the building. As it was used as a bank in the Meiji era, the Easy-going Bus Stop ⑦ 2 Matsue Station style of the building is also worth examining.☎0852-20- Quick Tour →Kyobashi Bridge 7000●Workshop:9.30am-6.30pm,Food&drinks Bus Stop ⑦ 2 Tour available:11am-6.30pm●Business Holidays／Vary de- →Matsue Castle Matsue pending on each shop (Otemae) Castle MAP b-1 This 400 years old castle is the Kyomise Shotengai MAP c-2 symbol of the city of Matsue and A shopping arcade located between River Ohashi and River Kyobashi that flow through the central what the people are proud of. It is part of the cit of Matsue. It is named "Kyomise" because of its calm Kyoto-like atmosphere. Have a Matsue the only castle in San-in Region that retains the castle tower. Matsue walk and enjoy shopping and dining at Karakoro Hiroba, Heart-no-Ishidatami and in the allays. International ☎0852-21-4030●8.30am-6pm International P (Oct to Mar -4.30pm)●Admission 3 Tourist Information ／¥550 Tourist Information Agate Shop MAP c-2 Ichirikido 1Office MAP d-2 1Office MAP d-2 Kawashima MAP c-2 A long-established Japanese confectionary with history of 250 years. It is said to have made con- Leaflets and videos on tourism in the prefecture are Leaflets and videos on tourism in the prefec- Established in 1877, Kawashima is the Shimane fectionary for the Lords of Matsue in old days. available.☎0852-21-4034●9am-6pm ture are available.☎0852-21-4034●9am- oldest shop selling Izumo Agate, curved Even now, one of such products "Himekosode"is Furusatokan 6pm Magatama beads, and other minerals. popular among the people in the city.☎0852-28- ☎0852-21-2996●9.30am-6.30pm●Business MAP b-1 5300●9.30am-7pm●Business Holidays／1/1 Holidays／Tuesdays●Credit cards accepted Isshikian MAP b-1 Specialties of Shimane Prefec- Furyudo Kyobashi 3 ture are sold here. With most of c-2 The soba restaurant which is located next to Horai Shugyoku Do MAP the specialties available, from Kichijitsuan looks out on to a beautiful Japanese Here, you make your own curved Magatama beads. Staff MAP c-2 foods to craft products, t's an Branch garden. Although they use whole buckwheat flour, members here will teach you how to make the beads with The confectionary was founded in 1890. "Ya- ideal place for buying souvenirs. Matsue their soba noodles are relatively thin. They also use an easy process so that even beginners can be success- makawa" that was revived in the Taisho era is one ☎0852-22-5758●9am-6pm b-1 rare oblong Warigo bowls for serving soba. The Castle MAP ful. Make beads as a souvenir or as a present for some- of the three most excellent Japanese sweets. ●Business Holidays／12/31- soba-yu, the water used for boiling the noodles, with one you love. ☎0852-25-6687●9am-4pm(may change "Asashio" and "Wakakusa" are also well-known. 1/1●Credit cards accepted This 400 years old castle is the 4symbol of the egg white that comes with Sanmi soba has a unique sesonally)●Closed when Horikawa sighseeing boats are ☎0852-21-5563●9am-6pm●Credit cards accepted city of Matsue and what the people are proud taste many people come back for. of. It is the only castle in San-in Region that not in operation●Credit cards accepted ☎0852-31-7180●11am-4pm●Business Holidays／ retains the castle tower. Yamamoto Tuesdays ☎0852-21-4030●8.30am-6pm(Oct to Mar Sencha-so MAP c-2 This is a shop MAP c-2 Garden Tea -4.30pm)●Admission／¥550 They offer opportunities to experience Shikki-ten c-2 not-to-be-missed powdered green tea and leaf green tea. The shop offers one of Matsue's specialties, House MINAMI MAP Authentic Japanese tea making methods "Yakumo" japanese lacquerware. The beauty of the Enjoy the family's traditional 'Tai Meshi' (Snapper to buy local products are taught here. Japanese sweets are also smooth surface of the ware coated with multiple Rice), an exquisite meal loved by Lord Fumai, of Shimane 14 served with green tea.☎0852-24-0703 layers of japanese lacquer is second to none. while admiring the Japanese garden.☎0852-21- Prefecture. 01 ●9.30am-6pm●Business Holidays／The ☎0852-23-2525●9am-7pm●Business Holidays／ 5131●11.30am-2.30pm、5.30pm-9pm●Credit Special deals 1st & 3rd Sundays●Credit cards accepted 1/1-1/3●Credit cards accepted cards accepted are available Special deals are available Genuine Izumo Soba The Tanabe The Tanabe Former Residence of Former Residence of Museum of Art Rihaku Shuzo Model Course for lunch! Museum of Art Rihaku Shuzo Model Course P Yakumo Koizumi Buke ● Yakumo Koizumi ● Buke ● ● ● ● ● Meimeian ● Yashiki Meimeian Izomo Soba Route Map Yashiki Izomo Soba Route Map ● Lafcadio Hearn ● Lafcadio Hearn ● Kigaru ● Kigaru Memorial Museum ● Izumo Soba Restaurant Memorial Museum ● Izumo Soba Restaurant ● YAKUMO-AN ● YAKUMO-AN Lafcadio Hearn Lafcadio Hearn Kamiyo Soba ● Memorial Museum 4 Kamiyo Soba ● Memorial Museum 2 Lake Line Hearn-no- ● Hearn-no- ● Matsue Horikawa ● ● Matsue Castle Matsue Horikawa ● ● Matsue Castle komichi ● komichi Jibiru-kan ● ● Matsue History Museum Jibiru-kan ● Matsue History Museum 14 Matsue Castle Matsue Horikawa Otemae-hiroba Boat Matsue Horikawa Otemae-hiroba Boat ● ● ● Shimane Furusatokan (Otemae) Fureai-hiroba Boat Boarding Area ● Shimane Furusatokan 4 Fureai-hiroba Boat Boarding Area Special deals →Matsue Station Boarding Area 5 Boarding Area are available Matsue Castle(Otemae) Matsue Castle(Otemae) 3 Kenminkaikan Public Hall Kenminkaikan Public Hall Gesshouji Shimane Prefectural Gesshouji Shimane Prefectural Temple Government Office ● Horai Kichijitsu-an Karakoro-hiroba Boat Temple Government Office ● Horai Kichijitsu-an Karakoro-hiroba Boat 4 Boarding Area Funatsu ● Shijuken Borikawa ● Isshikian Boarding Area Funatsu ● Shijuken Borikawa ●Isshikian Minamitono-machi Minamitono-machi ● Karakoro Furyudo ● Karakoro Furyudo Gesshoji-mae Gesshoji-mae 2 Kyobashi Kobo● Karakoro Art Studio Kyobashi Branch Kyobashi Kobo ● Karakoro Art Studio Kyobashi Branch 5 Bridge Bridge Ichibata Electric Train Ichibata Electric Train ● Nihon Zenzai ● Matsue Shinji-ko Onsen Nihon Zenzai ● ● ●Shugyoku Do Matsue Shinji-ko Onsen ● ● ● Shugyoku Do Station Gakkai Nigo-ten ● ● ● Ichirikido 3 Station Gakkai Nigo-ten ● ● ● Ichirikido ● ● ● Matsue Shinjiko Onsen Spa Kurashikku-kan ● ●Yamamoto Shikki-ten Matsue Shinjiko Onsen Spa Kurashikku-kan ● Yamamoto Shikki-ten Suetsugu Suetsugu kokki Shrine kokki Agate Matsue Lake Shinji Shrine Agate Matsue Lake Shinji Garden Sencha-so Garden Shop Sencha-so Chidori ● Hot Spring Resort "Ashiyu" Shop Chidori ● Hot Spring Resort "Ashiyu" Town Tea House Kawashima Start Town Tea House Kawashima Start Chidori Minami Park ● Chidori Minami Park Shimane ● MINAMI Finish Tourist MINAMI Finish Tourist Information Lake Line Information b-1 Office Office MAP Matsue Shinjiko Lake Freshwater Clam Matsue Furusatokan Shinjiko Lake Freshwater Clam Waraku Waraku ● Matsue Castle Information Center： ● Information Center： Matsue Station Specialties of Shimane Prefecture are sold here. Matsue Local Product Center Matsue Station 1 (Otemae) Matsue Local Product Center 1 ● ● With most of the specialties available, from foods to JR Matsue's Kitchen Konekkoya →Matsue Station JR Matsue's Kitchen Konekkoya craft products, t's an ideal place for buying Matsue Station Shinji-ko Lake JR Matsue Station Matsue Station Shinji-ko Lake JR Matsue Station souvenirs.☎0852-22-5758●9am-6pm●Business Prefectural Art Museum Prefectural Art Museum Shimane Art Museum ● Holidays／12/31-1/1●Credit cards accepted Shimane Art Museum ●

18 ｜ Matsue Tourist Guidebook ※￥= Japanese yen Matsue Tourist Guidebook ｜ 19 Visiting ports in Yasugi & Sakai Sightseeing spot No.3

Adachi Museum of Art

Free shuttle bus service available from JR Yasugi Station A museum where Japanese paintings and the Japa- nese garden create a perfect match. The garden was 24 ranked as the best in Japan for the consecutive 9 years in an American professional journal. A new Special deals are available Visiting building was opened in October, 2010.☎0854-28- P Izumo Taisha 7111●9am-5.30pm(Oct to Mar -5pm)●Admission／ ¥2200●Credit cards accepted Pay a visit to the 3 minutes walk from Izumo Taisha Izumo Taisha-mae Station Sightseeing spot shrine that is well-known The shrine is dedicated to the god Okuninushi-no-mikoto, famous as A beautiful Japanese No.2 for its matchmaking god. the Shinto deity of marriage. The annual Kamiari-sai Festival is Feel the history of Japan at Izumo Taisha shrine held in October of the lunar calen- garden the world dar when it is believed that the with its many important cultural assets such as the Shinto deities gather at Izumo appreciates main shrine, designated as a National Treasure. Taisha shrine. Adachi Museum of Art in the city of Yasugi has a world-popular garden that has been rated three-star by Michelin Green Guide Japan. Sightseeing spots along Ichibata Electric Train

Izumo Taisha Shimane Matsue Vogel Matsue English Museum of Park Garden Mizuki Shigeru Road Ancient Izmo This garden, situated on the This facility displays A leisure facility where shores of Shinjiko Lake, was Short walk from JR Sakai-ko Station explanations of Shimane a variety of birds and created by adopting a typi- Prefecture’s history. A clowers from all over the cal British mid-19th to early- In Sakaiminato, the home town of cartoonist Shigeru world await you. Enjoy selection of bronzeware 20th century garden style. Mizuki, 139 figures of monsters line up in a row of unearthed in the Izumo the spectacular view of Shinji-ko Lake from the about 800m. There are also numerous Kitaro goods Region is on display. P 22 P 27 observation platform. shops. Matsue English Kawato Unshu Hirata Matsue Vogel Garden Station Izmo Taisha-mae Station Station Station Park-mae Station

Ichibataguchi Station Matsue Shinji-ko 139 bronze Yokai Ichibata Electric Onsen Station MAP a-2 Dentetsu Train Ichibata Yakushi Izumo-shi Station Enjoy the journey between figures welcome you Matsue and Izumo on Ichibata Ichibata Yakushi is know for its buddha's eye healing Electic Railway. Why not try power. It's also said to heal our mind's eye. Ichibata On Mizuki Shigeru Road at Port of Sakai, many the towns you can see from Yakushi is visited by many people who belive it brings the train? You will certainly good fortune for those who work diligently towards Japanese monsters entertain tourists. enjoy something new. their goals and repels evil spirits away from us. ⓒ水木プロ

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to Etomo Tourist Guide to Mihonoseki Matsue International Tourist Information Office 4 & Sakai-ko Andenan Dining & Drinking Senjuin 06 Izumo Soba Restaurant ■ Adachi Museum of Art 21 ■ 24 YAKUMO-AN ATM Izomo Soba Kigaru 10 ATM 05 The Tanabe 08 Matsue Kita High School Izumo Soba Restaurant YAKUMO-AN 16 Inside Mishimaya Museum of Art ● Rihaku Shuzo Shimane University Matsue Kawatsu Kasuga Branch 04 ■ Izomo Soba Post Office Former Residence of Buke Yashiki Meimeian ■ Isshikian 19 ● ● Kigaru Yakumo Koizumi ● ● Kamiyo Soba 11 Lafcadio Hearn ● ● 03 Kitchen Kanon 12,14,15 Memorial Museum Ishibashi Yonchome 16 Kamiyo Soba ● ● Kyomise Shotengai 17,18 Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum 10 H Rainbow Plaza to Yatsuka-cho 27 Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo 4,20 Matsue Horikawa Jibiru-kan ● Shiominawate ● Horikawa Sightseeing Matsue Castle 17 Shinji-ko Lake Freshwater Clam Information Center: Matsue Local Product Center 13 1 Matsue Horikawa Fureai-hiroba Boat Boarding Area Boat Boarding Point Fumonin 1 ● ● 02 Soba Restaurant Arakiya 5 07 Horikawa Sightseeing 07 ● Hearn-no-komichi 01 Garden Tea House MINAMI 18 Boat Pier West Entrance Matsue History Museum Nihon Zenzai Gakkai Nigo-ten 9 Otemae Horikawa Sightseeing Boat Pier Otemae-hiroba Boat Boarding Area ● ●Shimane Furusatokan Funatsu (Chugoku Mountains Soba Factory Funatsu) 9 14 Hearn-no-komichi 11 Kuroda Town Horai Kichijitsu-an 9 Shimane Kenminkaikan Public Hall Matsue Castle（Otemae） Matsue Waraku 17 ■ Kenminkaikan Public Hall Matsue's Kitchen Konekkoya 13 Shimane Prefectural Government Office ■ 22 Matsue Vogel Park 20 09 16 Matsue Horikawa Jibiru-kan 11,17 Horai Kichijitsu-an Funatsu ● Shijuken Borikawa Shimane Prefectural Government Office 02 Matsue History Museum（Café KIHARU） 8 ● Gesshouji Temple● 20 Yuushien 7 Gesshoji-mae ●Isshikian Kunibiki Parking Lot 一畑 Kyobashi Bridge Minamitono-machi Sakaebashi Bridge Hot Spring Karakoro Art Studio ● Izumokamigami Enmusubi-no-yado Konya 12,14 Seikoin Temple Karakoro Kobo Kajibashi Bridge Shiraishi-ya 12,14 ●Karakoro-hiroba Boat Boarding Area Nihon Zenzai Gakkai Nigo-ten● ● Tamatsukuri Hot Spring Resort "Ashiyu" 12,14,15 Furyudo ● Shugyoku Do Kyobashi Branch Ichirikido 07 Tamatsukuri Onsen 7 Agate Shop ● ●● Kunibiki Messe Tamatsukuri Onsen Yuuyu 12,14 Kawashima ● Sencha-so Hotel Hotel Gyokusen 12,14 Kurashikku-kan H ■ Kunibiki Messe ● Route Inn Matsue Matsue Lake Shinji Hot Spring Resort "Ashiyu" 9 kokki ●Yamamoto Shikki-ten Garden Tea House MINAMI Matsunoyu 12,14 Suetsugu Shrine Matsue City Hotel H Shopping 11 24 Adachi Museum of Art 21 Matsue Shinjiko Onsen Spa Matsue New Urban Hotel H Shinji-ko Lake sightseeing boat Annex Hakuchougo Boarding Area No.2 Denshokan - Place for Izumo Ancient Curved Beads 13 ● Ichirikido 17,18 Matsue Lake Shinji Shinjiko Lake Ohashi Kitazume ● ■ Karakoro Kobo 9,17,18 Hot Spring Resort "Ashiyu" Matsue Shinjiko Lake Sightseeing Boat Pier Kyomise Shotengai 17,18 2 Welfare Center Ichibata Electric Train Municipal Office Ohashi Minamizume 2 Matsue Shinji-ko Onsen Station Uo Town Kurashikku-kan kokki 9 27 Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo 4,20 Chidori Town Matsue 13 14 Shimane Furusatokan 16,18,19 17 Waraku Matsue Central 11 17 Shinji-ko Lake Freshwater Clam Information Center: Matsue Local Product Center 13 ● Tourist Information Office ● Matsue Tokyu Inn Post Office H Hotel Ichibata Sencha-so 17,18 Chidori Minami Park Toyoko Inn Masue Ekimae H H ATM 15 ● Matsue Station Shinji-ko Lake sightseeing boat Furyudo Kyobashi Branch 17,18 Shinji-ko Lake Freshwater Clam ●Restaurant Kannabi Hakuchougo Boarding Area No.1 22 Matsue Vogel Park 20 Information Center： Nada Town Tenjin-machi Central (Matsue branch) Matsue Local Product Center Shinji-ko Lake 16 Matsue Horikawa Jibiru-kan 11,17 Matsue's Kitchen Konekkoya JR Matsue Station 02 Matsue History Museum 5,6,16 Agate Shop Kawashima 17,18 ATM inside Yamamoto Shikki-ten 17,18 Sightseeing spots introduced in the book are as follows: AEON Matsue 20 Yushien 7 Please refer to this booklet when strolling the town. Rihaku Shuzo 10 Hands-on Craft 12 Prefectural Denshokan - Place for Izumo Ancient Curved Beads 13 Art Museum Karakoro Kobo 9,17,18 Central Matsue Shimane Art Museum ● Shugyoku Do 17,18 Yomegashima Island Discovery Yuhi Park 24 Adachi Museum of Art 21 Izumo Taisha 4,20 map Shinji-ko Lake Yuhi Spot ■ Yomegashima Ichibata Electric Train 20 Ichibata Yakushi 20 Yomegashima Island West 07 Horikawa Yuransen 7,17 ● Sightseeing spots explained in the Guidebook. 09 Gesshouji Temple 9 04 Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum 5,10 Lakeline Bus Stop 05 Former Residence of Yakumo Koizumi 5,10 Bus stops Shiominawate 6 3 3 27 Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo 4,20 Lake Line routes 17 Shinji-ko Lake Freshwater Clam Information Center: Matsue Local Product Center 13 Yomegashima route (evenings only) Hotel Shinji-ko Lake Sunset at Shinji-ko Lake back cover Hotel Shinji-ko Fixed route bus routes H 06 The Tanabe Museum of Art 58,810 Tamatsukuriyu Shrine 12,14,15 ATM ATM(Japan Post Bank) 03 Buke Yashiki 5,8,10,16 Matsue English Garden 20 H Hotel 19 Fudoki-no-oka-iriguchi JR Nogi Station Yaegaki Shrine 01 Matsue Castle 6 International Tourist Information Office ● Izumo Kanbe-no-sato 22 Matsue Vogel Park 20 Yaegaki Jinja(shrine) ● 18 02 Matsue History Museum 5,6,16 Mizuki Shigeru Road 21 08 Meimeian 5,10,16 abcd20 Yushien 7

22 ｜ Matsue Tourist Guidebook Matsue Tourist Guidebook ｜ 23 Facilities where special deals are List of facilities where discount on admissions P available when a passport is presented and/or deals on products are available Souvenirs Dining and Tea Sightseeing Accommodation /Coﬀee Break ¥＝Japanese yen Lafcadio Hearn 01 Castle Matsue 02 Matsue History Museum 03 Buke Yashiki 04 Memorial Museum At this castle, the A museum with Former residence that A museum that whole city of Matsue castle view. shows the everyday exhibits articles Matsue can be viewed from [Special Deal] life of Churo (an arbi- Koizumi Yakumo Facilities that offer the only castle tower Group admission tration officer) of the (Lafcadio Hearn) in Sanin Region. 〈¥500→¥400〉 domain of Matsue. left behind. [Special Deal] [Special Deal] [Special Deal] Group admission Group admission Group admission special deals to 〈¥550→¥440〉〈¥300→¥240〉〈¥300→¥240〉 P P P P Shimane visitors with Matchmaking Matsue Horikawa 05 Koizumi Yakumo Kyukyo 06 The Tanabe Museum of Art 07 Yuransen 08 Meimeian A house Yakumo An art museum that Excursion boats that A tea ceremony room Perfect Ticket Koizumi (Lafcadio owns a collection take you to a cruise that is said to be Hearn), who intro- consisting mainly of on the lake and the used by Matsudaira Japan duced Japan to the items related to tea rivers of Matsue. Fumeiko (Lord Fumei There are 32 facilities at which you world with his sev- ceremony the forest [Special Deal] of Matsudaira; the 7th eral works, lived king Tanabe clan Group admission head of the domain can use your Enmusubi Perfect Ticket. with his wife. possessed. 〈¥1200→¥1000〉 of Matsue) [Special Deal] [Special Deal] [Special Deal] Enjoy sightseeing in Matsue and save Group admission Group admission Group admission P 〈¥300→¥240〉 P 〈¥600→¥500〉 P P 〈¥400→¥300〉 money utilizing public transport wisely. Shinji-ko Yuransen‒ 09 Gesshoji Temple 10 Fumonin There are a tea ceremony 11 12 Shimane Art Museum room and Kangetsuan in Hakucho-go The family temple of The sunset cruising An art museum Matsue City Bus Lake Line the precincts of this Matsudaira clan used temple that are said to be is very popular. located by Lake by 9 heads of the related to Lafcadio Hearn. [Special Deal] Shinji. The view of Ichibata Electric Train domain of Matsue. There are many legends Group admission Shinji-ko itself is a [Special Deal] concerning this temple. 〈¥1300→¥1170〉 painting on display. Group admission [Special Deal] [Special Deal] 〈¥500→¥450〉 Group admission Group admission (including admission to 〈¥300→¥240〉 Kangetsuan) Izumo Airport connection bus P P 〈¥300→¥270〉 P P (Matsue Ichibata Kotsu) Kashima Restaurant Kannabi Matsue Horikawa 13 Hotel Ichibata 14 Shimane Furusato-kan 15 16 21 (Matsue branch) Jibiru-kan 25 Shimane A resort by the lake. A variety of special- It’s very convenient. A place to enjoy Mihonoseki [Special Deal] ties of Shimane are [Special Deal] just brewed local Unshu Hirata 10% discount on displayed. 10% discount on beer and home- Kawato 22 Furue Sakaiminato (Port of Sakai) meals [Special Deal] meals made food. Matsue A free gift offered if [Special Deal] 26 ～ 29 you buy 2,000yen 10% discount on Shinji-ko Onsen or more. meals and souve- Taisha nirs 20 Shinji-ko Lake 01 ～ 17 P P P P Nakaumi Shinji-ko Lake Freshwater Izumo Airport 17 Clam Information Center; 18 Yaegaki shrine 19 Izumo Kanbe-no-sato 20 Yushien Matsue Local Product Center A shrine known for A village of myths, A garden in Nakanoumi Matsue The best “Shijimi its mural of Inada- legends, old tales Daikonjima known Yonago Airport Sakaiminato Direct Bus exhibition” in the hime who has vivid and craft. for its peonies and Tamatsukuri country. vermillion lips and [Special Deal] ginseng. Izmo 23 [Special Deal] matchmaking. Group admission [Special Deal] A free gift offered if [Special Deal] 〈¥200→¥160〉 Group admission Ichibata Bus 30 32 Yasugi you buy 2,000yen Group admission 〈¥600→¥550〉～ or more. (including viewing of 18 the mural of Inada- 24 P P hime)〈¥200→¥100〉 P P 19 Izumo Airport connection bus Izumo Tamatsukuri (Izumo Ichibara Kotsu) Yakumo Yonago 21 Meteor Plaza 22 Matsue Vogel Park 23 Shiryo-kan Other facilities outside Yonago Airport connection bus Mihonoseki Inseki One of the largest A museum near the city of Matsue where Ichibata Bus (Hinomaru Hire) (meteorite) is dis- parks specializing Tamatsukuri Onsen played at this birds and flowers. that examines Meno Matchmaking Perfect museum located in [Special Deal] craft in the ancient Shichirui, a place Group admission time. Tickets are valid. near Oki. 〈¥1500→¥1350〉 [Special Deal] Lines vovered by [Special Deal] Group admission 24 Adachi Museum of Art P Group admission 〈¥200→¥160〉 Enmusibi Perfect Ticket 〈¥500→¥420〉 25 Kappo Onsen Yurari P P P 26 Shimane Winery Ichibata Electric Train 27 Shimane Museum of Bus lines Main Matchmaking Perfect Ticket counters Ancient Izumo P Airport connection bus 28 Kanko Center Izumo Ichibata Travel Service/ Matsue Station Eigyosho Izumo Airport Annai Counter Lake Line ・・ 29 Tezen Museum (business office) (the west side of the north exit of Matsue ・Yonago Airport Annai Counter 30 Izumo You Plaza Station), Matsue Shinji-ko Onsen Station Eigyosho (business office) ・In airport connection buses 31 Izumo Mingei-kan ・Ichibata Electric Train/ Matsue Shinji-ko Onsen Station, ・Shimane-ken Kanko Bussan-kan (in Shimane Furusato-kan) *Enmusubi Perfect JR Izumo Taisha-mae Station, Dentetsu Izumo-shi Station Sakaiminato City Tourist Information Center 32 Restaurant Americana Tickets are not valid ・ for JR lines. ・Ichibata Bus/ Tamatsukuri information desk, Taisha office (in the Minato-Sakai Building) (Izumo branch) Izumo Airport Yonago Airport ・Twin Leaves Hotel Izumo (near JR Izumo-shi Station bus terminal)

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